Genetics and Genomics
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Vincent Cassone Professor, Department Chair Vincent.Cassone@uky.edu (859)-257-6766 |
Chronobiology and Neuroscience Research in the Cassone laboratory is directed at the mechanisms and neuroendocrine pathways by which the biological clock regulates physiology and... |
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Elizabeth Debski Associate Professor debski@email.uky.edu (859) 323-9537 |
Developmental Neurobiology My laboratory investigates the mechanisms underlying activity-dependent organization of the visual system. Much of our work concerns understanding how... |
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Doug Harrison Associate Professor dough@email.uky.edu (859) 257-6275 |
Cell Signaling in Development My primary research interest is in the transduction of developmental signals for cell proliferation and differentiation, specifically focusing on the... |
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Grace Jones Professor gjones@email.uky.edu (859) 257-3795 |
Nuclear Receptor Signaling The experimental questions that I am addressing concern the molecular players and mechanisms through which hormones regulate the developmental programs... |
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Rebecca Kellum Associate Professor rkellum@uky.edu (859) 257-9741 |
Chromosome Structure Function The research program of the Kellum lab focuses on how the DNA of eukaryotic cells is organized into functional chromosomes. A primary area of interest... |
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Catherine Linnen Assistant Professor catherine.linnen@uky.edu (859)323-3160 |
Genomics of Adaptation and Speciation My research is motivated by a desire to understand the mechanisms responsible for generating biodiversity. Biologists have long sought to understand how changes... |
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Pete Mirabito Associate Professor pmmira00@email.uky.edu (859) 257-7642 |
Molecular Mechanisms of Mitosis The long term goal of my research is to understand the mechanisms regulating mitosis. These mechanisms are fundamental to reproduction, development,... |
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Ann Morris Assistant Professor ann.morris@uky.edu 859-257-8823 |
Development and regeneration in the vertebrate retina My research involves studying cellular differentiation and gene expression in the vertebrate retina, the photosensitive lining... |
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Bruce O'Hara Professor bohara@email.uky.edu (859) 257-2805 |
Sleep Circadian Rhythms My research addresses questions related to sleep and circadian rhythms. The research ranges from molecular and genetic approaches to behavioral studies in mice and humans... |
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Brian Rymond Linda and Jack Gill Professor of Biology, Director of Graduate Studies rymond@uky.edu (859) 257-5530 |
Eukaryotic genome complexity is enriched by embedded introns which expand the number of proteins produced by alternative splicing, provide unique environments to embed genes and regulatory elements,... |
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Jeramiah Smith Assistant Professor jjsmit3@uky.edu (859) 257-0124 |
Evolution of Recombination and Genome Structure The unique selective pressures and functional constraints that vertebrate lineages have experienced over deep evolutionary time have... |
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David Weisrock Assistant Professor, BMF david.weisrock@uky.edu 859-257-2249 |
Research in the Weisrock Lab combines genetics, genomics, and evolutionary biology. Much of our research centers on using genetics to resolve the geographic boundaries of species in nature,... |
