Cell Biology & Genetics, Cancer Biology

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Cells are the fundamental unit of life. Thus the cellular structure, organization, and function, and cellular communication is at the very heart of all biological processes. Most diseases result from the failure or malfunction of normal cellular processes. Research in this area explores a wide variety of basic aspects of cell function and communication, leading to a better understanding of many diseases. Research interests include cellular neurobiology, cell transport, cell physiology and toxicology, virology, immunology, molecular neurobiology, gene expression and regulation, and cellular signal transduction.

Cellular & Molecular Basis of Disease Training Grant

Oncogenesis & Developmental Biology Training Program

Faculty List

	Ravi Allada, PhD Email: r-allada@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-2809 Fax: (847) 491-5211 Room: Pancoe 2121 Research Interests: Molecular genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep
	Luis Nunes Amaral, PhD Email: amaral@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-7850 Fax: (847) 491-7070 Room: Tech E150 Research Interests: Systems approach to the characterization and modeling of cellular networks
	Joseph Bass, PhD Email: j-bass@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-5973 Fax: (847) 491-4400 Room: Pancoe 4405 Research Interests: Cell biology of diabetes mellitus
	Greg Beitel, PhD Email: beitel@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-7776 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 1407 Research Interests: Molecular genetics of organ morphogenesis
	Thomas Bozza, PhD Email: bozza@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-2870 Fax: (847) 491-5211 Room: Pancoe 2119 Research Interests: Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Olfaction
	Jason Brickner, PhD Email: j-brickner@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-0210 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 3105 Research Interests: Cell biology of transcription
	Richard Carthew, PhD Email: r-carthew@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-4891 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 3111 Research Interests: Cell differentiation and morphogenesis of Drosophila development
	Peter Dallos, PhD Email: p-dallos@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-3175 Fax: (847) 467-4327 Room: Frances Searle 2-248 Research Interests: Biophysics and neurobiology of the cochlea
	Andrew Dudley, PhD Email: a-dudley@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-4894 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 1411 Research Interests:Uncovering the mechanisms that govern morphogenesis
	Richard F. Gaber, PhD Email: r-gaber@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-5452 Fax: (847) 467-1422 Room: Cook 3135 Research Interests: Nutrient sensing and molecular chaperones
	Bartosz A. Grzybowski, PhD Email: grzybor@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-3024 Fax: (847) 491-3728 Room: Tech E136 Research Interests: Self-assembly in dynamic and biological systems, interactions between cells/biomolecules and nanostructured materials, cell motility and cytoskeletal dynamics, and biomimetic chemical systems
	Linda Hicke, PhD Email: l-hicke@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-4490 Fax: (847) 491-4970 Room: Pancoe 3401 Research Interests: Down regulation of signal transducing receptors
	Brian M. Hoffman, PhD Email: bmh@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-3104 Fax: (847) 491-7713 Room: Tech NG91 Research Interests: Long-range interprotein electron transfer
	Robert A. Holmgren, PhD Email: r-holmgren@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-5460 Fax: (847) 491-4729 Room: Cook 3125 Research Interests: Cell-fate specification during development
	Curt Horvath, PhD Email: horvath@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-5530 Fax: (847) 491-4400 Room: Pancoe 4401 Research Interests: Signal transduction and gene regulation in innate immune responses to cancer and viruses
	William L. Klein, PhD Email: wklein@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-5510 Fax: (847) 491-5211 Room: Hogan 5-105 Research Interests: Molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease
	Carole LaBonne, PhD Email: clabonne@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-4165 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 3411 Research Interests: Development of the vertebrate neural crest
	Robert A. Lamb, PhD Email: ralamb@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-5433 Fax: (847) 491-2467 Room: Cook 3141 Research Interests: Viral glycoproteins, ion channels, and RNA-binding proteins
	Joshua Leonard, PhD Email: j-leonard@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-7455 Fax: (847) 491-3728 Room: Tech E244 Research Interests: Engineering cellular systems and biomolecules for immunotherapy
	Jon E. Levine, PhD Email: jlevine@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-7180 Fax: (847) 467-2478 Room: Hogan 2-120 Research Interests: Molecular, cellular, and physiological aspects of peptidergic neuronal function
	John F. Marko, PhD Email: john-marko@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-1276 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 4109 Research Interests: Protein-DNA interactions; chromosome structure and dynamics; single-molecule biophysics
	Andreas Matouschek, PhD Email: matouschek@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-3570 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 4105 Research Interests: Mechanisms of macromolecular machines
	Kelly E. Mayo, PhD Email: k-mayo@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-8854 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Hogan 4-112 Research Interests: Gene regulation in the mammalian neuroendocrine system
	William Miller, PhD Email: wmmiller@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-4828 Fax: (847) 491-3728 Room: Tech E248 Research Interests: Expansion and controlled differentiation of hematopoietic (blood) stem cells
	Alfonso Mondragón, PhD Email: a- mondragon@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-7726 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Cook 4131 Research Interests: DNA topoisomerases, catalytic RNA molecules, and the molecular basis of spectrin flexibility
	Richard I. Morimoto, PhD Email: r-morimoto@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-3340 Fax: (847) 491-3340 Room: Cook 3129 Research Interests: Regulation and function of molecular chaperones
	Thomas V. O'Halloran, PhD Email: t-ohalloran@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-5060 Fax: (847) 491-7713 Room: Pancoe 1121 Research Interests: Metalloregulatory proteins
	Heather Pinkett, PhD Email: h-pinkett@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-4048 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Cook 4129 Research Interests: Membrane proteins with emphasis on the structure and function of membrane-embedded transporters and their mechanisms of regulation
	Ishwar Radhakrishnan, PhD Email: i-radhakrishnan@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-1173 Fax: (847) 467-6489 Room: Cook 4135 Research Interests:Structure, function and dynamics of proteins involved in eukaryotic gene regulation
	Amy C. Rosenzweig, PhD Email: amyr@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-5301 Fax: (847) 467-6489 Room: Cook 4137 Research Interests:Structural biology and bioinorganic chemistry, metal uptake, transport and storage, oxygen activation by metalloenzymes, biological methane oxidation, membrane protein crystallography
	Lonnie Shea, PhD Email: l-shea@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-7043 Fax: (847) 491-3728 Room: Tech E156 Research Interests:Regenerative medicine, gene and drug delivery, biomaterials
	Richard B. Silverman, PhD Email: agman@chem.northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-5653 Fax: (847) 491-7713 Room: Tech M292 Research Interests:Medicinal, bioorganic, and enzyme chemistry
	Erik J. Sontheimer, PhD Email: erik@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-6880 Fax: (847) 491-4461 Room: Cook 3137 Research Interests: Ribonucleoproteins and eukaryotic gene expression
	Nelson Spruston, PhD Email: spruston@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-2734 Fax: (847) 491-5211 Room: Pancoe 2409 Research Interests: Dendritic integration in hippocampal pyramidal neurons
	Fred W. Turek, PhD Email: fturek@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-2865 Fax: (847) 467-4065 Room: Cook 2129 Research Interests:Sleep and circadian rhythms, seasonal reproductive cycles
	Olke Uhlenbeck, PhD Email: o-uhlenbeck@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-5139 Fax: (847) 491-5444 Room: Cook 4143 Research Interests: RNA biochemistry
	Xiaozhong (Alec) Wang, PhD Email:awang@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-4897 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 1405 Research Interests: Genetic analysis of protocadherin diversity in the central nervous system
	Eric Weiss, PhD Email: elweiss@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-7034 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Pancoe 3413 Research Interests: Spatially and temporally coordinated cell growth and cell division
	Jonathan Widom, PhD Email: j-widom@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-1887 Fax: (847) 467-1380 Room: Cook 4133 Research Interests:Structure and function of chromosomes, biophysical chemistry of proteins and nucleic acids
	Teresa Woodruff, PhD Email: tkw@northwestern.edu Phone: (312) 503-2503 Fax: (312) 503-0189 Room: Lurie 10-119 Research Interests: Regulation of ovarian follicle growth
	Catherine S. Woolley, PhD Email: cwoolley@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 491-3025 Fax: (847) 491-5211 Room: Pancoe 2407 Research Interests: Neuroendocrinology

Cell Biology & Genetics, Cancer Biology

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William Miller, PhD