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The groups in this concentration use a number of different model systems and seek to understand distinct fundamental aspects of biology. Such complementary approaches and perspectives fuel robust interactions and collaborations between groups.
The training in this concentration is broad and consists of interdisciplinary education through research, specialized courses in advanced topics, and integration of several disciplines, and often involves collaborative efforts between preceptors from various fields. Recommended specialized courses include Advanced Eukaryotic Molecular Biology, Principles and Methods in Systems Biology, Genetics and Epigenetics, Statistics for Life Sciences, and Quantitative Biology.
Some of the research and training efforts of faculty in this concentration are coordinated through the Center for Cell and Developmental Systems Biology, which supports understanding multicellularity from a molecular, cellular and systems perspective. Depending on the specific research topic, outstanding students in this concentration may be nominated for support by the Biotechnology Training Program or the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease Training Program.
Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease Training Program
Faculty List
Luís Amaral, PhD
Email: amaral@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Integrative approach to modeling cellular signaling pathways
Katherine Amato, PhD
Email: katherine.amato@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Biological Anthropology
Xiaomin Bao, PhD
Email: xiaomin.bao@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Epigenomic regulation of stem cell maintenance and differentiation
Shelby Blythe, PhD
Email: shelby.blythe@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Developmental control of chromatin structure & embryo pattern formation
Rosemary Braun, PhD
Email: rbraun@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Computational biology at multiple scales
Jason Brickner, PhD
Email: j-brickner@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Cell biology of transcription
Linda Broadbelt, PhD
Email: broadbelt@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Metabolic network analysis and kinetic modeling
Richard Carthew, PhD
Email: r-carthew@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Quantitative and systems biology
Jenna Christensen, PhD
Research Interests: Intracellular transport diversity and regulation
Marco Gallio, PhD
Email: marco@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Processing of temperature stimuli in the brain
Erica Hartmann, PhD
Email: erica.hartmann@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Effect of anthropogenic chemicals on microbes in the environment
Curt Horvath, PhD
Email: horvath@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Signal transduction and gene regulation in innate immune responses to cancer and viruses
Neil Kelleher, PhD
Email: n-kelleher@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Top-down proteomics, natural products discovery, chromatic oncobiology, and computational proteomics
Carole LaBonne, PhD
Email: clabonne@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Stem cells, gene regulatory networks and the evolution of vertebrates
Keara M. Lane, PhD
Email: kearamlane@gmail.com
Research Interests: Dynamic single-cell profiling of host-pathogen interactions
Joshua Leonard, PhD
Email: j-leonard@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Engineering cellular systems and biomolecules for immunotherapy, synthetic biology, and biotechnology
John F. Marko, PhD
Email: john-marko@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Protein-DNA interactions, and chromosome structure and dynamics
Andrew Miri, PhD
Email: andrewmiri@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Neural mechanisms of motor system function
Richard I. Morimoto, PhD
Email: r-morimoto@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Cell stress responses, molecular chaperones and protein conformational disease
Christian P. Petersen, PhD
Email: christian-p-petersen@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Molecular and cellular basis of regeneration
Danielle Tullman-Ercek, PhD
Email: ercek@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Engineering of membrane proteins and protein membranes
Email: k-tyo@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Microbial engineering
Xiaozhong (Alec) Wang, PhD
Email: awang@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Genetic analysis of protocadherin diversity in the central nervous system
Eric Weiss, PhD
Email: elweiss@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Signaling pathways in the control of cell architecture
Yue Yang, PhD
Email: yue.yang@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: Epigenetic programming of neural circuits