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Name	Description
Akins, Robert	Animal Physiology: Development and regulation of cellular organization and function in striated muscle. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Cell:cell interactions, signaling cascades, and cell migration in tissue engineering and regenerative therapies. Developmental Biology: Cardiac morphogenesis and the development of congenital heart malformations. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Heterotypic cell interactions in the control of gene expression, multi-cellular organization, and contractile function in striated muscle.
Allen, Deborah	Science Education: Active and collaborative learning strategies and materials; learning communities.
Boyd, Fidelma	Microbiology and Virology: Molecular evolution and pathogenesis of bacteria. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Molecular evolution and pathogenesis of bacteria. Ecology and Evolution: Molecular evolution and pathogenesis of bacteria.
Burnside, Joan	Developmental Biology: Avian genomics. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Identification of hormone receptor genes in poultry.
Carson, Daniel	Animal Physiology: Mammalian embryo implantation and development, role of proteoglycans and mucins in cancer progression. Cancer Biology: Role of extracellular matrix in cancer growth, metastasis and disease progression. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Mammalian embryo implantation and development, role of proteoglycans and mucins in cancer progression. Developmental Biology: Embryo-maternal interactions. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Mammalian embryo implantation and development, role of proteoglycans and mucins in cancer progression.
Cooper, Carlton	Cancer Biology: The role of cell adhesion in prostate cancer preferential metastasis to bone. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: The role of cell adhesion in prostate cancer preferential metastasis to bone.
Czymmek, Kirk	Molecular Biology and Genetics: Fungal cell biology and plant pathogenesis.
DeLeon, Patricia	Animal Physiology: Reproductive genetics, genomics, and sperm proteomics. Developmental Biology: Genetics of sperm maturation and function. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Reproductive genetics, genomics, and sperm proteomics.
Dodge, George	Cancer Biology: Role of extracellular matrix and their proteases in cancer, cell migration and apoptosis. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Cartilage extracellular matrix, tissue engineering of cartilage and bone substitutes. Developmental Biology: Extracellular matrix gene expression in development of the skeleton; cartilage development. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Chondrocyte gene regulation and disease, alternative-splicing of ECM genes.
Duncan, Melinda	Animal Physiology: Eye development. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: The function of the lens capsule and the regulation of transcription by cell signaling. Developmental Biology: Eye development. Ecology and Evolution: Evolutionary origins of refractive proteins. Molecular Biology and Genetics: The transcriptional consequences of cell signaling during development.
Duncan, Randall	Animal Physiology: Signal transduction of mechanical and hormonal stimulation in the development and maintenance of bone and cartilage. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Signal transduction of mechanical and hormonal stimulation in the development and maintenance of bone and cartilage. Developmental Biology: Signal transduction of mechanical and hormonal stimulation in the development and maintenance of bone and cartilage.
Farach-Carson, Mary C.	Animal Physiology: Molecular and cell biology of bone cells and bone extracellular matrix. Cancer Biology: Extracellular matrix and hormonal influences on cancer metastasis to bone. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Molecular and cell biology of bone cells and bone extracellular matrix. Developmental Biology: Bone and cartilage formation. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Molecular and cell biology of bone cells and bone extracellular matrix.
Fifield, Steven	Science Education: Cultural studies of science; how knowledge, meaning, and identity are enacted in science education.
Galileo, Deni	Cancer Biology: Adhesion molecules that influence glioma and breast cancer cell motility, invasiveness, and metastasis in a chick xenograft model. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Cell division, death, migration, and differentiation in early development of the vertebrate brain. Cancer cell biology and interaction with ECM. Developmental Biology: Early vertebrate brain development. Microbiology and Virology: Retroviruses and their use as vectors, including lentiviruses. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Migration, survival, and differentiation of vertebrate brain and of brain tumor cells.
Hanson, Thomas	Ecology and Evolution: Evolution of autotrophy, tundra soil microbial ecology, metaproteomics/genomics. Microbiology and Virology: Photosynthetic metabolism, biogeochemistry, applied microbiology. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Genetic analysis of metabolism, expanding genetic toolkits in novel microbes.
Herson, Diane	Microbiology and Virology: Physiology of organisms which carry out bioremediation, Helicobacter-pylori in water. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Physiology of organisms which carry out bioremediation, Helicobacter-pylori in water.
Hodson, Robert	Molecular Biology and Genetics: Molecular evolution of apolipoprotein genes. Science Education: Biology education with special emphasis on development of introductory biology laboratory investigations and computer networking.
Karlson, Ronald	Ecology and Evolution: Large-scale ecology of coral assemblages, the effects of disturbance on coral assemblages.
Keeler, Calvin	Microbiology and Virology: Avian influenza and avian herpesviruses - host-pathogen interactions, vaccines, and diagnostics. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Genomic approaches to the study of the innate immune system.
Kirn-Safran, Catherine	Animal Physiology: Skeletogenesis in mice. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Osteoblast, chondrocyte, and odontoblast differentiation. Developmental Biology: Mineralized tissue embryogenesis. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Gene targeting by homologous recombination.
Kmiec, Eric	Microbiology and Virology: Molecular biology of DNA repair and its applications to genetic medicine, gene therapy and genomics. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Molecular biology of DNA repair and its applications to genetic medicine, gene therapy and genomics.
Laverty, Gary	Animal Physiology: Epithelial transport systems in cultured tissues. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Epithelial transport systems in cultured tissues.
McDonald, John	Ecology and Evolution: Effects of natural selection on nuclear genes.
McLane, Mary Ann	Cancer Biology: Molecular mechanisms involved in cancer metastasis. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Molecular mechanisms involved in cancer metastasis.
Molloy, George	Developmental Biology: Transcriptional and translational control in brain development. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Control of animal cell growth and differentiation related to neuronal and brain glial cells.
Morgan, Robin	Molecular Biology and Genetics: Molecular biology of Marek's disease.
Naik, Ulhas	Animal Physiology: Role of adhesion molecules in vascular biology. Cancer Biology: Tumor angiogenesis and tumor metastasis using animal models, focusing on breast and prostate cancer. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Signaling through adhesion molecules during angiogenesis and platelet aggregation. Developmental Biology: Cardiac development and hypertrophy. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Signaling cross-talk between growth factor receptors and adhesion molecules: use of transgenic and knockout mice.
Parent, Michelle	Microbiology and Virology: Yersinia - host-pathogen interaction.
Rajasekaran, Ayyappan	Animal Physiology: Regulation of epithelial junctional complexes by ion transporters and cell adhesion molecules. Cancer Biology: Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal and mesenchymal to epithelial transitions. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Modulation of tumor microenvironment by cell adhesion molecules. Developmental Biology: Role of epithelial junctional complexes and ion transporters in development. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Role of Na,K-ATPase in cell signaling.
Rajasekaran, Sigrid	Animal Physiology: Link between obesity and cancer. Cancer Biology: Link between obesity and cancer. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Therapeutic and diagnostic potential of intracellular sodium.
Rogers, Robert	Animal Physiology: Cardiovascular and respiratory control; computational neurophysiology. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Electrophysiology of excitable membranes. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Functional genomics and computational biology.
Schanen, Carolyn	Animal Physiology: Cellular mechanisms regulating expression and function of chromatin proteins in nerve and bone cells. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Genetics of autism and speech disorders, epigenetic regulation of gene expression by DNA methylation, chromosomal rearrangements.
Schmidt, Carl	Microbiology and Virology: Pathogenesis of oncogenic herpes viruses. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Bioinformatics and avian genomics.
Schmieg, Florence	Science Education: The effect of Problem-Based-Learning (PBL) strategies on educational outcomes.
Selva, Erica	Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Genetic and molecular control of signal transduction during Drosophila development. Developmental Biology: Control of Wnt and hedgehog signaling in Drosophila development. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Genetic and molecular control of signal transduction during Drosophila development.
Sherrier, Janine	Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Modification of the plant cell wall during interactions with microbes. Developmental Biology: Development of nitrogen-fixing root nodules; development of pathogenic root knots. Microbiology and Virology: The role of bacterial LPS in nitrogen-fixing root nodule development. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Analysis of the small RNA transcriptome of Medicago truncatula.
Sikes, Robert	Animal Physiology: Mouse prostate development and the development and progression of human prostate cancer. Cancer Biology: Human prostate cancer progression, metastatic cell interaction with bone and therapeutic intervention. Cell and Extracellular Matrix Biology: Mouse prostate development and the development and progression of human prostate cancer. Developmental Biology: Development of the prostate gland. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Mouse prostate development and the development and progression of human prostate cancer.
Simmons, Daniel	Cancer Biology: Malignant transformation by papovaviruses. Microbiology and Virology: Mechanism of DNA replication. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Mechanism of DNA replication.
Skopik, Steven	Animal Physiology: Biology education, development of introductory biology laboratory experiences. Science Education: Biology education, development of introductory biology laboratory experiences.
Smith, David	Ecology and Evolution: Sulfur and nitrogen cycles in bacteria residing in salt marsh environments. Microbiology and Virology: Sulfur and nitrogen cycles in bacteria residing in salt marsh environments.
Stephens, Gregory	Animal Physiology: Catabolism of high density lipoproteins (HDL) in turtles.
Tallamy, Douglas	Ecology and Evolution: Luperine chrysomelid beetle interactions with toxic cucurbitacin triterpenes.
Taylor, Malcolm	Animal Physiology: Environmental and endocrine control of reproduction in estuarine fishes.
Twiss, Jeffery	Animal Physiology: Effects of neuronal activity and environmental stimuli on nerve regeneration and neural repair. Developmental Biology: Axon growth mechanisms and neuronal survival/signaling. Molecular Biology and Genetics: Subcellular localization of neuronal mRNAs and translational control.
Usher, David	Animal Physiology: The relationship of obesity to metabolic syndrome and heart disease. Developmental Biology: Development of adipose tissue. Molecular Biology and Genetics: The relationship of obesity to metabolic syndrome and heart disease. Science Education: Affect of undergraduate research on educational outcomes; recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in the sciences.
van Golen, Kenneth	Cancer Biology: Role of RhoC GTPase in conferring a metastatic phenotype to aggressive cancers.
Wagner, Roger	Animal Physiology: The role of pericytes and endothelial cells in the function of microvessels and capillaries.
Wommack, Eric	Microbiology and Virology: Viruses and their impact on microbial communities.

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