Faculty and Research Alejandro Aballay Models of bacterial pathogenesis Maki Asano Regulation of DNA replication and the cell cycle Hubert Amrein Molecular-genetic analysis of taste, pheromone and social behaviors in Drosophila Maria Cardenas-Corona Cell signaling pathways Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi Genomic approaches to analyze biological systems and disease Bryan Cullen Viral models of cellular function Fred Dietrich Genome sequence analysis Mariano Garcia-Blanco Gene expression and RNA processing David Goldstein How genetic diversity contributes to disease susceptibility and variability in response to drugs Lizzie J. Harrell Emerging antibiotic resistant bacteria and the use of molecular methods for diagnosing infectious diseases Joseph Heitman Mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis Sue Jinks-Robertson Mutagenesis and homologous recombination in yeast Jack Keene RNA structure and function Elwood Linney Molecular mechanisms of development Micah Luftig Mechanisms of viral oncogenesis and host response to oncogenic virus infection Douglas Marchuk Genetic analysis of human disease Hiroaki Matsunami Molecular mechanisms of chemosensation John McCusker Genetic analysis of yeast phenotype Tom Mitchell Medical mycology; host-fungal dynamics; population genetics of medical species of Cryptococcus and Candida Joseph Nevins Gene regulation in cell growth and oncogenesis Tom Petes Mechanisms of altering the genetic structure of yeast David Pickup Molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis; viral interference with innate and adaptive immune responses; the development of viral vaccine Beth Sullivan Chromosome inheritance and chromatin biology in Drosphilia and humans Raphael Valdivia Models of bacterial pathogenesis Robin Wharton Genetic analysis of embryo pattern formation Huntington Willard Genome and chromosome biology