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Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
functional genomics of mammalian brain development; epigenetic control of neurogenesis and neuronal fate specification; evolution of transcriptional regulation in neural stem cells
Assistant Scientist, Biology
Lecturer, Human Biology
Research Interests
ecology, evolution, microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Chair, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
regulation of gene expression by environmental factors such as light and oxygen; Differentiation of bacteria into different cell types
Professor, Biology
Chair and Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Interests
molecular biology of the archaea; mechanistic and regulatory parameters that govern DNA replication, gene transcription and cell division
Research Scientist, Environmental Resilience Institute
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
Theoretical biology: with a recent focus on how and to what extent human-caused environmental change differs from the continual shifts the Earth has always experienced, Bertram builds models to show how complex biological systems respond to, interact with, and change their environments.
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests
ecology and evolution of plants and fungi
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
maintenance of genomic integrity with a focus on DNA helicases and other factors involved in DNA replication, recombination, and repair; the evolution of DNA helicases
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Research Interests
improving science literacy
Professor, Biology
Professor, Computer Science
Research Interests
genome informatics as related to plant transcriptional control and pre-mRNA splicing and computational infrastructure (cyberinfrastructure) for genome studies
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
Research Interests
mechanism, regulation, and evolution of bacterial shape, differentiation, and biofilm formation
Professor of Practice, Biotechnology
Research Interests
antibiotic mechanisms of action and resistance; antibacterial drug discovery and drug development.
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
cell cycle control of DNA replication and genome stability
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
roles of transcription factors in tumor progression and metastasis
Distinguished University Research Scientist, Kinsey Institute
Rudy Professor Emerita, Biology
Research Interests
social bonding, the role of Oxytocin in mental disorders, traits of monogamy and pair-bond formation
Director of Graduate Studies, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Interests
Microbial structure, function and mechanism; biology of molecular chaperone (chaperonin)
Senior Scientist Emerita, Biology
Research Interests
mechanism of transcriptional regulation by a steroid hormone; drosophila cell lines; drosophila genomics.
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Research Interests
chromatin; chromosomes; genome integrity; developmental mechanisms; regulation in eukaryotic systems; genomics; bioinformatics
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
(As of July 1, 2018 -- Professor and Chair, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University)
Research Interests
microbial interactions, ecology, symbiosis, disease
Senior Scientist, Biology
Research Interests
collections management at the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center; chromosome biology
Associate Professor, Medical Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
structure and organization of biological membranes; phospholipid transporters; effect of diabetes on membrane structure.
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms of biofilm formation, horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation, and metabolism in the model facultative pathogen Vibrio cholerae
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
reovirus-host interactions
Director, Biotechnology Program
Senior Research Scientist, Biology
Director of Faculty Engagement, Innovation and Commercialization Office, IU Bloomington
Research Interests
development of the soy-derived peptide, Lunasin, as a cancer chemoprevention agent and therapeutic and the use of pharmacologic doses of ascorbic acid as an adjuvant treatment to enhance cancer therapies
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Evolution, Ecology and Behavior Section Associate Chair, Biology
Research Interests
evolutionary genetics and ecology; plant reproductive biology
Chair, Biology
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
behavioral endocrinology, neuroendocrine-immune interactions, aggression, biological rhythms, seasonality
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Manager, Principal Investigator, National Center for Genome Analysis Support
Adjunct Research Scientist, Biology
Research Interests
ciliated protozoa, their endosymbionts, and transposons
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Research Interests
genetic, molecular and biochemical analysis of translation intitiation in yeast.
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Interests
limited alphabet coding sequences and proteins: a minimalist approach to structure and function
Adjunct Associate Professor, Medical Sciences
Research Interests
mechanisms of directed cell migration in C. elegans
Professor Emerita, Biology
Research Interests
mutagenesis, DNA repair, replication, and recombination
Research Scientist, Environmental Resilience Institute
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
regulation of seasonal traits
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
attachment, biofilm formation, multicellularity and disease ecology of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Research Interests
systematics and genome mapping of ferns; molecular phylogenetics of desert-adapted ferns
Lilly Chemistry Alumni Professor, Chemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
metal sensor proteins in pathogenic bacteria; NMR structural studies of regulatory RNAs in mammalian RNA viruses
Professor, Biology
Professor, Computer Science
Director, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Research Interests
computational and evolutionary genomics; evolution of transcriptional regulation; molecular population genetics
Professor, Biology
Director, EEB Graduate Program
Research Interests
ecology of infectious disease and food web interactions in freshwater environments
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Class of 1968 Chancellor's Professor, Biology
Research Interests
plant physiology: environmental sensory-response systems and plant development
Assistant Scientist, Fuqua Lab, Biology
Research Interests
bacterial adherence and adhesin anchoring using two model systems: Agrobacterium tumefaciens unipolar polysaccharide (UPP) and the Caulobacter crescentus holdfast
Professor, Biology
Director, Human Biology
Research Interests
eukaryotic cell biology, cytoskeleton and signaling, virology, genome functions of RNA viruses and the roles of trans-acting factors
Student Advocate
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Linda and Jack Gill Chair, Neuroscience
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms of pain; novel pain therapies
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms of transcription factor specificity in cancer
Chair, Mathematics
Professor, Mathematics
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
statistical genetics; phylogenetics; combinatorics; mathematical biology
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
cytoskeletal biogenesis of apicomplexan parasites
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
post-transcriptional mechanisms of regulating gene expression
Associate Professor, Biology
Director, REU Program in Animal Behavior
Research Interests
serotonin as a social neuromodulator of auditory processing
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
molecular genetics of plant/pathogen interactions
Research Scientist, Environmental Resilience Institute
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
Migration patterns: through the lens of bird migratory patterns, Jahn investigates how ecosystems are changing because of environmental change and what that means for human health, food security, and environmental resilience.
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Research Interests
cytogenetics, developmental genetics, and molecular genetics of drosophila
Professor, Biology
Microbiology Section Associate Chair, Biology
Research Interests
bacterial multicellular behavior
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
environmental regulation of gene expression in bacteria
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Science Advisor and Founding Director, Environmental Resilience Institute
Affiliated with Program in Neuroscience, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, and Cognitive Science Program
Research Interests
behavioral, physiological, and evolutionary ecology; hormones and behavior; avian biology, mating systems and parental care; physiological basis of trade-offs in life histories; adaptation and constraint; avian migration
Assistant Scientist, Biology
Associate Director, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center
Director, IU Herbarium
Senior Scientist, Biology
Research Interests
plant evolution; speciation; phylogenetic systematics; chloroplast genome evolution; horizontal gene transfer; flora of Indiana
Professor, Biology
Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology Section Associate Chair, Biology
Research Interests
Regulation of tissue/organ specification and patterning
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
mitotic and meiotic cell cycle regulation
Head Librarian, Sciences
Associate Librarian
Assistant Scientist, Biology
Research Interests
disulfide bond formation in pathogenic bacteria and microbial communities; antimicrobial discovery by high throughput screening
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
community ecology and evolutionary ecology: how plant populations respond to human-caused environmental change, the ecology and evolution of species interactions, and natural selection in the wild
Assistant Research Scientist
Research Interests
the role of developmental and behavioral plasticity in adaptive evolution
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
microbial ecology and evolution
Lab Manager and Assistant Scientist, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Research Interests
evolution and coevolution; sex, virulence and genetic diversity in host-parasite interactions
Distinguished Professor, History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Director, Gill Center for Biomolecular Science
Jack and Linda Gill Chair, Gill Center for Biomolecular Science
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
development of neural circuitry, particularly in the neocortex; activity-dependent remodeling and mis-wiring in autism, dyslexia, schizophrenia, and congenital epilepsy; neuroprotective strategies
Associate Director, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center
Assistant Scientist, Biology
Research Interests
insect cell culture, post transcriptional gene regulation, metabolism, physiology
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
Class of 1954 Professor Emeritus, Biology
Research Interests
evolution; population genetics and genomics; cell biology
Senior Lecturer, Biology
Assistant Director of Biotechnology
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Biotechnology
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Research Interests
bone strengthening and molecular biology of bone remodeling
Associate Director, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center
Assistant Scientist, Biology
Research Interests
Drosophila glycobiology, insect cell culture and DNA resource development
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
behavior, evolution, genomics, bioinformatics
Associate Scientist, Tracey Lab, Biology
Research Interests
genome; cell; developmental biology
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
microbial metabolism and its role in cell physiology, the environment, and biotechnology
Director, Master of Science, Environmental Science Program
Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
single species; landscape scales
Associate Chair for Research and Facilities, Biology
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
regulation of chromatin structure and gene expression by epigenetic modifications
Assistant Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics
Adjunct, Biology
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
evolutionary and ecological developmental biology, origins of novel complex traits; developmental plasticity; host-microbiome interactions; niche construction; allometry; insect genomics and endocrinology; natural history of Onthophagus beetles
Affiliated Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
evolutionary physiological genetics; population genetics; biochemical adaptation
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
genetics of speciation and adaptation; comparative genomics; evolutionary ecology; plant reproduction
Professor, Biology
Director of Graduate Studies, Biology
Research Interests
virus assembly and spread
Senior Scientist, Hu Lab, Biology
Research Interests
developmental mechanisms and regulation in eukaryotic systems; eukaryotic cell biology, cytoskeleton and signaling
Research Scientist, Environmental Resilience Institute
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
Invasive species ecology: through biological and community-focused perspectives, Muthukrishnan conducts research to understand, predict, and help control and prevent the spread of invasive species in Indiana and beyond.
Professor, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
cancer epigenetics; cancer stem cells; ovarian cancer; breast cancer, cancer biomarkers; cancer informatics; estrogen hormone action; microRNAs and cancer
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
functional and evolutionary genomics of symbiosis
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
detection and repair of DNA breaks with a focus on Homologous Recombination (HR) mediated DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair; interplay of DNA repair machinery and chromatin structures
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
specific recognition by proteins of biologically relevant ligands; bacterial chromosome segregation; coiled coil proteins; structure and function of condensins and other structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins
Assistant Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms by which inflammation initiates cancer-specific epigenetic changes
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
Class of 1955 Professor, Biology
Research Interests
horizontal gene transfer in plants and fungi; evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes; intracellular transfer of organellar genes to the nucleus; evolution of mutation rates
Associate Professor, Biology
Blatt Chair of Virology
Research Interests
rotavirus replication and assembly, viral inhibition of innate immune responses
Professor, Biology
Science Director, Research and Teaching Preserve
Research Interests
ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry; consequences of human-accelerated environmental change on plant-soil-microbial interactions
Distinguished Professor, Biology/Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Carlos O. Miller Professor, Biology/Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Interests
mechanisms of RNA-mediated gene silencing and large-scale epigenetic control
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Robert R. Shrock Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Adjunct Professor, Anthropology
Research Interests
vertebrate paleontology; comparative morphological variation at the level of the metapopulation; and the effects of Quaternary climate change on vertebrate faunas
Assistant Scientist, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, Biology
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
molecular cellular basis of neuronal plasticity; learning and memory; functions of receptor tyrosine kinases in the central nervous system signal transduction; developmental neurobiology; neuronal and glial differentiation; functional roles of cell adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix proteins in morphogenesis
Professor Emerita, Biology
Research Interests
developmental mechanisms and regulation in eukaryotic systems; eukaryotic cell biology, cytoskeleton and signaling; evolution
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
genetic regulation and evolution of developmental plasticity
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
structural neuroscience, synaptic adhesion molecules, molecular interface of the synaptic cleft, C1Q-like proteins as synaptic organizers, X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
ecology; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
evolution of behavior; neuroendocrine mechanisms of behavior; physiological mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation; sexual selection; behavioral genomics; behavioral ecology
Associate Curator Emeritus, Biology
Associate Research Scientist Emeritus, Biology
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
integrons and super-integrons; biofilm formation; c-di-GMP signalling pathways; natural competence; ecology and pathogenesis in the vibrionaceae
Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
aquatic biogeochemistry; water resources; nutrient and carbon cycling in streams and rivers; water quality and nutrient standards
Director, Tropical Biology Program
Senior Lecturer, Biology
Lead Bioinformatician, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, IU Bloomington
Assistant Research Scientist, Biology
Associate Professor, Biology
Center for Rural Engagement Sustaining Hoosier Communities Faculty Partner
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
development of the nervous system; plasticity of neural structure and function
Associate Professor, Biology
Director, IU Light Microscopy Imaging Center (LMIC)
Director, Integrated Freshman Learning Experience (IFLE)
Research Interests
microtubule dynamics and cellular morphogenesis in arabidopsis
Lecturer, Biology
Lecturer, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
Associate Professor, Biology
Associate Chair for Teaching, Biology
Research Interests
neural and hormonal control of sexually dimorphic behavior; evolution of communication signals
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
regulatory RNA pathways in stem cells and differentiation
Visiting Lecturer, Biology
Research Interests
population genetics and evolutionary ecology in Daphnia
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
characterization of C. reinhardti VNTR sequences; study of C. reinhardti transposons
Professor, Informatics and Computing
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests
algorithmic and statistical problems in bioinformatics, particularly in: repeats and segmental duplication in eukaryotic genomes; fragment assembly in DNA sequencing; mass spectrometry data analysis for proteomics, glycomics and glycoproteomics; gene regulatory analysis
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Research Interests
the interferon response in hepatitis C patients; A study using DNA array technology to explain the differences in response to treatment and decrease in viral titer
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
developmental mechanisms and regulation in eukaryotic systems
Research Scientist, Environmental Resilience Institute
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
Species distribution modeling: Title creates mathematical models to test theories about how species diversify, adapt, and become extinct. This work helps guide efforts to protect ecologically important species in Indiana by indicating how a particular species is likely to respond to different types of environmental change.
Professor, Biology
Linda and Jack Gill Chair, Genome, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Interests
behavior; developmental mechanisms and regulation in eukaryotic systems; eukaryotic cell biology; cytoskeleton and signaling
Senior Scientist, Winkler Lab, Biology
Research Interests
dynamics and mechanisms of peptidoglycan (PG) biosynthesis in S. pneumoniae
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
bacterial cell-cell communication (quorum sensing), gene regulation, bacterial development, microbial genetics and biochemistry
Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
synthesis, study, and design of antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis and bacterial cell morphology; development of HBV capsid-binding probes and assembly-directed antivirals; oxidized phospholipids in disease and diagnostics
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Research Interests
behavior; evolution; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms of chromosome segregation and aneuploidy; identification of new targets for therapeutic development
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
chromosome dynamics, bacterial cell biology
Emeritus Professor, Biology
Research Interests
plant developmental ecology
Instructor, Biology
Director, Biotechnology Graduate Program
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
physiological control of reproduction through inter-organ communication
Professor Emeritus, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
development of behavior in animals and humans with a particular interest in how learning and species-typical experience affect ontogenetic and/or phylogenetic processes
Assistant Research Scientist, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, Biology
Professor, Biology
Research Interests:
physiology, molecular genetics, and pathogenesis of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus); genomics and bioinformatics, microbial cell biology; environmental responses; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Associate Professor, Biology
Director, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center
Research Interests
developmental mechanisms and regulation in eukaryotic systems; eukaryotic cell diology; cytoskeleton and signaling evolution
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
epigenomic analysis of transcriptional regulation
Associate Scientist, Biology
Research Interests
neurobiology and genetic basis of behavior; collections management at the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
deciphering the conformational dynamics of GPCR activation using biophysical, biochemical and cell-based approaches
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology, development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures
Professor Emerita, Biology
Research Interests
meiosis; DNA repair
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