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CMB FACULTY

CMB FACULTY

CMB Training Program faculty come from seven units across the UMD College Park campus, offering expertise in a range of disciplines including cell and molecular biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, and virology. ​​

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Dr. Norma Andrews
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Cell biology and parasitology
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Dr. Charles Delwiche
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Molecular Systematics
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Dr. Zhongchi Liu
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Regulation of plant reproductive development
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Dr. Volker Bricken
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with host cells.
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Dr. Jonathan Dinman
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Chemistry & biochemistry; translational control of gene expression
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Dr. Roy Mariuzza
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Structural immunology
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Dr. Kan Cao
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Mechanisms underlying human aging
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Dr. Daniel Dwyer
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Application of synthetic and systems biology approaches to the study of bacterial cell death physiology and antibiotic discovery
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Dr. Kevin McIver
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Bacterial pathogenesis; host-pathogen interaction
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Dr. Caren Chang
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Molecular genetics of signal transduction in Arabidopsis
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Dr. Antony Jose
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Movement of RNA between cells and across generations

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Dr. Vincent Lee
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Microbial signal transduction and host-pathogen interaction
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Dr. David Mosser
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Macrophages and host defense mechanisms
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Dr. Anne Simon
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: RNA structure/function; cap-independent translation of plus-strand viruses
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Dr. Wenxia Song
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Cell biology
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Dr. Daniel Stein
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Host/pathogen interactions; molecular and cell biology of gonococcal diseases
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Dr. Wade Winkler
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
Research Interest: Bacterial gene regulation; RNA structure and function
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Dr. Osnat Herzberg
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Research Interest: Structural biology; X-ray crystallography; drug discovery
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Dr. John Moult
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Research Interest: Computational biology
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Dr. David O'Brochta
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Research Interest: Physiological genetics of insect vectors of disease; insect molecular genetics
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Dr. John Orban
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Research Interest: Structural biology
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Dr. Scott Walsh
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Research Interest: Structural, functional, and engineering studies of cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction
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Dr. Shunyuan Xiao
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Research Interest: Plant immunity at the host-pathogen interface
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Dr. William Bently
Bioengineering
Research Interest: Biomolecular and metabolic engineering, cell-to-cell communication; heterologous protein expression; device/bio interface
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Dr. Steven Jay
Bioengineering
Research Interest: Vascular bioengineering; drug delivery; protein engineering
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Dr. Eric Hagg
Biology
Research Interest: Molecular evolution; development; genetics
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Dr. Silvia Muro
Bioengineering
Research Interest: Drug targeting and drug delivery; Intracellular drug transport
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Dr. Catherine Carr
Biology
Research Interest: Neurobiology
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Dr. William Jeffrey
Biology
Research Interest: Genetics and developmental biology; behavior; evo-devo; regeneration
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Dr. Elizabeth Quinlan
Biology
Research Interest: Synaptic plasticity in the aging mammalian cortex
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Dr. Sergei Sukharev
Biology
Research Interest: Channel physiology; membrane biophysics; bacterial osmoregulatio
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Dr. Cerruti Hooks
Entomology
Research Interest: Using molecular tools to determine how plant biodiversity impact arthropod interactions in agroecosystems
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Dr. Leslie Pick
Entomology
Research Interest: Function and evolution of embryonic regulatory genes
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Dr. Raymond St. Leger
Entomology
Research Interest: Host-Pathogen interactions/biotechnology
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Dr. Daniel Nelson
Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Protein structure/function and biophysical studies
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Dr. Uptal Pal
Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Microbial pathogenesis and vector biology
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Dr. Xiaoping Zhu
Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Regulations of immunity and inflammation at mucosal surfaces
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Dr. Iqbal Hamza
Animal & Avian Sciences (ANSC)
Research Interest: Trace element metabolism and hematology
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Dr. Tom Porter
Animal & Avian Sciences (ANSC)
Research Interest: Molecular and cellular endocrinology
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Dr. Lisa Taneyhill
Animal & Avian Sciences (ANSC)
Research Interest: Role of neural crest and placode cells in development and disease.

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Dr. Mihai Pop
Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (CBCB)
Research Interest: Bioinformatics; metagenomic
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Dr. Sridhar Hannenhalli
Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (CBCB)
Research Interest: Computational biology; transcriptional regulation; molecular evolution
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