Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG)

Cornell department

people

headed by

Kemphues, Kenneth J | Dept. Chairperson

faculty administrative appointments

Huffaker, Tim Clark | Professor
Kemphues, Kenneth J | Dept. Chairperson

faculty members

Alani, Eric | Professor
Aquadro, Charles F | Charles A. Alexander Professor of Biological Sciences
Barbash, Daniel A. | Assistant Professor
Bretscher, Anthony Paul | Professor
Brown, William J | Professor
Clark, Andrew G. | Jacob Gould Schurmn Professor of Population Genetics
Cluett, Edward Brooke | Visiting Associate Professor
Emr, Scott David | F.H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Dir
Feigenson, Gerald W | Professor
Fox, Thomas D. | Professor
Fromme, Joseph Chris | Assistant Professor
Garcia-Garcia, Maria J | Assistant Professor
Goldberg, Michael Lewis | Professor
Grimson, Andrew William | Assistant Professor
Hanson, Maureen R | Professor
Henry, Susan A. | Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Hess, George P | Professor, Biochemistry
Hinkle, Peter C. | Professor
Huffaker, Tim Clark | Professor
Ke, Ailong | Assistant Professor
Kemphues, Kenneth J | Dept. Chairperson
Kraus PhD, William Lee | Professor
Lee, Siu Sylvia | Assistant Professor
Lis, John T | Professor
Liu, Jun | Associate Professor
MacIntyre, Ross Joseph | Professor
Mao, Yuxin | Assistant Professor
Nicholson, Linda K | Professor
Pleiss, Jeffrey A. | Assistant Professor
Roberts, Jeffrey Warren | Professor
Shalloway, David I | Professor
Smolka, Marcus B | Assistant Professor
Tumbar, Tudorita | Assistant Professor
Tye, Bik-Kwoon | Professor
Vogt, Volker M | Professor
Wilson, David B | Professor
Wolfner, Mariana Federica | Professor and Stephen H. Weiss

emeritus faculty

Blackler, Antonie W. | Professor Emeritus/a
Bruns, Peter J. | Professor Emeritus/a
Calvo, Joseph M. | Professor Emeritus/a
Fessenden-McDonald, June | Professor Emeritus/a
Heppel, Leon A. | Professor Emeritus/a
Zahler, Stanley A. | Professor Emeritus/a

academic staff

Amin, Nirav Mahesh | Postdoctoral Associate
Aregullin, Manuel A. | Senior Research Associate
Arguello, Jacob Roman | Postdoctoral Associate
Avila, Frank W. | Postdoctoral Associate
Bentolila, Stephane | Senior Research Associate
Blankenship, James Eric | Senior Lecturer
Buckley, Martin S. | Postdoctoral Fellow
Burwell, Lindsay S. | Postdoctoral Associate
Calvo, Rita Ann | Senior Lecturer
Cardoso Moreira, Margarida M. | Postdoctoral Associate
Castilho, Priscila Vasques | Postdoctoral Associate
Chang, Yu-Fang | Postdoctoral Associate
Chow, Clement Yan-Che | Postdoctoral Associate
Clark, Nathaniel L. | Postdoctoral Fellow
Core, Leighton James | Postdoctoral Associate
Coventry, Alexander S. | Research Associate
Danko, Charles G. | Postdoctoral Fellow
de Oliveira Filho, Jose Carlos | Visiting Fellow
Ely, Susan | Senior Lecturer
Ferree, Patrick M. | Postdoctoral Fellow
Gaspar, Maria L. | Research Associate
Greenberg, Anthony J. | Research Associate
Hofbauer, Harald | Visiting Scholar
Hu, Fenghua | Research Scientist
Huntley, Melanie A. | Postdoctoral Associate
Jesch, Stephen A. | Research Associate
Jonkers, Iris H. | Postdoctoral Associate
Kamynina, Elena | Research Associate
Kelleher, Erin S. | Postdoctoral Associate
Lee, Chanmi | Postdoctoral Associate
Lee, Sojin | Postdoctoral Associate
Lehovich, Andre | Postdoctoral Associate
Liu, Xiaoqiu | Postdoctoral Associate
Lu, Jian | Postdoctoral Associate
Meisel, Richard Palmer | Postdoctoral Fellow
Min, Irene M. | Postdoctoral Fellow
Morton, Diane G | Research Associate
Ni, Zhuoyu | Research Associate
Nivison, Helen Thom | Senior Lecturer
Ozer, Abdullah | Postdoctoral Associate
Robbins PhD, John C. | Research Associate
Rubinstein, Clifford Dustin | Postdoctoral Associate
Ruhl, Donald D. | Postdoctoral Fellow
Sattarzadeh Mohammadi, Amirali | Research Associate
Sevilimedu Veeravalli, Aarti | Visiting Fellow
Singh, Nadia D. | Postdoctoral Fellow
Sirot, Laura | Research Associate
Suh, Man Hee | Research Associate
Thazath, Nishant Koodali | Research Associate
Tumbar, Remy | Research Scientist
Villa-Garcia, Manuel J. | Prinicipal Research Scientist
Walter, Ludivine | Research Associate
Waterfall, Joshua J. | Postdoctoral Associate
White, Brian Stephen | Postdoctoral Associate
Williams, Byron | Research Associate
Wu, Jing | Scient Visit
Yang, Hsiao-Pei | Visiting Fellow

library liaison

Chiang, Katherine S. | Librarian I

affiliations

department or division within

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) | Cornell college

has affiliated organization

Cornell Institute for Nutritional Genomics (CING) | research center
The Plant Genome Research Outreach Program | extension program unit

programs & activities

sponsors series

Genetics and Development Seminars | Seminar or Lecture Series
Molecular Biology and Genetics Seminar Series | seminar series

impact statements

Action and regulation of mitochondrial and nuclear genes to assemble the respiratory apparatus that lets us breathe. | 2004 Impact statement
Action and regulation of mitochondrial and nuclear genes to assemble the respiratory apparatus that lets us breathe. | 2005 Impact statement
Asymmetric cell division and cell polarity in embryonic development | 2006 Impact statement
Asymmetric cell division and cell polarity in embryonic development | 2004 Impact statement
Asymmetric cell division and cell polarity in embryonic development | 2005 Impact statement
Cellular rearrangements during embryonic development | 2006 Impact statement
Chemical profiling of eggs from New York state and their suitability in the manufacture of non-food derivatives | 2006 Impact statement
Chemical profiling of eggs from New York State and their suitability in the manufacture of non-food derivatives | 2004 Impact statement
Chemical profiling of eggs from New York State and their suitability in the manufacture of non-food derivatives. | 2005 Impact statement
Conformational dynamics in Pin1 regulation of APP processing and Amyloid-beta production | 2006 Impact statement
Determination of the mechanism of plant cell wall degradation by Thermobifida fusca | 2005 Impact statement
Development and testing of transgenic cereal plants for improved abiotic stress tolerance and enhanced grain yield | 2006 Impact statement
Development and use of rapid reaction techniques to understand protein-mediated reactions in health and disease | 2005 Impact statement
Development and use of rapid reaction techniques to understand protein-mediated reactions in health and disease | 2006 Impact statement
Establishing the thermodynamic and kinetic thresholds for bacterial protein secretion via the type 3 secretion system | 2006 Impact statement
Evolution of transposable elements in Drosophila | 2006 Impact statement
Functions of insect reproductive proteins and their implications for human health and reproduction | 2004 Impact statement
Functions of reproductive proteins (primarily in insects) | 2005 Impact statement
Functions of reproductive proteins (primarily in insects) | 2006 Impact statement
Gene regulation in eukaryotes | 2006 Impact statement
Gene regulation in eukaryotes | 2005 Impact statement
Gene regulation in eukaryotes | 2004 Impact statement
Genes affecting chromosome segregation and cell cycle progression | 2006 Impact statement
Genetically engineering rice and increasing its productivity | 2004 Impact statement
Genetic basis for cardiovascular disease risk. | 2004 Impact statement
Genetic basis for cardiovascular disease risk. | 2005 Impact statement
Genetic engineering of rice and other crops with agronomically useful genes to improve productivity. | 2005 Impact statement
Genetics of interspecific hybrid lethality | 2005 Impact statement
Genetics of interspecific hybrid lethality | 2006 Impact statement
Identification of a fertility-restorer gene in rice | 2006 Impact statement
Identifying and characterizing genes that regulate longevity | 2004 Impact statement
Inference of biological function and mechanism of evolutionary change from comparative genomic data. | 2006 Impact statement
Inference of biological function and mechanism of evolutionary change from comparative genomic data. | 2005 Impact statement
Inference of biological function and mechanisms of evolutionary change from comparative genomic data | 2004 Impact statement
Investigation of the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer`s Disease | 2005 Impact statement
Is recombination mutagenic in Drosophila? | 2006 Impact statement
Mechanism and stereochemistry of gene expression by RNA polymerase II | 2004 Impact statement
Mechanism and stereochemistry of gene expression by RNA polymerase II | 2005 Impact statement
Mechanism and stereochemistry of gene expression by RNA polymerase II | 2006 Impact statement
Mesodermal cell fate specification in C. elegans | 2006 Impact statement
Molecular analysis of chromosome segregation | 2006 Impact statement
Molecular analysis of chromosome segregation | 2004 Impact statement
Molecular analysis of chromosome segregation | 2005 Impact statement
Molecular studies of hair follicle and skin stem cells | 2006 Impact statement
Plant cell-wall degrading enzymes | 2006 Impact statement
Predicting phenotype from genotype | 2006 Impact statement
Production of drought- and cold-tolerant transgenic maize plants | 2004 Impact statement
Production of tansgenic maize plants that are tolerant to drought and cold | 2005 Impact statement
Production of transgenic rice plants for increased salt tolerance and an increase in grain yield | 2006 Impact statement
PTPalpha, a prospective target for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment | 2006 Impact statement
PTPalpha, a prospective target for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment | 2005 Impact statement
PTP alpha, a prospective target for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment | 2004 Impact statement
Quantitative optical phase, amplitude, and polarization microscopy | 2006 Impact statement
Regulation of DNA replication in yeast, flies, and mice | 2006 Impact statement
Regulation of gene expression in a bacterial virus | 2006 Impact statement
Regulation of gene expression of a bacterial virus | 2004 Impact statement
Regulation of gene expression of a bacterial virus | 2005 Impact statement
Relating molecular biology to real-world applications | 2005 Impact statement
Relating molecular biology to real-world applications | 2004 Impact statement
Relating molecular biology to real-world applications | 2006 Impact statement
Research on the molecular actions of estrogens provides clues for developing more effective drugs for the treatment of breast cancers | 2006 Impact statement
Role of DNA mismatch repair in maintaining genome stability | 2006 Impact statement
Role of mismatch repair in maintaining genome stability | 2005 Impact statement
Role of PTP alpha and Src family kinases in human cancer | 2004 Impact statement
Roles of cholesterol in biological membranes | 2005 Impact statement
Roles of cholesterol in biological membranes | 2004 Impact statement
Storage and utilization of excess lipids in Eukaryotic cells | 2006 Impact statement
Storage and Utilization of Excess Lipids in Mammalian Cells | 2005 Impact statement
Structure and assembly of retroviruses | 2005 Impact statement
Studies of enzymes that degrade cell walls | 2004 Impact statement
Study of Multifunctional Protein Factors involved in regulation of DNA replication, gene expression and chromatin assembly | 2004 Impact statement
Teaching biochemistry, molecular biology & biotechnology. | 2004 Impact statement
Teaching biochemistry, molecular biology & biotechnology. | 2006 Impact statement
Teaching biochemistry, molecular biology & biotechnology. | 2005 Impact statement
Teaching biochemistry and molecular biology | 2006 Impact statement
The contribution of crossing over to the spontaneous mutation rate | 2004 Impact statement
The genes that regulate longevity in the soil worm C. elegans | 2006 Impact statement
The genetic determinants of longevity in C. elegans | 2005 Impact statement
The molecular actions of estrogens provide clues for developing more effective drugs for the treatment of breast cancers. | 2004 Impact statement
The role of microfilaments in the functional organization of yeast and mammalian cells | 2005 Impact statement
The role of mismatch repair in maintaining genome stability, with implications for colorectal cancer and human fertility | 2004 Impact statement
The role of PTP alpha in human cancer | 2006 Impact statement
Understanding cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration for hybrid seed production | 2004 Impact statement
Understanding cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration for hybrid seed production | 2005 Impact statement
Understanding cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration for hybrid seed production | 2006 Impact statement
Understanding DNA and the Basic Molecules Behind Food Diseases | 2004 Impact statement
Understanding the functional organization of cells | 2006 Impact statement
Understanding the mechanisms of assembly of retroviruses like HIV | 2004 Impact statement
We study the development of the essential reproductive neuroendocrine cells containing Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Without these cells animals do not pass through puberty and can not reproduce. These cells were thought to arise from the olfacto | 2005 Impact statement