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Photo | Last Name | First Name | Title | Research Area | Research Description |
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![]() | AbouHaidar | Mounir G. | Professor | Biotechnology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology | Virology. Research interests lie in the area of the molecular biology of plant and human viruses. Development of "transgenic" plants resistant to viruses: mechanisms of resistance. Research interests lie in the area of the molecular biology. |
![]() | Berleth | Thomas | Professor | ||
![]() | Bruce | Ashley E. | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology | Our goal is to understand how morphogenesis and embryonic tissue patterning are linked. We use cellular, molecular and embryological techniques to study these questions in the zebrafish embryo. |
![]() | Buck | Leslie T. | Professor | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | We use a comparative neurobiological/physiological/molecular approach to understand how animals survive environmental extremes, in particular how painted turtles and goldfish survive without oxygen for weeks. |
![]() | Calarco | John | Assistant Professor | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology | We study how mRNA processing and post-transcriptional gene regulation influences the development, differentiation, and function of the nervous system |
![]() | Chang | Belinda S.W. | Professor | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology | Recreating the evolution of visual proteins in the laboratory; next generation sequencing and computational studies of visual proteins from animals in unusual habitats; mutagenesis studies of visual pigment structure/function |
![]() | Christendat | Dinesh | Associate Professor | Biotechnology, Metabolomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Proteomics, Structural Biology | Structural biology approaches to understand the Functional divergence and regulation of metabolic proteins in plants and microbes |
![]() | Coleman | John R. | Professor | Biotechnology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology | Molecular biology & biochemistry of photosynthesis |
![]() | Currie | Joshua | Assistant Professor | Cell Biology Developmental Biology Quantitative Biology Molecular Biology Animal Biology | Why do humans often heal by scarring while other animals can regrow entire limbs? We combine live imaging and molecular techniques in the regenerative axolotl to uncover principles of tissue regeneration and repair. |
![]() | Desveaux | Darrell | Professor | Chemical Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Plant Biology, Proteomics, Structural Biology, Systems Biology | Plant-Microbe Systems Biology |
![]() | Garside | Christopher S. | Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream | Lecturer | I am interested in finding ways to increase student engagement with lecture and laboratory materials by providing students with transferrable concepts and skills. |
![]() | Godt | Dorothea | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology | Analysis of molecular networks that drive cell shape changes, cell migration, and cell and tissue architecture during animal development |
![]() | Goring | Daphne R. | Professor | Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology | My overall research interests are to understand how plant cells communicate through signal transduction pathways to regulate plant growth and development in species in the mustard family (Arabidopsis, Brassica, canola). |
![]() | Guttman | David S. | Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Microbiology, Pathology, Plant Biology | Comparative, evolutionary and functional genomics. Evolution of host specificity and virulence in pathogenic bacteria. Microbiome studies of human and plant diseases. |
![]() | Harris | Tony J.C. | Professor | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology | We study how molecular circuits control and coordinate cell polarity, adhesion, cytoskeletal and membrane trafficking machinery to build and re-shape cells during animal development. |
![]() | Lovejoy | David A. | Professor | Animal Biology, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | Integrated molecular and organismal neuroendocrinology on the actions of stress on metabolism, reproduction and behaviour |
![]() | Lumba | Shelley | Assistant Professor | Comparative Genomics, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | Our goal is to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying dormancy and germination in both non-parasitic and parasitic plants. We apply systems biology approaches to generate signalling networks during seed germination. |
![]() | McCourt | Peter | Professor | Biotechnology, Chemical Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | The laboratory is focused on how hormones regulate developmental responses in higher plants. In particular, we use functional and chemical genomics approaches to dissect abscisic acid (ABA) and strigolactone signaling. |
![]() | Mitchell | Jennifer A. | Associate Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology | Genome Folding and Regulation of Gene Expression |
![]() | Moses | Alan M. | Associate Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Proteomics, Systems Biology | DNA and protein sequences that control gene regulation. Population genetics and molecular evolution of regulatory networks. Development of computational and statistical methods for analysis of large biological datasets. |
![]() | Nambara | Eiji | Professor | Biotechnology, Chemical Biology, Comparative Genomics, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Metabolomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | My research team investigates molecular mechanisms by which plants regulate plant hormone metabolism. |
![]() | Neumann | Melody J. | Associate Professor, Teaching Stream | Lecturer | My primary research interest is the scholarly and scientific analysis of teaching practices to improve student learning in cell and molecular biology. |
![]() | Peever | John H. | Professor | Neurobiology, Physiology, Systems Biology | Neurobiology of brain arousal states |
![]() | Plotnikov | Sergey V. | Assistant Professor | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology | We are interested in understanding the mechanisms utilized by mammalian cells to sense and transduce physical inputs from the microenvironment and how cell migration is guided by the mechanical cues. |
![]() | Provart | Nicholas J. | Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Functional Genomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Structural Biology, Systems Biology | Bioinformatic tools and analyses for hypothesis generation in plant biology. Wet-lab validation of hypotheses generated using such tools. |
![]() | Ringuette | Maurice | Associate Professor | ||
![]() | Saltzman | Arneet | Assistant Professor | Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Cell Biology | Understanding chromatin regulation during development using C. elegans as a molel system. |
![]() | Stephenson | Richard | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior | Regulation and function of sleep |
![]() | Tepass | Ulrich | Professor | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology | We study the mechanisms of cell polarity and cell adhesion of epithelial cells during animal development. Our work is relevant for several human diseases, in particular cancer and blindness. |
![]() | Tropepe | Vincent | Professor & amp; Chair | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology | Developmental Neuroscience |
![]() | Varmuza | Susannah L. | Professor | Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology | My research area is Epigenetics, with a focus on genomic imprinting in mammals and its impact on development. |
![]() | Winklbauer | Rudolf | Professor | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology | We study the molecular and cellular mechanisms and the tissue mechanical basis of vertebrate gastrulation. |
![]() | Woodin | Melanie A. | Professor | Cell Biology, Neurobiology | The Woodin Lab is focused on discovering the cellular mechanisms underlying inhibitory GABAergic synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. These discoveries are made by combining cell biology, fluorescence imaging, computer modeling, and electrophysiology and optogenetics. |
![]() | Yoshioka | Keiko | Professor | Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Structural Biology, Systems Biology | Signal transduction of stress responses in plants with an emphasis on immunity; environmental effects on pathogen resistance; signal transduction networks in abiotic and biotic stress responses; production of stress resistant plants. |
Photo | Last Name | First Name | Title | Research Area | Research Description |
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![]() | Edwards | Elizabeth A. | Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Comparative Genomics, Functional Genomics, Metabolomics, Microbiology, Proteomics | Anaerobic microbiology and biotechnology |
![]() | Fernandez-Gonzalez | Rodrigo | Associate Professor | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology | Cytoskeletal dynamics and mechanical forces in the assembly and repair of epithelial tissues |
![]() | Fittipaldi | Nahuel | Assistant Professor | Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Clinical Microbiology and Labolatory Science | |
![]() | Kim | Junchul | Assistant Professor | Animal Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | Neural circuits underlying approach and avoidance behaviours |
![]() | Master | Emma | Associate Professor | ||
![]() | Ryu | William | Assistant Professor | Microbiology, Neurobiology, Quantitative Biology, Systems Biology | We are interested in the biophysics of sensory transduction and behaviour. |
![]() | Sokolowski | Marla B. | Professor | Prof Sokolowski's lab is interested in individual differences and behaviour and how they arise. They mostly use Drosophila to investigate gene by environment interactions and epigenetics around the regulation of individual differences in foraging, feeding, metabolism as well as learning and social behaviour. | |
![]() | Takehara-Nishiuchi | Kaori | Assistant Professor | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior | My research program aims to understand how the cortical network stores a permanent record of daily experiences and how it deteriorates in memory disorders. |
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![]() | Barrett | Michael | Professor Emeritus | ||
![]() | Butler | David G. | Professor Emeritus | Animal Biology, Physiology | Endocrine control of water and electrolyte balance in vertebrate animals. Hormonal control of water and electrolyte balance in vertebrates; comparative endocrinology of the adrenal cortex. |
![]() | Desser | Sherwin S. | Professor Emeritus | Microbiology, Pathology | |
![]() | Heath | Michele | Professor Emeritus | Physiological Plant Pathology | |
![]() | Hellebust | Johan | Professor Emeritus | Phycology | |
![]() | Higgins | Verna | Professor Emeritus | Plant Pathology | |
![]() | Larsen | Ellen W. | Professor Emeritus | Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics | Development of foliose lichens, self-organization in development and evolution. Mechanisms of environmental effects on the penetrance of mutations. |
![]() | Masui | Yoshio | Professor Emeritus | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology | Control of cell cycles in development and meiosis in oocytes in animals (1967-2005 no longer continued) |
![]() | Romans | Patricia | Professor Emeritus | ||
![]() | Roots | Betty I. | Professor Emeritus | Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | |
![]() | Smith | J.J. Berry | Professor Emeritus | Physiology | |
![]() | Tobe | Stephen S. | Professor Emeritus | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | Comparative endocrinology of invertebrates, particularly Arthropods. Reproduction in insects and crustaceans. |
Photo | Last Name | First Name | Title | Research Area | Research Description |
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![]() | Brown | Ian R. | Professor | Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology | Cell and molecular biology of heat shock (stress) proteins in the mammalian nervous system and their role in neurodegenerative diseases. |
![]() | Campbell | Malcolm M. | Professor | Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | Genome biology - exploring genome-wide responses to environmental stimuli. Interplay of development, epigenetics, transcriptome, & metabolome. |
![]() | Gazzarrini | Sonia | Associate Professor | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology | My research interests involve understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate the transition from dormancy to germination and the role that hormones and abiotic stresses play in this processes. |
![]() | Guzzo | Christina | Assistant Professor | Microbiology, Pathology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology | My research aims to delineate the molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 control and pathogenesis, including the role of host immune cell proteins (soluble and cell-derived) in altering HIV infection. |
![]() | Harrison | Rene E. | Associate Professor | Cell Biology | My lab uses advanced fluorescent imaging to study the cell biology of immune cells and bone cells under normal and pathological states. |
![]() | Hasenkampf | Clare | Professor | Cell Biology, Genetics, Plant Biology | Chromosome interactions during meiosis are the focus of the Hasenkampf lab. |
![]() | McGowan | Patrick O. | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior, Systems Biology | Epigenetic mechanisms of neurodevelopment and behaviour. Focus on molecular mechanisms that mediate the adaptation to psychosocial stress and complex disease in humans and other species. |
![]() | Nash | Joanne E. | Associate Professor | Neurobiology | We employ a multidisciplinary approach to understand the cell and molecular mechanisms underlying neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease. It is hoped that these studies will lead to better treatments for patients suffering from these diseases. |
![]() | Reid | Stephen | Associate Professor | ||
![]() | Richards | Blake A. | Assistant Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior, Systems Biology | My lab studies the neurobiology of learning and memory. We take a multidisciplinary, circuit-level approach to examine how neurons encode information about our past experiences. |
![]() | Riggs | C. Daniel | Associate Professor | Cell Biology, Comparative Genomics, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology | Developmental genetics and meristem biology |
![]() | Terebiznik | Mauricio R. | Associate Professor | Cell Biology, Microbiology, Structural Biology | My laboratory specializes in cellular microbiology and cell biology. We investigate different unexplored aspects of the interplay of macrophages, and epithelial cells with intracellular pathogens and toxic fibres like asbestos. |
![]() | Thiele | Tod | Assistant Professor | Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior, Systems Biology | |
![]() | Treanor | Bebhinn | Assistant Professor | Cell Biology | My research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling immune cell activation through the development and implementation of cutting edge optical microscopy. |
![]() | Vanlerberghe | Greg C. | Professor | Plant Biology | We investigate the impact of abiotic and biotic stress on plant energy metabolism. We uncover the signature responses of metabolism to stress and elucidate how these responses support stress acclimation. |
![]() | Welch | Kenneth C. | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Physiology, Systems Biology | I use and integrative and comparative approach to study the physiology of muscle function, fuel use, metabolism and energetics during locomotion. |
![]() | Zhao | Rongmin | Associate Professor | Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Proteomics, Systems Biology | The mechanism of action of molecular chaperones and their roles in plant development, and in organelle functions; the mechanism of regulated protein degradation by the 26S proteasome. |
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![]() | Arruda-Carvalho | Maithe | Assistant Professor | Neurobiology Physiology Systems Biology Cell Biology Animal Biology | Our lab uses a systems level approach to explore the relationship between the maturation of sensitive brain circuits, the emergence of complex behaviour, and stress sensitivity in mice. |
![]() | Boonstra | Rudy | Professor | ||
![]() | Erb | Suzanne | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | The neurobiology of substance dependence and the relationship between stress and long-term vulnerability to drug use. |
![]() | Fitzpatrick | Mark J. | Assistant Professor | Animal Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | Research in my laboratory focuses on the evolutionary genetics of animal behaviour. We focus primarily on the rover/sitter foraging polymorphism found in fruit flies." |
![]() | Fulthorpe | Roberta R. | Professor | Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Microbiology, Plant Biology | Evolution of catabolic activities in bacteria of soils, waters and the plant endosphere. The role of Recombinase in Trio elements in catabolic gene evolution. |
![]() | Ito | Rutsuko | Assistant Professor | Systems Biology, Psychology & Behavior, Neurobiology, Animal Biology | We are interested in identifying brain circuits that underlie contextual and affective influences over motivated behaviour, and the neural and neurochemical mechanisms of approach avoidance decision making. We also use animal models of addiction, schizophrenia and depression to establish how approach-avoidance decision making is disrupted in diseased states. |
![]() | Kronzucker | Herbert J. | Professor | Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Metabolomics, Physiology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | My laboratory is dedicated to the exploration of transport systems in plants, and the relationship between transport pathways and plant productivity. |
![]() | Lovejoy | Nathan R. | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics | I am interested in the relationship between naturally occurring genomic variation and animal function. Current research focuses on the evolution of genes involved in electric signal production in Amazonian fishes. |
![]() | Mason | Andrew C. | Associate Professor & Chair | Animal Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior | acoustic and vibrational communication; complex signals; sensory processing; decision making; signal function and evolution |
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![]() | Anderson | James | Professor | ||
![]() | Braeutigam | Katharina | Assistant Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Functional Genomics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | My general research interest lies in the interaction between genome, epigenome, and phenotypic performance in plants with emphasis on persistent effects of past experience and molecular memory systems. |
![]() | Cheng | Hai-Ying (Mary) | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior | Circadian clock mechanisms in mammals; genetic determinants of adult neurogenesis |
![]() | Ensminger | Ingo | Assistant Professor | Physiology, Plant Biology | Research in the Ensminger lab is focusing on the physiology of plants to understand the molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms underlying adaptation and acclimation of plants to their environment. In particular we are interested in the mechanisms by which environmental change impacts trees and forests from molecular to species and ecosystem levels. The understanding of these mechanisms is not simply for scientific interest. It addresses some of the fundamental questions in global change research and is indispensable to the justification of how plants will respond to climate change. |
![]() | Erclik | Ted | Assistant Professor | Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics | Our lab's goal is to understand how complex neural circuits develop from an initial population of stem cells. As a model system, we use the Drosophila optic lobe, which is the visual processing center of the fruit fly brain. |
![]() | Espie | George S. | Professor | Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Structural Biology | We are interested in the understanding the structure and function of the cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism and how it affects photosynthetic activity and photoautotrophic growth under a variety of environmental stresses. |
![]() | Lange | Angela B. | Professor | Animal Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | I am an insect physiologist who studies how the nervous system and visceral tissues communicate and integrate information allowing for coordinated behaviours such as egg-laying, digestion, and circulatory function. |
![]() | Liu | Baohua | Assistant Professor | Systems Biology Animal Biology Cell Biology Neurobiology Physiology | We are interested in the circuit mechanisms underlying the orchestration of the ocular motor behavior and visual information processing, which is essential for proper vision. |
![]() | Orchard | Ian | Professor | Animal Biology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Proteomics | We examine the functioning of the nervous system, using insects as experimental models. We establish the mechanisms by which the nervous system communicates; examining hormonal, synaptic, and modulatory mechanism. |
![]() | Phillips | Michael | Assistant Professor | Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Metabolomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Quantitative Biology, Systems Biology | My research focuses on the control of flux in plant metabolic networks and the adaptive responses of the plant metabolome to stress at the interface of primary and secondary metabolism. |
![]() | Rhee | Ho-Sung | Assistant Professor | Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology | We study how a neuron is specified and maintained during mammalian development. To understand these processes, we use cutting-edge stem cell differentiation and genomics approaches in neural development and disease. |
![]() | Senatore | Adriano | Professor | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Neurobiology, Physiology, Proteomics | Our overarching objective is to understand the phylogenetic diversity and evolution of synaptic transmission. We integrate molecule-level analyses of synaptic protein structure-function, biophysics and pharmacology (e.g. calcium channels) with molecular physiology of early-diverging animals, with systems level research in genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. |
![]() | Stewart | Bryan | Professor | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | Our research is aimed at understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern the function and development of neurons. We use a variety of genetic, molecular, biochemical, imaging and physiological techniques aimed at determining how neurons communicate with other cells. |
![]() | Westwood | J. Timothy | Associate Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology | The Westwood lab primarily studies the regulation of gene transcription, using the Drosophila heat shock genes as a model system, as well as post-transcriptional gene regulation during early Drosophila embryogenesis. |
![]() | Yang | Guojun | Assistant Professor | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology | My research aims to understand how mobile genetic elements in genomes shape genome function and evolution. |
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![]() | Gerlai | Robert | Professor | Genetics, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | Neurobehavioural genetic analysis of zebrafish with a focus on alcohol effects, social behaviour, learning and memory. |
![]() | Holmes | Melissa M. | Associate Professor | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | My primary research interest is the reciprocal relationship between social interactions and adult plasticity in the mammalian brain. |
![]() | Kanelis | Voula | Associate Professor | Structural Biology | We study nucleotide binding domains (NBDs) from the sulfonylurea receptors (SURs). The SUR proteins, which are members of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) superfamily of proteins, form regulatory domains of ATP sensitive K+ channels. Mutations in the NBDs of the SUR proteins result in diabetes, hyperinsulinism, and cardiac disorders. |
![]() | Kohn | Linda M. | Professor | Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology | Fungal Biology: Systematics, Population Biology, Trophic Interactions, Experimental Evolution, Speciation. |
![]() | Levine | Joel | Professor | Mechanisms of Social Behaviour and Circadian Clocks | |
![]() | Martin | Loren | Assistant Professor | Neurobiology, Animal Biology, Psychology & Behavior, Molecular Biology, Physiology | We investigate the relationship between stress and pain by looking at the neurological changes induced by chronic pain and how cognitive and social factors alter pain sensitivity. |
![]() | McMillen | David R. | Associate Professor | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Quantitative Biology, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology | Systems and synthetic biology. Design, construction, and analysis of synthetic networks (feedback controllers, logical operators, etc.) in microorganisms and (through collaboration) mammalian cells, to alter cellular behaviour from within. |
![]() | Milstein | Joshua N. | Associate Professor | Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Quantitative Biology | Quantitative Biology; DNA Dynamics; Super-Resolution Imaging; Mechanobiology |
![]() | Monks | Douglas Ashley | Associate Professor | ||
![]() | Ness | Rob W. | Assistant Professor | Comparative Genomics Functional Genomics Evolutionary Biology Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Genetics Plant Biology Microbiology | The Ness lab investigates how mutation and recombination interact with selection and genetic drift to drive evolution. We combine natural and experimental populations with new fangled genomic technologies. |
![]() | Shin | Jumi | Associate | Protein design & engineering Directed evolution Artificial transcription factors | Our work uses molecular and cellular biology and biophysical approaches to design small proteins that target DNA sequences important in disease. For example, our 66 amino acid protein ME47 targets the E-box sequence, which is involved in over half of all cancers, and competitively inhibits native transcription factors from binding their DNA targets. ME47 can be used to modulate breast cancer cell growth in mouse models. We also study how continuous exposure to pollutants, like quantum dots, can cause organisms to genetically adapt. |
![]() | Zovkic | Iva | Assistant Professor | Neurobiology, Animal Biology, Psychology & Behavior, Epigenetics | Epigenetic mechamisms of learning and memory in rodents; role of histone variants in memory formation and maintenance; age-related cognitive decline. |
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![]() | O'Day | Danton H. | Professor Emeritus | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology | My lab focuses on the role of calmodulin binding proteins in cellular function. |
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Photo | Last Name | First Name | Appointment | Title | Campus | Research Area | Research Description |
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![]() | Arruda-Carvalho | Maithe | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | UTSC | Neurobiology Physiology Systems Biology Cell Biology Animal Biology | Our lab uses a systems level approach to explore the relationship between the maturation of sensitive brain circuits, the emergence of complex behaviour, and stress sensitivity in mice. |
![]() | AbouHaidar | Mounir G. | Full | Professor | St. George | Biotechnology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology | Virology. Research interests lie in the area of the molecular biology of plant and human viruses. Development of "transgenic" plants resistant to viruses: mechanisms of resistance. Research interests lie in the area of the molecular biology. |
![]() | Anderson | James | Full | Professor | UTM | ||
![]() | Barrett | Michael | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | ||
![]() | Berleth | Thomas | Full | Professor | St. George | ||
![]() | Boonstra | Rudy | Cross Appointment | Professor | UTSC | ||
![]() | Braeutigam | Katharina | Full | Assistant Professor | UTM | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Functional Genomics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | My general research interest lies in the interaction between genome, epigenome, and phenotypic performance in plants with emphasis on persistent effects of past experience and molecular memory systems. |
![]() | Brown | Ian R. | Full | Professor | UTSC | Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology | Cell and molecular biology of heat shock (stress) proteins in the mammalian nervous system and their role in neurodegenerative diseases. |
![]() | Bruce | Ashley E. | Full | Associate Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology | Our goal is to understand how morphogenesis and embryonic tissue patterning are linked. We use cellular, molecular and embryological techniques to study these questions in the zebrafish embryo. |
![]() | Buck | Leslie T. | Full | Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | We use a comparative neurobiological/physiological/molecular approach to understand how animals survive environmental extremes, in particular how painted turtles and goldfish survive without oxygen for weeks. |
![]() | Butler | David G. | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Animal Biology, Physiology | Endocrine control of water and electrolyte balance in vertebrate animals. Hormonal control of water and electrolyte balance in vertebrates; comparative endocrinology of the adrenal cortex. |
![]() | Calarco | John | Full | Assistant Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology | We study how mRNA processing and post-transcriptional gene regulation influences the development, differentiation, and function of the nervous system |
![]() | Campbell | Malcolm M. | Full | Professor | UTSC | Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | Genome biology - exploring genome-wide responses to environmental stimuli. Interplay of development, epigenetics, transcriptome, & metabolome. |
![]() | Chang | Belinda S.W. | Full | Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology | Recreating the evolution of visual proteins in the laboratory; next generation sequencing and computational studies of visual proteins from animals in unusual habitats; mutagenesis studies of visual pigment structure/function |
![]() | Cheng | Hai-Ying (Mary) | Full | Associate Professor | UTM | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior | Circadian clock mechanisms in mammals; genetic determinants of adult neurogenesis |
![]() | Christendat | Dinesh | Full | Associate Professor | St. George | Biotechnology, Metabolomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Proteomics, Structural Biology | Structural biology approaches to understand the Functional divergence and regulation of metabolic proteins in plants and microbes |
![]() | Coleman | John R. | Full | Professor | St. George | Biotechnology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology | Molecular biology & biochemistry of photosynthesis |
![]() | Currie | Joshua | Full | Assistant Professor | St. George | Cell Biology Developmental Biology Quantitative Biology Molecular Biology Animal Biology | Why do humans often heal by scarring while other animals can regrow entire limbs? We combine live imaging and molecular techniques in the regenerative axolotl to uncover principles of tissue regeneration and repair. |
![]() | Desser | Sherwin S. | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Microbiology, Pathology | |
![]() | Desveaux | Darrell | Full | Professor | St. George | Chemical Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Plant Biology, Proteomics, Structural Biology, Systems Biology | Plant-Microbe Systems Biology |
![]() | Edwards | Elizabeth A. | Cross Appointment | Professor | St. George | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Comparative Genomics, Functional Genomics, Metabolomics, Microbiology, Proteomics | Anaerobic microbiology and biotechnology |
![]() | Ensminger | Ingo | Full | Assistant Professor | UTM | Physiology, Plant Biology | Research in the Ensminger lab is focusing on the physiology of plants to understand the molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms underlying adaptation and acclimation of plants to their environment. In particular we are interested in the mechanisms by which environmental change impacts trees and forests from molecular to species and ecosystem levels. The understanding of these mechanisms is not simply for scientific interest. It addresses some of the fundamental questions in global change research and is indispensable to the justification of how plants will respond to climate change. |
![]() | Erb | Suzanne | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | UTSC | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | The neurobiology of substance dependence and the relationship between stress and long-term vulnerability to drug use. |
![]() | Erclik | Ted | Full | Assistant Professor | UTM | Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics | Our lab's goal is to understand how complex neural circuits develop from an initial population of stem cells. As a model system, we use the Drosophila optic lobe, which is the visual processing center of the fruit fly brain. |
![]() | Espie | George S. | Full | Professor | UTM | Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Structural Biology | We are interested in the understanding the structure and function of the cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism and how it affects photosynthetic activity and photoautotrophic growth under a variety of environmental stresses. |
![]() | Fernandez-Gonzalez | Rodrigo | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | St. George | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology | Cytoskeletal dynamics and mechanical forces in the assembly and repair of epithelial tissues |
![]() | Fittipaldi | Nahuel | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | St. George | Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Clinical Microbiology and Labolatory Science | |
![]() | Fitzpatrick | Mark J. | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | UTSC | Animal Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | Research in my laboratory focuses on the evolutionary genetics of animal behaviour. We focus primarily on the rover/sitter foraging polymorphism found in fruit flies." |
![]() | Fulthorpe | Roberta R. | Cross Appointment | Professor | UTSC | Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Microbiology, Plant Biology | Evolution of catabolic activities in bacteria of soils, waters and the plant endosphere. The role of Recombinase in Trio elements in catabolic gene evolution. |
![]() | Garside | Christopher S. | Full | Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream | St. George | Lecturer | I am interested in finding ways to increase student engagement with lecture and laboratory materials by providing students with transferrable concepts and skills. |
![]() | Gazzarrini | Sonia | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology | My research interests involve understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate the transition from dormancy to germination and the role that hormones and abiotic stresses play in this processes. |
![]() | Gerlai | Robert | Cross Appointment | Professor | UTM | Genetics, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | Neurobehavioural genetic analysis of zebrafish with a focus on alcohol effects, social behaviour, learning and memory. |
![]() | Godt | Dorothea | Full | Associate Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology | Analysis of molecular networks that drive cell shape changes, cell migration, and cell and tissue architecture during animal development |
![]() | Goring | Daphne R. | Full | Professor | St. George | Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology | My overall research interests are to understand how plant cells communicate through signal transduction pathways to regulate plant growth and development in species in the mustard family (Arabidopsis, Brassica, canola). |
![]() | Guttman | David S. | Full | Professor | St. George | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Microbiology, Pathology, Plant Biology | Comparative, evolutionary and functional genomics. Evolution of host specificity and virulence in pathogenic bacteria. Microbiome studies of human and plant diseases. |
![]() | Guzzo | Christina | Full | Assistant Professor | UTSC | Microbiology, Pathology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology | My research aims to delineate the molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 control and pathogenesis, including the role of host immune cell proteins (soluble and cell-derived) in altering HIV infection. |
![]() | Harris | Tony J.C. | Full | Professor | St. George | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology | We study how molecular circuits control and coordinate cell polarity, adhesion, cytoskeletal and membrane trafficking machinery to build and re-shape cells during animal development. |
![]() | Harrison | Rene E. | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | Cell Biology | My lab uses advanced fluorescent imaging to study the cell biology of immune cells and bone cells under normal and pathological states. |
![]() | Hasenkampf | Clare | Full | Professor | UTSC | Cell Biology, Genetics, Plant Biology | Chromosome interactions during meiosis are the focus of the Hasenkampf lab. |
![]() | Heath | Michele | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Physiological Plant Pathology | |
![]() | Hellebust | Johan | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Phycology | |
![]() | Higgins | Verna | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Plant Pathology | |
![]() | Holmes | Melissa M. | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | UTM | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | My primary research interest is the reciprocal relationship between social interactions and adult plasticity in the mammalian brain. |
![]() | Ito | Rutsuko | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | UTSC | Systems Biology, Psychology & Behavior, Neurobiology, Animal Biology | We are interested in identifying brain circuits that underlie contextual and affective influences over motivated behaviour, and the neural and neurochemical mechanisms of approach avoidance decision making. We also use animal models of addiction, schizophrenia and depression to establish how approach-avoidance decision making is disrupted in diseased states. |
![]() | Kanelis | Voula | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | UTM | Structural Biology | We study nucleotide binding domains (NBDs) from the sulfonylurea receptors (SURs). The SUR proteins, which are members of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) superfamily of proteins, form regulatory domains of ATP sensitive K+ channels. Mutations in the NBDs of the SUR proteins result in diabetes, hyperinsulinism, and cardiac disorders. |
![]() | Kim | Junchul | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior | Neural circuits underlying approach and avoidance behaviours |
![]() | Kohn | Linda M. | Cross Appointment | Professor | UTM | Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology | Fungal Biology: Systematics, Population Biology, Trophic Interactions, Experimental Evolution, Speciation. |
![]() | Kronzucker | Herbert J. | Cross Appointment | Professor | UTSC | Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Metabolomics, Physiology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | My laboratory is dedicated to the exploration of transport systems in plants, and the relationship between transport pathways and plant productivity. |
![]() | Lange | Angela B. | Full | Professor | UTM | Animal Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | I am an insect physiologist who studies how the nervous system and visceral tissues communicate and integrate information allowing for coordinated behaviours such as egg-laying, digestion, and circulatory function. |
![]() | Larsen | Ellen W. | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics | Development of foliose lichens, self-organization in development and evolution. Mechanisms of environmental effects on the penetrance of mutations. |
![]() | Levine | Joel | Cross Appointment | Professor | UTM | Mechanisms of Social Behaviour and Circadian Clocks | |
![]() | Liu | Baohua | Full | Assistant Professor | UTM | Systems Biology Animal Biology Cell Biology Neurobiology Physiology | We are interested in the circuit mechanisms underlying the orchestration of the ocular motor behavior and visual information processing, which is essential for proper vision. |
![]() | Lovejoy | David A. | Full | Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | Integrated molecular and organismal neuroendocrinology on the actions of stress on metabolism, reproduction and behaviour |
![]() | Lovejoy | Nathan R. | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | UTSC | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics | I am interested in the relationship between naturally occurring genomic variation and animal function. Current research focuses on the evolution of genes involved in electric signal production in Amazonian fishes. |
![]() | Lumba | Shelley | Full | Assistant Professor | St. George | Comparative Genomics, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | Our goal is to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying dormancy and germination in both non-parasitic and parasitic plants. We apply systems biology approaches to generate signalling networks during seed germination. |
![]() | Martin | Loren | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | UTM | Neurobiology, Animal Biology, Psychology & Behavior, Molecular Biology, Physiology | We investigate the relationship between stress and pain by looking at the neurological changes induced by chronic pain and how cognitive and social factors alter pain sensitivity. |
![]() | Mason | Andrew C. | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor & Chair | UTSC | Animal Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior | acoustic and vibrational communication; complex signals; sensory processing; decision making; signal function and evolution |
![]() | Master | Emma | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | St. George | ||
![]() | Masui | Yoshio | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology | Control of cell cycles in development and meiosis in oocytes in animals (1967-2005 no longer continued) |
![]() | McCourt | Peter | Full | Professor | St. George | Biotechnology, Chemical Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | The laboratory is focused on how hormones regulate developmental responses in higher plants. In particular, we use functional and chemical genomics approaches to dissect abscisic acid (ABA) and strigolactone signaling. |
![]() | McGowan | Patrick O. | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior, Systems Biology | Epigenetic mechanisms of neurodevelopment and behaviour. Focus on molecular mechanisms that mediate the adaptation to psychosocial stress and complex disease in humans and other species. |
![]() | McMillen | David R. | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | UTM | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Quantitative Biology, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology | Systems and synthetic biology. Design, construction, and analysis of synthetic networks (feedback controllers, logical operators, etc.) in microorganisms and (through collaboration) mammalian cells, to alter cellular behaviour from within. |
![]() | Milstein | Joshua N. | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | UTM | Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Quantitative Biology | Quantitative Biology; DNA Dynamics; Super-Resolution Imaging; Mechanobiology |
![]() | Mitchell | Jennifer A. | Full | Associate Professor | St. George | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology | Genome Folding and Regulation of Gene Expression |
![]() | Monks | Douglas Ashley | Cross Appointment | Associate Professor | UTM | ||
![]() | Moses | Alan M. | Full | Associate Professor | St. George | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Proteomics, Systems Biology | DNA and protein sequences that control gene regulation. Population genetics and molecular evolution of regulatory networks. Development of computational and statistical methods for analysis of large biological datasets. |
![]() | Nambara | Eiji | Full | Professor | St. George | Biotechnology, Chemical Biology, Comparative Genomics, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Metabolomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology | My research team investigates molecular mechanisms by which plants regulate plant hormone metabolism. |
![]() | Nash | Joanne E. | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | Neurobiology | We employ a multidisciplinary approach to understand the cell and molecular mechanisms underlying neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease. It is hoped that these studies will lead to better treatments for patients suffering from these diseases. |
![]() | Ness | Rob W. | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | UTM | Comparative Genomics Functional Genomics Evolutionary Biology Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Genetics Plant Biology Microbiology | The Ness lab investigates how mutation and recombination interact with selection and genetic drift to drive evolution. We combine natural and experimental populations with new fangled genomic technologies. |
![]() | Neumann | Melody J. | Full | Associate Professor, Teaching Stream | St. George | Lecturer | My primary research interest is the scholarly and scientific analysis of teaching practices to improve student learning in cell and molecular biology. |
![]() | O'Day | Danton H. | Full | Professor Emeritus | UTM | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology | My lab focuses on the role of calmodulin binding proteins in cellular function. |
![]() | Orchard | Ian | Full | Professor | UTM | Animal Biology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Proteomics | We examine the functioning of the nervous system, using insects as experimental models. We establish the mechanisms by which the nervous system communicates; examining hormonal, synaptic, and modulatory mechanism. |
![]() | Ouellette | B.F. Francis | Adjunct Appointment | Associate Professor | St. George | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics | The Ouellette group is involved NGS data analysis in cancer, and we try to identify the best tools and methods for the functional genomic interpretation of cancer genome data. |
![]() | Peever | John H. | Full | Professor | St. George | Neurobiology, Physiology, Systems Biology | Neurobiology of brain arousal states |
![]() | Phillips | Michael | Full | Assistant Professor | UTM | Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Metabolomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Quantitative Biology, Systems Biology | My research focuses on the control of flux in plant metabolic networks and the adaptive responses of the plant metabolome to stress at the interface of primary and secondary metabolism. |
![]() | Plotnikov | Sergey V. | Full | Assistant Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology | We are interested in understanding the mechanisms utilized by mammalian cells to sense and transduce physical inputs from the microenvironment and how cell migration is guided by the mechanical cues. |
![]() | Provart | Nicholas J. | Full | Professor | St. George | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Comparative Genomics, Functional Genomics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Structural Biology, Systems Biology | Bioinformatic tools and analyses for hypothesis generation in plant biology. Wet-lab validation of hypotheses generated using such tools. |
![]() | Reid | Stephen | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | ||
![]() | Rhee | Ho-Sung | Full | Assistant Professor | UTM | Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology | We study how a neuron is specified and maintained during mammalian development. To understand these processes, we use cutting-edge stem cell differentiation and genomics approaches in neural development and disease. |
![]() | Richards | Blake A. | Full | Assistant Professor | UTSC | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior, Systems Biology | My lab studies the neurobiology of learning and memory. We take a multidisciplinary, circuit-level approach to examine how neurons encode information about our past experiences. |
![]() | Riggs | C. Daniel | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | Cell Biology, Comparative Genomics, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology | Developmental genetics and meristem biology |
![]() | Ringuette | Maurice | Full | Associate Professor | St. George | ||
![]() | Romans | Patricia | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | ||
![]() | Roots | Betty I. | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | |
![]() | Ryu | William | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | St. George | Microbiology, Neurobiology, Quantitative Biology, Systems Biology | We are interested in the biophysics of sensory transduction and behaviour. |
![]() | Saltzman | Arneet | Full | Assistant Professor | St. George | Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Cell Biology | Understanding chromatin regulation during development using C. elegans as a molel system. |
![]() | Senatore | Adriano | Full | Professor | UTM | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Functional Genomics, Neurobiology, Physiology, Proteomics | Our overarching objective is to understand the phylogenetic diversity and evolution of synaptic transmission. We integrate molecule-level analyses of synaptic protein structure-function, biophysics and pharmacology (e.g. calcium channels) with molecular physiology of early-diverging animals, with systems level research in genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. |
![]() | Shin | Jumi | Cross | Associate | UTM | Protein design & engineering Directed evolution Artificial transcription factors | Our work uses molecular and cellular biology and biophysical approaches to design small proteins that target DNA sequences important in disease. For example, our 66 amino acid protein ME47 targets the E-box sequence, which is involved in over half of all cancers, and competitively inhibits native transcription factors from binding their DNA targets. ME47 can be used to modulate breast cancer cell growth in mouse models. We also study how continuous exposure to pollutants, like quantum dots, can cause organisms to genetically adapt. |
![]() | Smith | J.J. Berry | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Physiology | |
![]() | Sokolowski | Marla B. | Cross Appointment | Professor | St. George | Prof Sokolowski's lab is interested in individual differences and behaviour and how they arise. They mostly use Drosophila to investigate gene by environment interactions and epigenetics around the regulation of individual differences in foraging, feeding, metabolism as well as learning and social behaviour. | |
![]() | Stephenson | Richard | Full | Associate Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior | Regulation and function of sleep |
![]() | Stewart | Bryan | Full | Professor | UTM | Animal Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | Our research is aimed at understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern the function and development of neurons. We use a variety of genetic, molecular, biochemical, imaging and physiological techniques aimed at determining how neurons communicate with other cells. |
![]() | Subramaniam | Gopal | Adjunct Appointment | Senior Scientist | St. George | Chemical Biology, Comparative Genomics, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Plant Biology | My Laboratory studies regulation of secondary metabolism and virulence in the phytopathogen Fusarium graminearum. |
![]() | Takehara-Nishiuchi | Kaori | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | St. George | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Psychology & Behavior | My research program aims to understand how the cortical network stores a permanent record of daily experiences and how it deteriorates in memory disorders. |
![]() | Tepass | Ulrich | Full | Professor | St. George | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology | We study the mechanisms of cell polarity and cell adhesion of epithelial cells during animal development. Our work is relevant for several human diseases, in particular cancer and blindness. |
![]() | Terebiznik | Mauricio R. | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | Cell Biology, Microbiology, Structural Biology | My laboratory specializes in cellular microbiology and cell biology. We investigate different unexplored aspects of the interplay of macrophages, and epithelial cells with intracellular pathogens and toxic fibres like asbestos. |
![]() | Thiele | Tod | Full | Assistant Professor | UTSC | Neurobiology, Psychology & Behavior, Systems Biology | |
![]() | Tobe | Stephen S. | Full | Professor Emeritus | St. George | Animal Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology | Comparative endocrinology of invertebrates, particularly Arthropods. Reproduction in insects and crustaceans. |
![]() | Treanor | Bebhinn | Full | Assistant Professor | UTSC | Cell Biology | My research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling immune cell activation through the development and implementation of cutting edge optical microscopy. |
![]() | Tropepe | Vincent | Full | Professor & amp; Chair | St. George | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology | Developmental Neuroscience |
![]() | Vanlerberghe | Greg C. | Full | Professor | UTSC | Plant Biology | We investigate the impact of abiotic and biotic stress on plant energy metabolism. We uncover the signature responses of metabolism to stress and elucidate how these responses support stress acclimation. |
![]() | Varmuza | Susannah L. | Full | Professor | St. George | Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology | My research area is Epigenetics, with a focus on genomic imprinting in mammals and its impact on development. |
![]() | Welch | Kenneth C. | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | Animal Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Physiology, Systems Biology | I use and integrative and comparative approach to study the physiology of muscle function, fuel use, metabolism and energetics during locomotion. |
![]() | Westwood | J. Timothy | Full | Associate Professor | UTM | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Functional Genomics, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology | The Westwood lab primarily studies the regulation of gene transcription, using the Drosophila heat shock genes as a model system, as well as post-transcriptional gene regulation during early Drosophila embryogenesis. |
![]() | Winklbauer | Rudolf | Full | Professor | St. George | Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology | We study the molecular and cellular mechanisms and the tissue mechanical basis of vertebrate gastrulation. |
![]() | Woodin | Melanie A. | Full | Professor | St. George | Cell Biology, Neurobiology | The Woodin Lab is focused on discovering the cellular mechanisms underlying inhibitory GABAergic synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. These discoveries are made by combining cell biology, fluorescence imaging, computer modeling, and electrophysiology and optogenetics. |
![]() | Yang | Guojun | Full | Assistant Professor | UTM | Animal Biology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Comparative Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology | My research aims to understand how mobile genetic elements in genomes shape genome function and evolution. |
![]() | Yoshioka | Keiko | Full | Professor | St. George | Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Functional Genomics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Structural Biology, Systems Biology | Signal transduction of stress responses in plants with an emphasis on immunity; environmental effects on pathogen resistance; signal transduction networks in abiotic and biotic stress responses; production of stress resistant plants. |
![]() | Zhao | Rongmin | Full | Associate Professor | UTSC | Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Proteomics, Systems Biology | The mechanism of action of molecular chaperones and their roles in plant development, and in organelle functions; the mechanism of regulated protein degradation by the 26S proteasome. |
![]() | Zovkic | Iva | Cross Appointment | Assistant Professor | UTM | Neurobiology, Animal Biology, Psychology & Behavior, Epigenetics | Epigenetic mechamisms of learning and memory in rodents; role of histone variants in memory formation and maintenance; age-related cognitive decline. |