Meet our Faculty

Explore who’s behind our latest outstanding publications.

Professor Melanie Woodin standing on a treed path next to a brick wall

Melanie A. Woodin

Professor & Dean

Professor Heather McFarlane

Heather McFarlane

Assistant Professor

Adriana Caragea

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

Recent Publications

Transcriptome dynamics in the Arabidopsis male germline during pollen–pistil interactions

Misra CS, Sousa AGG, Khan H, Pasha A, Provart NJ, Borg M, Becker JD
2025, The Plant Journal, 10.1111/tpj.70095

mTor limits autophagy to facilitate cell volume expansion and rapid wound repair in Drosophila embryos

Scepanovic G, Balaghi N, Rothenberg KE, Fernandez-Gonzalez R
2025, Developmental Cell, 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.12.039

Transcription processes compete with loop extrusion to homogenize promoter and enhancer dynamics

Platania A, Erb C, Barbieri M, Molcrette B, Grandgirard E, de Kort MAC, Pomp W, Meaburn K, Taylor T, Shchuka VM, Kocanova S, Nazarova M, Oliveira GM, Mitchell JA, Soutoglou E, Lenstra TL, Molina N, Papantonis A, Bystricky K, Sexton T
2024, Science Advances, 10.1126/sciadv.adq0987

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