Welcome To CSB
The Department of Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) advances research and teaching in the most dynamic and vital areas of biological research
Meet our Faculty
Explore who’s behind our latest outstanding publications.
Jennifer A. Mitchell
Professor
Eliana Gonzales-Vigil
Assistant Professor
Nicholas J. Provart
Professor & Chair
Recent Publications
Convergent evolution of dim light vision in owls and deep-diving whales
Castiglione GM, Chiu YL, Gutierrez EdA, Van Nynatten A, Hauser FE, Preston M, Bhattacharyya N, Schott RK, Chang BS
2023, Current Biology, 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.015
Epigenetic reprogramming of a distal developmental enhancer cluster drives SOX2 overexpression in breast and lung adenocarcinoma
Abatti LE, Lado-Fernández P, Huynh L, Collado M, Hoffman M, Mitchell J
2023, Nucleic Acids Research, 10.1093/nar/gkad734
Epigenetic silencing of callose synthase by VIL1 promotes bud-growth transition in lily bulbs
Pan W, Li J, Du Y, Zhao Y, Xin Y, Wang S, Liu C, Lin Z, Fang S, Yang Y, Zaccai M, Zhang X, Yi M, Gazzarrini S, Wu J
2023, Nature Plants, 10.1038/s41477-023-01492-z
Latest News
March 19, 2024
EPIC Future Leaders Prize for Dr Jonathan Burnie’s virology research
Dr Jonathan Burnie has earned the EPIC Future Leaders Prize from the Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium. Dr Burnie is a graduate from the…
March 14, 2024
A role for androgens in building muscle and making neurons: Sabrina Tzivia Barsky earns Christine Hone-Buske Award
Sabrina Tzivia Barsky, a grad student in the Monks lab at UTM, has earned the Christine Hone-Buske Award from Cell & Systems Biology for her…
March 7, 2024
Blocking the signal: Dr Sylvia Mutinda earns Provost Post-doctoral Award to understand how parasitic plants eavesdrop on crops
Dr Sylvia Mutinda is a scientist from Kenya who works on a parasitic plant, Striga hermonthica, that infests crops in Africa. She will be coming to…
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