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Neurophysiology & Behaviour
Professor Mounir G. AbouHaidar

Mounir G. AbouHaidar

Professor
Molecular biology of plant and human viruses. Mechanisms of resistance and development of "transgenic" plants resistant to viruses.

James Anderson

Professor Emeritus

Ina Anreiter

Assistant Professor
We study gene-regulatory processes underlying behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster. We are interested in undertanding the roles that genetics, epigenetics, epitrancriptomics, and the environment play in regulating behaviour, plasticity, and individual differences.

Professor Maithe Arruda-Carvalho

Maithe Arruda-Carvalho

Assistant Professor
Professor Thomas Berleth

Thomas Berleth

Professor
Professor Katharina Braeutigam

Katharina Braeutigam

Assistant Professor
Professor Ashley Bruce

Ashley E. Bruce

Professor
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.

Professor Leslie Buck

Leslie T. Buck

Professor
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.

Professor John Calarco

John Calarco

Assistant Professor
We study how mRNA processing and post-transcriptional gene regulation influences the development, differentiation, and function of the nervous system

Professor Belinda Chang

Belinda S.W. Chang

Professor
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

Professor Mary Cheng

Hai-Ying (Mary) Cheng

Full Professor
Professor Dinesh Christendat

Dinesh Christendat

Professor
Structural biology approaches to understand the functional divergence and regulation of metabolic proteins in plants and microbes

Professor John Coleman

John R. Coleman

Professor Emeritus
Professor Laura Corbit

Laura Corbit

Assistant Professor
Professor Mark Currie

Mark Currie

Assistant Professor
Professor Sherwin Desser

Sherwin S. Desser

Professor Emeritus
Professor Darrell Desveaux

Darrell Desveaux

Professor
Systems biology of plant-microbe interactions. We investigate how pathogens cause disease and how plants defend themselves

Professor Elizabeth Edwards

Elizabeth A. Edwards

Professor

Ingo Ensminger

Associate Professor
The importance of photosynthesis and carbon uptake in defining the extent and scale of predicted global environmental change is a major theme of our research. We investigate interactions of temperature, photoperiod, water availability and biotic stresses, and how metabolic imbalances caused by these stresses are used as signals for the regulation plang metabolism.

Suzanne Erb

Associate Professor
Professor Ted Erclik

Ted Erclik

Assistant Professor
Professor George Espie

George S. Espie

Professor
Professor Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez

Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez

Associate Professor
Professor Guillaume Filion

Guillaume Filion

Assistant Professor
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Nahuel Fittipaldi

Assistant Professor

Kathlyn Gan

Assistant Professor
Our lab studies molecular pathways that regulate human synapse formation and function and harnesses them to restore synaptic connectivity in the aging brain.

Professor Christopher Garside

Christopher Garside

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
I am interested in finding ways to increase student engagement with lecture and laboratory materials by providing students with transferrable concepts and skills.

Professor Sonia Gazzarrini

Sonia Gazzarrini

Professor
Professor Robert Gerlai

Robert Gerlai

Professor
Professor Penney Gilbert

Penney Gilbert

Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair, Endogenous Repair
Professor Dorothea Godt

Dorothea Godt

Associate Professor
Analysis of molecular networks that drive cell shape changes, cell migration, and cell and tissue architecture during animal development

Professor Eliana Gonzales-Vigil

Eliana Gonzales-Vigil

Assistant Professor
Professor Daphne Goring

Daphne Goring

Professor
My overall research interests are to understand how plant cells communicate through signal transduction pathways to regulate plant reproduction in the Brassicaceae family (Arabidopsis and related species).

Professor David Guttman

David S. Guttman

Professor
Comparative, evolutionary and functional genomics. Evolution of host specificity and virulence in pathogenic bacteria. Microbiome studies of human and plant diseases.

Professor Christina Guzzo

Christina Guzzo

Assistant Professor
Professor Tony Harris

Tony J.C. Harris

Professor
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.

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Rene E. Harrison

Professor
Professor Clare Hasenkampf

Clare Hasenkampf

Professor Emerita
Professor Verna Higgins

Michele Heath

Professor Emerita
Professor Johan Hellebust

Johan Hellebust

Professor Emeritus
Professor Verna Higgins

Verna Higgins

Professor Emerita
Professor Melissa M. Holmes

Melissa M. Holmes

Associate Professor
Professor Rutsuko Ito

Rutsuko Ito

Associate Professor

Voula Kanelis

Associate Professor
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Junchul Kim

Assistant Professor
Professor Linda M. Kohn

Linda M. Kohn

Professor Emerita

Minoru Koyama

Assistant Professor
We investigate the neural circuit mechanisms of behavioural development using power combinations of cutting-edge physiology, optics, genetics, and behavioural analyses in developing zebrafish.

Professor Angela Lange

Angela B. Lange

Professor
Professor Ellen W. Larsen

Ellen W. Larsen

Professor Emerita
Professor Joel Levine

Joel Levine

Professor
Professor Baohua Liu

Baohua Liu

Assistant Professor
Professor David A. Lovejoy

David A. Lovejoy

Professor
Integrated molecular and organismal neuroendocrinology on the actions of stress on metabolism, reproduction and behaviour

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Nathan R. Lovejoy

Professor
Professor Shelley Lumba

Shelley Lumba

Assistant Professor
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.

Loren Martin

Assistant Professor
Professor Andrew Mason

Andrew C. Mason

Professor & Chair
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Emma Master

Associate Professor
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Yoshio Masui

Professor Emeritus
Professor Peter McCourt

Peter McCourt

Professor
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.

Professor Heather McFarlane

Heather McFarlane

Assistant Professor
We ask and answer questions about the fundamental mechanisms by which plants sense their environment through the cell wall and how plants adjust their growth in response to these signals.

Professor Patrick O. McGowan

Patrick O. McGowan

Associate Professor
Professor David McMillen

David R. McMillen

Associate Professor
Professor Jennifer Mitchell

Jennifer A. Mitchell

Professor
We study how stem cells maintain the ability to self-renew and differentiate to specialised cells. Our focus is on finding the on/off instructions in DNA that regulate genes required for stem cell function.

Professor Douglas Ashley Monks

Douglas Ashley Monks

Associate Professor

Alan M. Moses

Professor
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.

Adam Mott

Assistant Professor
Professor Eiji Nambara

Eiji Nambara

Professor
My research team investigates molecular mechanisms by which plants regulate plant hormone metabolism.

Professor Joanne E. Nash

Joanne E. Nash

Associate Professor
Professor Rob Ness

Rob W. Ness

Assistant Professor
Professor Melody Neumann

Melody J. Neumann

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
My primary research interest is the scholarly and scientific analysis of teaching practices to improve student learning in cell and molecular biology.

Professor Alex Nguyen Ba

Alex Nguyen Ba

Assistant Professor
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Danton H. O’Day

Professor Emeritus

Ian Orchard

Professor Emeritus
Professor John Peever

John H. Peever

Professor
Our research is focused on identifying the brain circuits that control sleep and wakefulness, and how breakdown in these circuits contribution to disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and narcolepsy

Professor Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips

Assistant Professor
Professor Segey Plotnikov

Sergey V. Plotnikov

Assistant Professor
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.

Cosima Porteus

Assistant Professor
The focus of our laboratory is to understand how fish sense, interact with and respond to their environment, linking environmental changes or challenges to whole animal physiology, behaviour and ecology.

Professor Jessica Pressey

Jessica Pressey

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Cellular mechanisms underlying inhibitory GABAergic synaptic plasticity in the central nervous system

Professor and Chair Nicholas Provart

Nicholas J. Provart

Professor & Chair
Bioinformatic tools and analyses for hypothesis generation in plant biology. Wet-lab validation of hypotheses generated using such tools

Professor Michael Reber

Michael Reber

Associate Professor
Professor Stephen Reid

Stephen Reid

Associate Professor
Professor Arbora Resulaj

Arbora Resulaj

Assistant Professor

Ho-Sung Rhee

Assistant Professor
We study epigenetic regulation of neural development and disease using mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation systems and cutting-edge genomics approaches.

Professor Blake A. Richards

Blake A. Richards

Assistant Professor
Professor C. Daniel Riggs

C. Daniel Riggs

Associate Professor Emeritus
Professor Maurice Ringuette

Maurice Ringuette

Associate Professor
Professor Patricia Romans

Patricia Romans

Professor Emerita

Robert Rozeske

Assistant Professor
We study how spatial representations guide defensive behaviour using a systems neuroscience approach.

Professor Arneet Saltzman

Arneet Saltzman

Assistant Professor
Understanding chromatin regulation during development using C. elegans as a model system.

Prof Ritu Sarpal

Ritu Sarpal

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

Adriano Senatore

Assistant Professor
We study the functional, physiological, and evolutionary properties of several key ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors involved in electrical and synaptic neural signaling.

Professor J. J. Berry Smith

J. J. Berry Smith

Professor Emeritus
Professor Marla B. Sokolowski

Marla B. Sokolowski

Professor
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Richard Stephenson

Associate Professor
Professor Bryan Stewart

Bryan Stewart

Professor
Professor Gopal Subramaniam

Gopal Subramaniam

Senior Scientist
Professor Professor Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi

Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi

Associate Professor
Professor Ulrich Tepass

Ulrich Tepass

Professor
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.

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Mauricio Terebiznik

Associate Professor

Tod Thiele

Assistant Professor
We investigate how neural circuits produce behaviour using systems neuroscience approaches.

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Bebhinn Treanor

Associate Professor
Professor Vince Tropepe

Vincent Tropepe

Professor and Vice Dean, Research
We study the molecular and cellular basis of neurogenesis in the brain and retina during development and in the context of regeneration

Professor Greg C. Vanlerberghe

Greg C. Vanlerberghe

Professor
Professor Susannah L. Varmuza

Susannah L. Varmuza

Professor Emerita
Professor Brandon Walters

Brandon Walters

Assistant Professor
Professor Kenneth C. Welch

Kenneth C. Welch

Associate Professor
Professor J. Timothy Westwood

J. Timothy Westwood

Associate Professor Emeritus
Prof Rudolf Winklbauer

Rudolf Winklbauer

Professor
We study the molecular and cellular mechanisms and the tissue mechanical basis of vertebrate gastrulation.

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

Melanie A. Woodin

Professor & Dean
Understanding the functioning of inhibitory synapses, both at the cellular level and within neuronal circuits.

Kenneth Yip

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
My teaching focus is on evidence-based strategies to improve student success within the biological sciences. Our laboratory interests include cancer, fibrosis, and COPA syndrome.

Professor Keiko Yoshioka

Keiko Yoshioka

Professor
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.

Rongmin Zhao

Associate Professor
Professor Mei Zhen

Mei Zhen

Professor
Professor Iva Zovkic

Iva Zovkic

Assistant Professor
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