Molecular and Development Genetics

• Fred G. Biddle, Ph.D. Genetic analysis of complex developmental traits in the mouse: sex; meiosis; lateral asymmetry; teratogenic response.
• William J. Brook, Ph.D. Pattern Formation in Drosophila melanogaster development. The control of cell patterning and growth by secreted peptides. Developmental genetic approaches to studying cell-cell interactions and signal transduction.
• Leon W. Browder, Ph.D.   Gene expression in neural crest cells and its role in determination of face shape
• Sarah J. Childs, Ph.D. Blood vessel development in Zebrafish.
• James (Jay) C. Cross, D.V.M. Ph.D. Molecular biology and 'knockout' and transgenic mouse techniques to understand how cell cycle progression and differentiation of cells is orchestrated during embryonic development.
• Jeffrey (Jeb) Gaudet, Ph.D. Control of organ formation.
• Roy A. Gravel, Ph.D. Genetic basis and consequences of metabolic disease.
• Dr. Savraj Grewal, Ph.D. The control of cell growth.
• John Gilleard, Ph.D. Mechanisms of drug resistance in parasites
• Paul E. Mains, Ph.D. Genetic and molecular analysis of genes active during embryonic development of C. elegans.
• James D. McGhee, Ph.D. Control of lineage-specific gene expression during early development of the nematode C. elegans.
• Derrick E. Rancourt, Ph.D. Generation of mouse models of disease via gene targeting, genetic analyisis of mammalian embryonic proteinases, in vitro neural differentiation using murine stem cells.
• Carol J. Schuurmans, Ph.D. Neurogenins and the specification of neuronal identity in the cerebral cortex.
• Navneet Sharma, Ph.D. Identifying substrates for proteases using innovative high throughput technology
• Floyd F. Snyder, Ph.D. Molecular, cellular and mouse model studies of inherited disorders of nucleotide metabolism.
• Frans A. van der Hoorn, Ph.D. Regulation of transcription of testis-specific genes and structure-function analyses of their products.

        Adjunct Members

• Peter D. Vize, Ph.D. Developmental biology, specializing in the study of kidney development in Xenopus.