Faculty within the School of Biological Sciences & UCI School of Medicine:
- Karina S. Cramer, cramerk@uci.edu, Neurobiology & Behavior
Our lab studies molecular and cellular mechanisms needed for assembly of neural circuits. We are currently focused on axon guidance mechanisms and on the roles of glial cells. - J.J. Emerson, jje@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Population genetics and molecular evolution of genome structure - Grace Yuh Chwen Lee, grylee@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
I study how the widespread genomic parasite, transposable element, influences health and the myriad diversity of life, by combining population genomics, epigenomics, and computational biology - Anthony D. Long, tdlong@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Population genetics, the genetics of complex traits, the genetics of adaptation, and bioinformatics - Jennifer Martiny, jmartiny@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
We study the evolutionary and ecological mechanisms that generate and maintain microbial diversity and how this variation affects functioning of microbial communities (microbiomes). - Jose Ranz, jranz@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Insect functional and comparative genomics, evolution of the expression network, speciation - Kevin Thornton, krthorn@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Computational methods in population genetics. - Momoko Watanabe, momokow@uci.edu, Anatomy & Neurobiology
We use brain organoids derived from hPSCs to study human neural development and disease using molecular, cellular, and bioinformatic approaches - Marcelo A. Wood, mwood@uci.edu, Neurobiology & Behavior
Research in the Wood lab is focused on understanding the epigenetic mechanisms underlying long-lasting forms of synaptic plasticity and memory in the adult and aging brain, as well as maladaptive memory processes underlying addiction.