Farahad
Dastoor, Graduate Faculty, Department of
Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Ph.D. University of British Columbia Mollusc/algal chloroplast symbiosis and microbial
gene organization, structure, and expression Farahad.Dastoor@umit.maine.edu;
207-581-2820
Benildo
de los Reyes, Assistant Professor, Biological
Sciences
Ph.D. 1999, Oklahoma State University Functional and comparative genomics of abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms
in higher plants; Gene regulation and allele mining benildo.de@maine.edu;
207-581-2564
Clarissa
Henry, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Ph.D.
2000, University of Washington Cellular and
molecular mechanisms of muscle fiber formation
during zebrafish development, including analysis
of roles of Notch and Hedgehog signaling in muscle
development Clarissa.Henry@umit.maine.edu;
207-581-2861
Jody
Jellison Associate Professor, Biological
Sciences
Ph.D. Oregon State University Fungal Physiology and Biodegradation jellison@maine.edu; 207-581-2995
Paul
Millard, Assistant Professor, Laboratory
for Surface Science and Technology and Chemical
and Biological Engineering
Ph.D. 1984, University of Maryland Biosensors, physiological genomics and proteomics,
microbial pathogen detection paul.millard@maine.edu;
207-581-2265
Lindsay
S. Shopland, Research Assistant Professor,
Institute for Molecular Biophysics
Ph.D.
1996, Cornell University Genome organization
and chromosome structure within the cell nucleus lss@jax.org;
207-288-6739
Bruce
D. Sidell Professor and Director, School of
Marine Sciences
Ph.D. University of Illinois Physiology and Biochemical Adaptations of Fishes bsidell@maine.edu;
207-581-2563
Stellos
M. Tavanzis Professor, Biological Sciences
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University Potato and Fungal Viruses and Viroids stellos@maine.edu
; 207-581-2994
Judith
A. Blake , Ph.D. (Harvard, 1981). Bioinformatics;
the development and structuring of bio-ontologies
for molecular information.
Gregory
A. Cox , Ph.D. (University of Michigan,
1994).
Tatyana
V. Golovkina , Ph.D. (USSR Academy
of Medical Sciences, 1989). Interaction
between retrovirusesand their hosts.
Thomas
Gridley, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1985). Mouse developmental
genetics and models for human disease.
Timothy
P. O'Brien, Ph.D. (University of Illinois,
1992). The role of signaling networks in
mouse development and genomic regulatory network
analysis.
Luanne
L. Peters, Ph.D. (University of Maine,
1984).
Derry
C. Roopenian, Ph.D. (Univeristy
of Minnesota, 1984). Autoimmunity, molecular
phenotyping, transplantation genetics.
David
V. Serreze, Ph.D. (University of Maine,
1990). Mouse models of insulin-dependent diabetes;
the genetic basis for immune tolerance to endogenous
proteins.
Leonard
D. Shultz, Ph.D. (University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, 1972) . Mechanisms
of immunodeficiency and autoimmunity.
John
P. Sundberg, D.V.M. (Purdue University
1977), Ph.D. (University of Connecticut,
1981), Diplomate of the American College
of Veterinary Pathologists (specialist in
anatomic pathology, 1982), Senior Staff Scientist
(The Jackson Laboratory). Genetics and
mechanisms of skin diseases and general pathology
of genetically engineered laboratory mice.
Joel
Graber, Ph.D. (Cornell University,
1993) Bioinformatics, Development Biology,
mRNA Processing, Gene Regulation
Kenneth
A. Ault, M.D. (Harvard Medical School,
1970). Platelet function as a risk factor
for cardiovascular disease, genetics and immunology.
Robert
E. Friesel, Ph.D. (George Washington
University, 1989). Growth factors (FGFs).
Volkhard
Lindner, M.D., Ph.D. (University of
Tubingen, 1991). Blood vessels and the
factors that control the growth of cells in
the vessel wall.
Carla
Mouta , Ph.D. (George Washington University,
1999).
Igor
A. Prudovsky , Ph.D. (Russian Academy
of Sciences, 1979). Molecular mechanisms of regulation
of anglogenesis and inflammation by fibroblast
growth factors.
Douglas
Spicer , Ph.D. (Boston University, 1992).
Calvin
P. H. Vary , Ph.D. (Michigan State,
1981).
Joseph
M. Verdi , Ph.D. (UCLA, 1990), Associate
Professor. Control of stem cell fate decisions.
Jeong
K. Yoon , Ph.D. (University of Illinois,
Chicago, 1994), Assistant Professor. Transcription
factors and signaling pathways during cell
differentiation and morphogenesis in vertebrate
development.
Carolyn
J. Mattingly , Ph.D. (Tulane University,
1999). Molecular evolution and toxicogenomics.
Derry
J. Sato , D. Phil. (Oxford University,
1980). The role of protein kinases in cell physiology.
David
W. Towle , Ph.D. (Dartmouth College,
1971), Senior Scientist, Mount Desert Island
Biological Laboratory. Functional genomics
of environmental adaptations in marine crustaceans.