Faculty

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    Allen, Ben 
  • Assistant Professor
  • Office: 734 615 7512 3047 BSRB
    Allen Lab: 734 615 5673   3678 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Harvard University Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison B.S. Cornell University Cell surface regulation of Hedgehog signaling during mouse embryogenesis.
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    Altschuler, Richard A
  • Professor P: Otorhinolaryngology
  • Office: 734 615 7248 2620 BSRB
    Altschuler Lab: 734 763 0060   6046 KHRI
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. University of Minnesota Ph.D. University of Minnesota Mechanisms and disorders of activity dependent plasticity in the auditory brainstem, tissue engineering in the cochlea
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    Barald, Kate F
  • Professor
  • Office: 734 647 3376 3053 BSRB
    Barald Lab: 734 764 1528   3728 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison B.A. Bryn Mawr College Developmental neurobiology, molecular neurobiology studies of developing neuronal cell and synapses of the inner ear; neuronal regeneration in the inner ear; studies of Neurofibromatosis 1; stem cell studies of neuronal, Schwann cell and heart development
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    Barolo, Scott 
  • Assistant Professor
  • Office: 734 764 7295 3049 BSRB
    Barolo Lab: 734 764 6824   3628 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. University of California-San Diego B.S. Pennsylvania State University Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation by cell signaling pathways during development.
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    Burdi, Alphonse R
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Office: 734 764 4358 3031 BSRB

    UMICH Dir
  • Continuing research on etiology, pathogenesis and morphogenesis of isolated and syndomic human birth defects especially those of the head and face.
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    Dauer, William 
  • Associate Professor P: Neurology
  • Office: 734 615 5632 4003 BSRB
    Dauer Lab: 734 763 0616   4130 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Unravel the molecular and cellular mechanisms of diseases that disrupt the motor system. Our primary focus is on Parkinson’s disease and DYT1 dystonia.
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    Di Magliano, Marina 
  • Assistant Professor P: General Surgery
  • Office: 734 615 7424 2210 TC

    UMICH Dir
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship University of California, San Francisco Ph.D. Institute of Molecular Pathology - Vienna Formation and progression of pancreatic cancer.
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    Engel, James Douglas 
  • Professor and Chair
  • Office: 734 615 7509 3071 BSRB
    Engel Lab: 734 615 7248   3006 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. University of Oregon B.S. University of California-San Diego Mouse Developmental Genetics and Transcription; uses molecular genetics to understand the mechanisms underlying developmental determination during mammalian embryogenesis.
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    Ernst, Stephen 
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Office: 734 763 8109 3037 BSRB

    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. Brown University M.S. Syracuse University B.A. Brown University Research in the area of regulation of vesicle/granule secretion in exocrine, endocrine and neurosecretory cells.
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    Fan, Xing 
  • Assistant Professor P: Neurosurgery
  • Office: 734 615 7266 5009 BSRB
    Fan Lab: 734 647 3728   5188 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Johns Hopkins University PH.D. University of Navarra M.Sc. Tianjin Medical University M.D. Tianjin Medical University Develop novel therapies for the malignant brain tumors based on depletion of cancer stem like cells.
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    Fingar, Diane C
  • Assistant Professor
  • Office: 734 647 3376 3039 BSRB
    Fingar Lab: 734 763 6329   3468 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. Harvard University B.A. Princeton University Regulation of signal transduction by the conserved protein kinase mTOR, the mammalian target of rapamycin
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    Gage, Philip J
  • Associate Professor P: Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Office: 734 763 4215 3388 BSRB
    Gage Lab: 734 763 5699   350 KEC
    UMICH Dir
  • Genetic analysis of mammalian eye development; cell fate decisions in neural crest and mesoderm, transgenic mice, and gene targeted mice.
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    Giger, Roman 
  • Associate Professor
  • Office: 734 647 2090 3065 BSRB
    Giger Lab: 734 647 4966   3678 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. University of Zurich M.S. University of Zurich Nervous System Regeneration: Molecular Mechanisms that Limit Axonal Regeneration Following Spinal Cord Injury, Optic Nerve Injury and Multiple Sclerosis.
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    Guan, Jun-Lin 
  • Professor P: Internal Medicine: Molecular Medicine & Genetics
  • Office: 734 615 4936 5437 LSI
    Guan Lab: 734 615 4635   3027 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. University of California-San Diego B.S. University of Science and Technology of China Understand fundamental principles of cell signaling in the regulation of basic cellular functions and to determine how disruption of the normal signaling pathways either by genetic mutations or environmental insults may lead to disease
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    Gumucio, Deborah L
  • Professor
  • Office: 734 647 0952 2045 BSRB
    Gumucio Lab: 734 647 0171   2383 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. University of Michigan M.P.H. University of Michigan B.S. University of Michigan Molecular mechanisms of intestinal organogenesis; stem cells of the stomach; hedgehog signaling in intestinal development and disease
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    Han, Zhe 
  • Assistant Professor P: Internal Medicine: Molecular Medicine & Genetics
  • Office: 734 764 7127 4029 BSRB
    Han Lab: 734 615 8508   5403 LSI
    UMICH Dir
  • Genetic control of heart development in Drosophila.
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    Holland, Graham Rex R
  • Professor P: Dentistry: Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics
  • Office: 734 763 3703 2217 Dent

    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. University of Bristol B.S. University of Bristol B.D.S University of Bristol The morphological basis of sensory mechanisms in the trigeminal nervous system, particularly pain.
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    Hortsch, Michael 
  • Associate Professor
  • Office: 734 647 2720 3063 BSRB
    Hortsch Lab: 734 615 0256   3848 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. University of Heidelberg M.S. Free University of of Berlin Nervous system development and cell-cell interactions during Drosophila development, cell adhesion molecules.
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    Hu, Patrick 
  • Assistant Professor P: Internal Medicine: Hematology/Oncology
  • Office: 734 615 9656 6403 LSI
    Hu Lab: 734 647 2534   6183 LSI
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. New York University M.D. New York University B.A. Harvard University C. elegans as a model for studying the pathogenesis of cancer and diabetes
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    Jokelainen, Pentti 
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Office: 734 763 4499 6437 LSI

    UMICH Dir
  • M.D. Uses the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to discover how cell structures are delivered to the right place at the right time, which informs understanding of embryonic development adn many diseases including cancer and diabetes.
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    Kim, Sun-Kee 
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Office: 734 647 3130 3767 D MS II

    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. University of Rochester B.S. Yon sei University Understand cellular mechanisms of secretory processes in exocrine glands and to elucidate age-related changes which affect these mechanisms.
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    Lee, Cheng-Yu 
  • Assistant Professor P: Internal Medicine: Molecular Medicine & Genetics
  • Office: 734 615 2793 5401 LSI
    Lee Lab: 734 615 5522   5183 LSI
    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D from the University of Ma University of Maryland B.S. University of Maryland Understanding the molecular mechanisms by which newly identified fly genes regulate self-renewal vs. differentiation in fly neuroblasts.
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    Lim, Kim-Chew 
  • Research Assistant Professor
  • Office: 3608 BSRB
    Engel Lab: 734 615 7248  3006 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. Northwestern University PH.D Dalhouse University Molecular regulation of hte epithelial morphogenesis in the developing kidney and mammary gland.
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    Lin, Jiandie 
  • Assistant Professor
  • Office: 734 615 3512 5437 LSI
    Lin Lab: 734 615 3510   5382 LSI
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. Northwestern University B.S. Peking University Focuses on understanding the transcriptional networks that control cellular and systemic energy metabolism, and their role in the pathogenesis of diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and neurodegeneration.
    Headshot of Margaret Lomax

    Lomax, Margaret 
  • Professor Emeritus P: Otolaryngology
  • Office: 734 936 8902 9301E MSRB III

    UMICH Dir
  • Developmental neurobiology; molecular neurobiology; studies of developing neuronal cells and synapses; cytochrome oxidase; auditory system; gene arrays; deafness.
    Headshot of Ivan Maillard

    Maillard, Ivan 
  • Assistant Professor P: Internal Medicine: Molecular Medicine & Genetics

  • UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences M.D. University of Lausanne and Zurich Hematopoietic stem cells, T cell differentiation and homeostasis, Notch signaling
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    McNamara, James 
  • Professor Emeritus P: Dentistry: Orthodontics
  • Office: 734 476 3233 2542 Kellogg Dental

    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. , M.S. University of Michigan D.D.S. University of California-San Francisco Craniofacial development.
    Headshot of Sue O'Shea

    O'Shea, Sue 
  • Professor
  • Office: 734 763 2550 3820 BSRB
    O'Shea Lab: 734 647 3990   3868 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. Cambridge University B.A. Universisty of Nebraska-Lincoln Very early development of the mammalian nervous system, embryonic stem cells
    Headshot of Billy Tsai

    Tsai, Billy 
  • Associate Professor
  • Office: 734 615 5670 3063 BSRB
    Tsai Lab: 734 764 4201   3448 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. Harvard University M.S. University of California-Los Angeles Interaction between host cell and pathogens.
    Headshot of Kristen Verhey

    Verhey, Kristen 
  • Associate Professor
  • Office: 734 615 7787 3041 BSRB
    Verhey Lab: 734 615 7773   3418 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. Harvard University B.S. University of Michigan Molecular and cellular mechanisms by which microtubules and associated motor proteins participate in vesicle transport and ciliary function.
    Headshot of Lois Weisman

    Weisman, Lois S
  • Professor
  • Office: 734 647 2539 6437 LSI
    Weisman Lab: 734 615 7165   6382 LSI
    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley A.B. Rutgers University Studies myosin V based transport, and phosphoinositide lipid signaling in yeast and in neurons.
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    Wellik, Deneen M
  • Assistant Professor P: Internal Medicine: Molecular Medicine & Genetics
  • Office: 734 936 8902 2053 BSRB
    Wellik Lab:   2608, 2618 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison B.A. Washington University, St. Louis Genetic and molecular mechanisms of Hox function in mammalian organogenesis; emphasis on limb musculoskeletal development, urogenital development and axial patterning.
    Headshot of Yukiko Yamashita

    Yamashita, Yukiko 
  • Assistant Professor
  • Office: 734 615 8508 5403 LSI

    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. Kyoto University B.S. Kyoto University Interested in understanding how stem cells utilize cell biological mechanisms, which are shared with most cell types, yet in a stem cell-specific way, to accomplish stem cells' function. We study how stem cells orient their division plane in the context of signaling microenvironment to divide asymmetrically, how such process is monitored, and how it changes during aging.
    Headshot of Bing Ye

    Ye, Bing 
  • Assistant Professor
  • Office: 734 647 5992 5183A LSI
    Ye Lab: 734 763 7622   5183 LSI
    UMICH Dir
  • PH.D. Johns Hopkins University M.S. Shanghai Institute of Physiology B.S. Nanjing University Development of structural and functional compartments in neurons
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    Zhu, Yuan 
  • Assistant Professor P: Internal Medicine: Molecular Medicine & Genetics
  • Office: 734 647 3033 2061 BSRB
    Zhu Lab: 734 647 0891   2688 BSRB
    UMICH Dir
  • Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center B.S. Fudan University Use of mouse genetics to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the initiation and progression of tumor development.