Molecular Biology and Genetics is the foundation for much modern biological research. This research is advancing rapidly with improved genome sequencing and microarray technologies. Currently, research in molecular biology and genetics is carried out in many labs of the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology and Biophysics program (link to faculty). Areas of study include synthesis, structure, and function of proteins and nucleic acids, gene expression and its regulation, chromosome structure and function, and developmental genetics. Biological systems include viruses, bacteria, yeast, Drosophila, C. elegans, and mice.

Faculty

Karen Beemon Professor and Chair, Department of Biology Retroviral RNA processing and transport; avian leukosis virus tumorigenesis. Gregory Bowman Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics Chromatin structure and nucleosome remodeling. Xin Chen Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Epigenetic regulation of Drosophila germ cell differentiation from a stem cell lineage. Gregory Bowman Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics Chromatin structure and nucleosome remodeling. Chen-Ming Fan Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology Staff Member, Carnegie Institution of Washington Molecular patterning and embryonic induction during mouse early development. Kyle Cunningham Professor, Department of Biology Calcium signaling and mechanisms of gene expression in yeast. Tamara Hendrickson Assistant Professor of Chemistry Novel pathways in protein biosynthesis. Andy Hoyt Professor, Department of Biology Yeast chromosome segregation with emphasis on mitotic motor proteins; cell cycle regulation. Ru Chih Huang Professor, Department of Biology Gene regulation, molecular virology, retrotransposition, and chromosomal structure and function. Douglas Koshland Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology Associate Investigator, HHMI Staff Member, Carnegie Institution of Washington and HHMI Biochemical and genetic analysis of chromosome structure/folding; implications for chromosome evolution and genome stability. Joel Schildbach Professor, Department of Biology Protein-DNA interactions. Structural biology of bacterial conjugation. Robert Schleif Professor, Department of Biology Mechanisms of regulation of protein and gene activity. David Zappulla Assistant Professor, Department of BIology The telomerase RNA-protein complex, chromosomes and aging.

Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218

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