Areas of Research
Faculty and students in Biological Sciences maintain active research in two broad areas:
Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution -
- conservation genetics, systematics and transposable elements (Quinn - Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics)
- ecology of invasive species (Sher)
- biogeochemical ecology from an ecosystem perspective (Sanford)
- animal behavior and behavioral ecology (McIsaac)
- habitat effects on populations, bahaviors and life histories of breeding birds (Monahan)
Cell and Molecular Biology -
- cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuropeptide secretion (Angleson)
- control of synaptic plasticity during development (Barbee)
- membrane trafficking and generation of cell surface polarities that guide cellular morphogenesis (Blankenship)
- protein folding diseases (Coughlan)
- molecular evolution of the opioid/orphanin gene family (Dores)
- forensic genetics (Danielson)
- neurobiology of sensory systems (Kinnamon)
- neuronal cell death and degenerative diseases (Fogleman, Linseman - Eleanor Roosevelt Institute)
- calcium signaling in muscles and neurons (Lorenzon)
- biochemical genetics of Downs syndrome, Alzheimer disease, and autism (Patterson - Eleanor Roosevelt Institute)
- signal transduction in oocyte development (Sadler)
- formation and function of mitotic spindles (Snyder)
September 15, 2009