Primary Faculty

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Kristen Verhey

A. Kent Christensen Collegiate Professor
Interim Department Chair
Research Focus: Intracellular Trafficking, Microtubules, Motor proteins, Cilia, Axonal transport, Posttranslational Modifications
kjverhey@umich.edu
734-615-7787
Verhey Lab

Dawen Cai

Assistant Professor
Research Focus: Neuronal stem cell, single-cell transcriptome, Neural circuit formation, plasticity
dwcai@umich.edu
734-763-7336
Cai Lab

Doug Engel

G. Carl Huber Professor
Research Focus: hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis, T cell development, hematopoietic stem cells, transcription
engel@umich.edu
734-615-7509

Diane Fingar

Associate Professor
Research Focus: Cell signaling; growth factors; nutrients; protein kinases; mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR); mTORC1; mTORC2; cell growth; cell proliferation; cell survival
dfingar@umich.edu
734-763-7541

Roman Giger

George Linius Streeter Collegiate Professor
Research Focus: Central nervous system, axon regeneration, axon-glia interaction, myelin, neuroinflammation, optic nerve injury, spinal cord injury, synaptic plasticity, mouse genetics
rgiger@umich.edu
734-647-2090
Giger Lab

Deborah Gumucio

James Douglas Engel Collegiate Professor
Research Focus: Hedgehog signaling, morphogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal interactions, lumen formation, cell polarity
dgumucio@umich.edu
734-647-0172
Michael Hortsch

Michael Hortsch

Associate Professor
Research Focus: Medical education, histology, e-learning, educational technology, virtual microscopy
hortsch@umich.edu
734-647-2720

Lei Lei

Assistant Professor
Research Focus: Germ cell fate determination during mammalian oogenesis, Differentiation and transdifferentiation of the mammalian ovarian somatic cells and their role in maintaining normal ovarian function
leile@umich.edu
Lei Lab

Jiandie Lin

Professor
Bradley M. Patten Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Research Focus: Metabolic disease, energy metabolism, transcription, secreted factors, lncRNA
jdlin@umich.edu
734-615-3512
Lin Lab

Sue O'Shea

Crosby-Kahn Collegiate Professor
Research Focus: Pluripotent stem cells, nervous system development, bipolar disorder
oshea@umich.edu
734-763-2550

Billy Tsai

Corydon Ford Collegiate Professor
Research Focus: Host-pathogen interactions, ER protein quality control, viral infection, diabetes
btsai@umich.edu
734-764-4167
Tsai Lab

Lois Weisman

Professor
Sarah Winans Newman Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Research Focus: Intracellular Trafficking, myosin V motors, signaling lipids, neurons, neurodegeneration, yeast, lysosomes
lweisman@umich.edu
734-647-2539
Weisman Lab

Bing Ye

Associate Professor
Burton L. Baker Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences
Research Focus: Neuron, development, circuit, dendrite, axon, brain disorders, Drosophila, mouse
bingye@umich.edu
734-647-5992
Ye Lab