Primary Faculty

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Pierre Coulombe

Pierre Coulombe

G. Carl Huber Professor
Department Chair, Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor, Dermatology
Research Focus: Epithelia, skin, cell differentiation, tissue homeostasis, tissue repair, genetic diseases, cancer, intermediate filament, keratin, nucleus
coulombe@umich.edu
734-615-7509
Coulombe Lab
Ben Allen

Ben Allen

James Douglas Engel Collegiate Professor
Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Director, University of Michigan Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program
Associate Director, Cellular & Molecular Biology Graduate Program
Associate Director, Center for Cell Plasticity & Organ Design
Faculty Advisor, Developing Future Biologists
Research Focus: Hedgehog Signaling, Vertebrate Embryogenesis, Cancer, Stem Cell Biology, Adult Tissue Homeostasis, Renewal and Regeneration
benallen@umich.edu
734-615-7512
Allen Lab

Scott Barolo

Director, Program in Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Focus: Gene regulation and signal transduction in development, structure and function of transcriptional enhancers, and enhancer evolution
sbarolo@umich.edu
734-764-7295
Barolo Lab

Dawen Cai

Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Associate Professor, Biophysics
Research Focus: Neuronal stem cell, single-cell transcriptome, Neural circuit formation, plasticity
dwcai@umich.edu
734-763-7336
Cai Lab

Mara Duncan

Associate Chair, Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Community, Cell & Developmental Biology
Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Focus: Intracellular traffic, cell polarity & organelle functions in stem cells and yeast
mcduncan@umich.edu
734-763-4106
Duncan Lab
Doug Engel

Doug Engel

Elizabeth C. Crosby Collegiate Professor
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Focus: hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis, T cell development, hematopoietic stem cells, transcription
engel@umich.edu
734-615-7509

Diane Fingar

Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
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

Dr. Richard Mark Newman Research Professor
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor, Neurology
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
Idse Heemskerk

Idse Heemskerk

Assistant Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Assistant Professor, Physics
Research Focus: stem cells, mammalian development, signaling & patterning dynamics, morphogenesis, mathematical modeling, biological physics
iheemske@umich.edu
734-936-0186
Heemskerk Lab

Michael Hortsch

Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor, Learning Health Sciences
Research Focus: Medical education, histology, e-learning, educational technology, virtual microscopy
hortsch@umich.edu
734-647-2720

Ajit Joglekar

Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Associate Professor, Biophysics
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Focus: Cell division, genome stability, signal transduction and signaling, bioengineering, cancer cell biology
ajitj@umich.edu
734-764-2474
Joglekar Lab
Lin lab

Jiandie Lin

Bradley M. Patten Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Research Focus: nutrient signaling, interorgan crosstalk, metabolic disease, tissue microenvironment, transcription, liver cancer, single-cell biology
jdlin@umich.edu
734-615-3512
Lin Lab
Shyamal Mosalaganti

Shyamal Mosalaganti

Assistant Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Research Focus: Cryo-electron tomography, in-situ structural biology, lysosomal membrane proteins, organelle contact sites, neurons
mosalaga@umich.edu
(734) 647-5557
Mosalaganti Lab

Sue O'Shea

Crosby-Kahn Collegiate Professor
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor, Psychiatry
Research Focus: Pluripotent stem cells, nervous system development, bipolar disorder
oshea@umich.edu
734-763-2550
Stem Cell Core Lab
Melanie Ohi

Melanie Ohi

Rowena G. Matthews Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Research Focus: Single particle electron microscopy, cryo-electron microscopy, spliceosome, pre-mRNA splicing, S. pombe, structure biology, yeast genetics, bacterial pathogenesis, membrane proteins
mohi@umich.edu
734-763-6493
Melanie Ohi Lab
Puck Ohi

Ryoma Ohi

Associate Chair, Education & Training, Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Focus: Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Microtubule, Kinesin, Microscopy, Reconstitution
oryoma@umich.edu
734-763-3530
Puck Lab Website

Billy Tsai

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

Kristen Verhey

A. Kent Christensen Collegiate Professor
Associate Chair, Research & Faculty Affairs, Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor, Biophysics
Research Focus: Intracellular Trafficking, Microtubules, Motor proteins, Cilia, Axonal transport, Posttranslational Modifications
kjverhey@umich.edu
734-615-7787
Verhey Lab

Lois Weisman

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

Bing Ye

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