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Faculty

  • R. Selden Rose Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Cell Biology; Director, Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine

    Research Interests
    • Nuclear Cap-Binding Protein Complex
    • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    • RNA Splicing
    • Schizosaccharomyces
    • Transcription, Genetic
    • Zebrafish
    • Molecular Biology
    • Genomics
    • Cell Biology
    • Cell Nucleus
    • Biophysics
    • Biochemistry
    • Alternative Splicing
  • Professor of Medicine (Immunology)

    Research Interests
    • Neuropsychiatry
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Toxicodendron
    • T-Lymphocytes
    • Agammaglobulinemia
    • Allergy and Immunology
    • Autistic Disorder
    • Common Variable Immunodeficiency
    • Exosomes
    • DiGeorge Syndrome
  • William H. Fleming, M.D. Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Genetics and of Therapeutic Radiology

    Research Interests
    • Genes, rRNA
    • Genetics
    • Molecular Biology
    • Organelle Biogenesis
    • Radiation Oncology
    • Ribonucleoproteins
    • RNA Helicases
  • Robert I. Levy Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Professor of Immunobiology; Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine; Senior Vice Chief for Academic Development, Cardiovascular Medicine

    Research Interests
    • T-Lymphocytes
    • RNA Stability
    • Macrophages
    • Endothelium
    • Inflammation
    • Immune System
    • Cardiology
  • Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Chair, Dept Basic Science: Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry

    Research Interests
    • Computational Biology
    • Fungi
    • Genetics, Microbial
    • Genomics
    • Biochemistry
    • Biology
    • Bacteria
    • Biotechnology
    • Metabolomics
    • Microbiology
    • Molecular Biology
  • Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry; Co-director, Science Fellows Program

    Research Interests
    • Biological Psychiatry
    • Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Assistant Professor

    Research Interests
    • RNA, Circular
    • RNA, Double-Stranded
    • Immune System
    • Immunotherapy
    • Mass Spectrometry
    • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Associate Professor of Genetics and of Neurosurgery

    Research Interests
    • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
    • Bioengineering
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • CRISPR-Cas Systems
    • Immunity
    • Immunotherapy
    • Immunotherapy, Adoptive
    • Genomics
    • Genetics
    • Neoplasm Metastasis
    • Metabolomics
    • Lymphocytes
    • Stem Cells
    • Synthetic Biology
    • Systems Biology
    • Therapeutics
  • Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology; Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center

    Research Interests
    • DNA Virus Infections
    • Neoplasms
    • Membrane Lipids
    • Proteins
    • Polyomaviridae
    • Papillomaviridae
    • Peptides
    • Tumor Virus Infections
    • Virus Diseases
  • Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Pathology

    Research Interests
    • Hematologic Diseases
    • Immune System Diseases
    • Leukemia
    • Lymphoma
    • Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
  • Anthony N. Brady Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Pathology and Director of Vascular Biology & Therapeutics Program; Director, Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program

    Research Interests
    • Pathology
    • Atherosclerosis
  • Sterling Professor of Immunobiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Research Interests
    • DNA, Recombinant
    • Diabetes Mellitus
    • Gene Expression
    • Gene Transfer Techniques
    • Cell Lineage
    • Biology
    • Autoimmunity
    • Mice, Knockout
    • Lyme Disease
    • Lyme Neuroborreliosis
    • Immune System
    • Immunity
  • Albert L Williams Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, of Computer Science, and of Statistics & Data Science

    Research Interests
    • Proteomics
    • Wearable Electronic Devices
    • Medical Informatics
    • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
    • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
    • Genomics
    • DNA
    • Data Science
    • Computational Biology
    • Computer Simulation
    • Deep Learning
    • Biochemistry
    • Biophysics

UConn Health/Jackson Labs Affiliated Faculty

  • Olga Anckuzow, PhD

    Assistant Professor, The Jackson Laboratory

    Research Interests: gene expression regulation in cancer; alternative splicing; breast cancer; ovarian cancer; RNA biology

    My research goal is to elucidate how changes in gene expression regulation contribute to cancer. My lab focuses on characterizing the role of alternative-splicing misregulation in breast and ovarian cancer by using 3D cell culture and PDX models. Our unique expertise in both RNA biology and cancer research allows us to connect these distinct fields, and by combining innovative tools and interdisciplinary approaches, to gain novel insights into the molecular mechanism of gene expression regulation in normal and cancer cells. My research findings should lead to the development of novel biomarkers and promising drugs for cancer therapy.

  • Jean-Denis Beaudoin

    In the Beaudoin lab, we are inspired by these two phenomena of dynamic cellular transitions during development and the role of RNA structure in governing the flow of cellular information. We aim to characterize RNA structure and functions to better understand vertebrate development. To this end, our lab uses the zebrafish and human cell lines as model systems, and we integrate an array of approaches that includes RNA molecular biology, computational biology, high throughput sequencing, genome-engineering, genetics, and developmental biology.

  • Gordon Carmichael, PhD

    Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health

    Research Interests: expression and function of RNA molecules; noncoding RNA molecules in development, cellular physiology and disease; RNA 2’-O methylation; ribosome maturation and function; mRNA translation; embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells

  • Brenton R. Graveley, PhD

    Professor and Chair, Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health; Endowed Chair, Genomics and Personalized Healthcare, UConn Health; Director, UConn Stem Cell Institute; Associate Director, Institute for Systems Genomics, UConn Health

    Research Interests: alternative splicing regulation; alternative splicing in Drosophila; alternative splicing in human embryonic stem cells; Drosophila modENCODE Project; microRNAs in Planarian regeneration

  • Pedro Miura, PhD

    Associate Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health

    Research Interests: post-transcriptional gene regulation, alternative splicing; alternative polyadenylation; circRNAs; RNA function in neurons

  • Oscar Vargas, PhD
  • Eric Wang, PhD

    Assistant Professor, The Jackson Laboratory

    Investigating mechanisms of drug resistance in hematological malignancies with the main goal to develop new therapeutic strategies and providing a blueprint for clinically relevant biomarkers.