About Us
Research in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience uses multidisciplinary approaches to understanding basic cellular processes in various tissues, including the nervous system, as well as more integrative levels of analysis, including behavior. Areas of research represented in the department include the following:
- Biophysical properties of excitable membranes
- DNA repair
- Transcriptional regulation
- Mechanisms of toxicity
- Insect development
- Membrane transport
- Mechanisms of mitotic chromosome transmission
- Telomere maintenance
- Synaptic structure and function
- Changes in nervous system with experience
- Interactions of nervous and endocrine systems
- Reproductive biology and fertilization
- Chemokine function in wound healing and tumor development
- Glia-neuron signaling
- Brainstem and spinal cord control of locomotion
David Eastmond, Ph.D., Chair
Department Office, 2730 Life Science Psychology
(951) 827-5689
Professors
Michael E. Adams, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience/Entomology)
Nancy E. Beckage, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience/Entomology)
David A. Eastmond, Ph.D.
Sarjeet S. Gill, Ph.D.
Charles Louis, Ph.D.
Manuela Martins-Green, Ph.D.
Frances M. Sladek, Ph.D.
B. Glenn Stanley, Ph.D. (Cell Biology and Neuroscience/Psychology)
Prudence Talbot, Ph.D.
Raphael Zidovetzki, Ph.D.
Associate Professors
Jeffrey B. Bachant, Ph.D.
Maxsim Bazhenov, Ph.D.
Margarita C. Currįs-Collazo, Ph.D.
Scott N. Currie, Ph.D.
Constance I. Nugent, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors
Todd A. Fiacco, Ph.D.
Karine Le Roch, Ph.D.
Nicole zur Nieden, Ph.D.
Adjunct
Professors
Andrew Obenaus,
Ph.D.
Yanhong Shi,
Ph.D.
Undergraduate Curriculum
Students interested in cell, molecular, and developmental biology can obtain training through the interdepartmental Biological Sciences major with a specialization in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology leading to the B.S. degree. Students interested in neuroscience can obtain training in behavioral neuroscience, neurobiology, and neurochemistry through the Neuroscience major leading to the B.A. or B.S. degree. The Neuroscience major is an
intercollege major offered by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
Graduate Curriculum
Courses and research opportunities are offered by the interdepartmental graduate programs in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology, Environmental Toxicology, Genetics, Microbiology, and Neuroscience.
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