Faculty Directory

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Name	Primary Focus Group	Secondary Focus Group	Faculty Department	Research Interest
Engels, William Faculty wrengels@wisc.edu Website			Genetics	Drosophila DNA repair
Friesen, Paul Faculty pfriesen@facstaff.wisc.edu Website	Virology	Molecular and Genome Biology of Microbes	Biochemistry	Apoptosis, programmed cell death, mechanisms of host-virus interactions, regulation of transcription, baculovirus evolution
Rakotondrafara, Aurelie Faculty rakotondrafa@wisc.edu Website	Virology	RNA	Plant Pathology	RNA, translation, plant virus, IRES, viral resistance
Mehle, Andrew Faculty amehle@wisc.edu Website	Virology		Medical Microbiology	Influenza virus replication machinery
Ahlquist, Paul Faculty ahlquist@facstaff.wisc.edu Website	Virology	Cancer Biology	Plant Pathology	Molecular mechanisms of virus replication, gene expression and host interactions
Sherer, Nathan Faculty nsherer@wisc.edu Website	Virology	RNA	Oncology	Cell biology of retrovirus assembly
Johannsen, Eric Faculty ejohannsen@medicine.wisc.edu Website	Virology	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Medicine	Transcription, Growth Transformation, Notch Signaling
Brandt, Curtis Faculty crbrandt@facstaff.wisc.edu Website	Virology	Immunology	Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences	Virology, Herpes Simplex Virus, antivirals, gene therapy
Yin, John Faculty yin@engr.wisc.edu Website	Virology	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Chemical & Biological Engineering	Molecular virology, systems biology, biotechnology
Kalejta, Rob Faculty rfkalejta@wisc.edu Website	Virology	Cancer Biology	Oncology	Manipulation of the cell cycle by Human Cylomegalovirus
Kawaoka, Yoshihiro Faculty kawaokay@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu Website	Virology	Membrane Biology & Protein Trafficking	Pathobiological Sciences	Molecular pathogenesis of influenza and Ebola viruses
Striker, Robert Faculty rtstriker@wisc.edu Website	Virology	Cancer Biology	Medicine	Biochemistry and genetics of Flaviviridae replication
Loeb, Dan Faculty loeb@oncology.wisc.edu Website	Virology		Oncology	Mechanism of replication of hepadnaviruses
Kenney, Shannon Faculty skenney@wisc.edu Website	Virology		Oncology	Epstein-Barr Virus pathogenesis & treatment
Palmenberg, Ann Faculty acpalmen@facstaff.wisc.edu Website	Virology	RNA	Molecular Virology	Molecular biology of RNA picornaviruses
Pedersen, Joel Faculty joelpedersen@facstaff.wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Cancer Biology	Soil Science	Environmental fate and effects of contaminants
Svaren, John Faculty jpsvaren@wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms		Comparative Biosciences	Transcriptional regulation of peripheral nerve myelination
Gasch, Audrey Faculty agasch@wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Molecular and Genome Biology of Microbes	Genetics	Genomic expression in response to stress
Bresnick, Emery Faculty ehbresni@facstaff.wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine	Cell & Regenerative Biology	Regulation of hematopoiesis; vascular biology; chromatin structure/function
Harrison, Melissa Faculty mharrison3@wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine	Biomolecular Chemistry	Zygotic genome transcriptional activation
Denu, John Faculty jmdenu@wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Molecular Metabolism, Cancer Biology	Biomolecular Chemistry	Mechanisms of chromatin dynamics, epigenetics, metabolism, and signaling
Sridharan, Rupa Faculty rsridharan@discovery.wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms		Cell & Regenerative Biology	Epigenetics, Somatic cell reprogramming, Cell fate change
Wassarman, David Faculty dawassarman@facstaff.wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms		Cell & Regenerative Biology	Transcriptional regulation in Drosophila
Yin, Jerry Faculty, Alumni jcyin@wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	RNA	Genetics	Cellular/molecular mechanisms of memory formation and psychiatric dysfunction
Johnson, Jeffrey Faculty jajohnson@pharmacy.wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms		Pharmacy	Signal transduction, neurotoxicity, and transcriptional control of neuroprotective genes
Record, Thomas Faculty record@chem.wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms		Chemistry	Protein-DNA interactions in transcription initiation
Alisch, Reid Faculty alisch@wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine	Psychiatry	Epigenetics of neuropsychiatric health and disease
Roopra, Avtar Faculty asroopra@wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Cancer Biology	Neuroscience	Regulation of chromatin structure in neurons and cancer
Ansari, Aseem Faculty ansari@biochem.wisc.edu Website	Transcriptional Mechanisms	Molecular and Genome Biology of Microbes	Biochemistry	Understanding and controlling gene expression
Hoskins, Aaron Faculty ahoskins@wisc.edu Website	RNA	Molecular and Genome Biology of Microbes	Biochemistry	Mechanisms of pre-mRNA Splicing