Faculty

Research Areas:
Cell & Developmental Biology
Molecular Biology & Genetics

Research Topic: Genetic analysis of the microfilament and microtubule cytoskeleton during early C. elegans embryogenesis.

Email: bowerman@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: Streisinger Hall Room 375E Phone: 541-346-0853
Lab Address: Streisinger Hall Room 375 Phone: 541-346-4551

Research Areas:
Marine Biology

Research Topic: Evolution, development and systematics of
marine invertebrates

Email: svetlana@uoregon.edu
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Office Address: Oregon Inst of Marine Biology Phone: 541-888-2581 x287

Cris Niell

Research Areas:
Cell and Development Biology
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience

Research Topic: Function and development of neural circuits for
visual processing.

Email: cniell@uoregon.edu
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Office Address: 238 Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-8598

Research Areas:
Neuriscience and Behavior
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cell and Development Biology

Research Topic: Cellular signaling, retinal physiology, ion transport .

Email: oday@uoregon.edu
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Office Address: 233C Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-4518

Research Areas:
Ecology and Evolution
Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Neurocoence and Behavior

Research Topic: Evolutionary genetics and the genetics of complex traits.

Email: pphil@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 316 Pacific Hall Phone: 541-346-0916

Research Areas:
Ecology and Evolution
Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Research Topic: Genetic regulation of animal development including development of the nervous system, the mechanisms of sex determination, the origin of novel morphologies in evolution and the evolution of the vertebrate genome.

Email: jpostle@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 324 Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-4538

Research Areas:
Neuroscience and Behavior
Structural Biology & Biophysics
Cell & Developmental Biology

Research Topic: Signal processing in sensory systems, synaptic transmission, calcium signaling

Email: roberts@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 225 Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-4931

Research Areas:
Ecology and Evolution

Research Topic: Influence of abiotic factors, such as climate change and fire, on plant pests; Frequency-dependent selection, including the Red Queen Hypothesis; Influence of pathogens on community structure; Evolution of resistance and tolerance to disease.

Email: bit@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 461 Onyx Bridge Phone: 541-346-4520

Research Areas:
Ecology and Evolution

Research Topic: Epigenetics, DNA methylation, genome dynamics, gene silencing, position effects.

Email: selker@molbio.uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: Streisinger Hall Room 355D Phone: 541-346-5193

Research Areas:
Marine Biology
Neuroscience and Behavior

Research Topic: Biological oceanography, larval ecology, marine animal behavior.

Email: ashanks@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: Oregon Inst of Marine Biology Phone: 541-888-2581 x277

Research Areas:
Cell and Development Biology
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Research Topic: Genetic regulatory mechanisms in yeast.

Email: gsprague@molbio.uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: Streisinger Hall Room 245C Phone: 541-346-5158

Kryn Stankunas

Research Areas:
Genetics
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Research Topic: Chromatin dynamics and the epigenetic regulation of vertebrate development.

Email: kryn@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: Streisinger 233D Phone: 541-346-7416

Matt Streisfeld

Research Areas:
Ecology and Evolution
Genetics

Research Topic: Ecological and evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations; molecular characterization of adaptive traits;
molecular evolution of transcriptional regulation.

Email: mstreis@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 276A Onyx Phone: 541-346-4816

Research Areas:
Neuroscience and Behavior

Research Topic: Coding and integration of sensory information; neuroethology

Email: terry@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 224 Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-4544

Research Areas:
Ecology and Evolution
Cell and Development Biology
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Research Topic: Protein evolution, transcription factor evolution, steroid hormone receptor structure and function, phylogenetics.

Email: joet@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 322 Pacific Phone: 541-346-0328

Research Areas:
Cell and Development Biology
Neurosciece and Behavior

Research Topic: Neuropeptides, invertebrate neurobiology, neural basis of behavior.

Email: tublitz@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 238 Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-4510

Research Areas:
Neuroscience and Behavior
Cell and Development Biology

Research Topic: Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation.

Email: pwash@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 334 D Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-4138

Research Areas:
Neuroscience and Behavior
Cell and Development Biology

Research Topic: Technology development for anthelmintic (anti-nematode) drug screening to advance human and animal health; nematode
neurobiology and genetics; synaptic physiology; neural circuits for
behavior; insect neurobiology; tropical infectious and parasitic diseases; research and education capacity building in Africa.

Email: weeks@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 209 Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-4517

Research Areas:
Neuroscience and Behavior
Cell and Development Biology
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Research Topic: Ear and eye development and pathogenesis; development of synaptic connections; molecular genetic analysis of neuronal development.
Email: monte@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 337 Huestis Hall Phone: 541-346-4607

Research Areas:
Ecology and Evolution
Marine Biology
Cell and Development Biology
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Research Topic: Microbial ecology and evolution; biological oceanography.

Email: miche@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 474 Onyx Bridge Phone: 541-346-0454

Research Areas:
Ecology and Evolution
Marine Biology
Cell and Developmental Biology

Research Topic: Development, larval biology and reproduction of marine invertebrates. Deep-sea and subtidal ecology.

Email: cmyoung@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: Oregon Inst of Marine Biology Phone: 541-888-2581 x299

Research Areas:
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Research Topic: Genetic analysis of gliomagenesis with a mosaic mouse model, lineage, stem cells and loss of tumor suppressor genes.

Email: hzong@uoregon.edu
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Office Addresss: 218 Streisinger Hall Phone: 541-346-2065