42 faculty and 0 courses in Biology at University of Houston.
- Jan-Ake Gustafsson, Robert A. Welch Professor h-index 157
Selected Publications Honors & Awards Previous Positions Definition of steroid hormone receptors/nuclear receptors as transcription factors and the functions of their various domains, and discoveries of new receptors and ligands that ha
- Preethi Gunaratne, Moores Professor h-index 148
Lab Members Publications Achievements & Involvement News Archive Background Ph.D – Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Post. Doc. – Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL Post. Doc. – Department of
- Chin-Yo Lin, Associate Professor and Director of Masters h-index 87
Achievements & Involvement Nuclear receptors (NRs) are a family of key regulatory molecules in normal physiology and in human diseases. Dr. Chin-Yo Lin’s research has focused on the roles of NR family members, estrogen receptors and liv
- Stuart Dryer, Moores Professor h-index 45
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Dr. Stuart Dryer’s laboratory studies physiological and pathophysiological processes that occur in the kidney. The current research focuses on the role of ion channels and receptors in th
- Richard Willson, Professor h-index 40
Achievements & Involvement Dr. Richard Willson's laboratory works on biomolecular recognition, and its applications in separations and molecular diagnostics. Biomolecular Recognition Willson’s research group is interested in the structu
- James Briggs, Professor and UH Associate Provost h-index 39
Achievements & Involvement Dr. James Briggs’ research is focused in the highly interdisciplinary and collaborative area of computational chemistry/biochemistry. He develops and applies computational methods to problems of chemical and b
- Dan Wells, Professor h-index 35
Achievements & Involvement Vertebrate Genomics, Development, Evolution and Behavior Dr. Dan Wells’ recent research is centered on the characterization of the direct developing frog, Eleuthrodactylis cystignathoides campi . The eggs of t
- Quentin Vicens, Assistant Professor h-index 32
- Ping Yi, Assistant Professor h-index 32
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Dr. Ping Yi’s lab research has been focused on molecular regulation of oncogene activation in cancer, with a particular focus on post-translational modification and signal transduction pa
- Seema Khurana, Moores Professor h-index 31
Selected Publications Awards & Honors Dr. Khurana has had a career spanning over three decades leading a federally funded research program studying the cell biology and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract. Additionally, research in
- Heidi Appel, Professor and Dean of Honors College h-index 30
Achievements & Involvement As a chemical ecologist interested in plant-insect interactions, I’ve focused on how plants defend themselves against insect pests. Plants mostly respond chemically by producing distasteful or toxic chemicals
- Shaun Xiaoliu Zhang, M.D. Anderson Professor and Chair h-index 30
Selected Publications The major goals of Dr. Shaun Xiaoliu Zhang’s research are to develop novel biotherapies for the unmet needs in cancer treatment, especially for solid tumors. Specifically, the research efforts are mainly focused on the
- Ricardo Azevedo, Professor h-index 27
Evolutionary genetics University of Houston Department of Biology and Biochemistry Science & Research Building 2 3455 Cullen Blvd
- Amy Sater, Professor h-index 22
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Dr. Amy Sater’s lab seeks to understand the processes by which ectodermal cells become committed to form epidermis, neurons, or glia during embryonic development of the African Clawed Fro
- Dinler Amaral Antunes, Assistant Professor h-index 22
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Fig 1. Structural representation of a TCR/peptide-HLA complex. The T-cell receptor (TCR) is depicted in shades of blue ( cartoon representation), each one representing one of the two vari
- Kerri Crawford, Associate Professor h-index 21
Achievements & Involvement Dr. Kerri Crawford studies how diverse ecological communities form and what function diversity plays in ecological processes. She does this by addressing how interactions among plants and between plants and ot
- Brigitte Dauwalder, Professor h-index 21
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Genetic and Molecular Control of Complex Behaviors in Drosophila Dr. Brigitte Dauwalder is interested in how complex sex-specific behaviors (such as mating behaviors) are regulated by gen
- Erin Kelleher, Associate Professor h-index 21
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement The Kelleher lab is interested in the defense of the genome to sources of mutation including transposable elements, UV and ionizing radiation. We the molecular mechanisms that underlie ge
- Qin Feng, Associate Professor h-index 19
Our lab mainly studies prostate cancer biology and develops novel immunotherapies. We investigate the role of TDRD1, a cancer-testis antigen, in tumor progression and explore its therapeutic potential. In parallel, we are developing PSMA-ta
- Arne Lekven, Professor and Vice Chair h-index 18
Honors & Awards During embryonic development, cells become committed to different developmental lineages through a poorly understood process called patterning. We are interested in two developmental patterning events that are dependent
- Hye-Jeong Yeo, Associate Professor h-index 18
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Structural Molecular Biology; X-ray Crystallography Dr. Hye-Jeong Yeo’s research interests center on the structure determination of bacterial virulence factor proteins by X-ray crystallog
- Rebecca Zufall, Professor h-index 17
Dr. Rebecca Zufall’s lab is interested in understanding how genome architecture influences evolution, including population genetics and genomics, molecular evolution, mating system evolution, and the evolution of sex. The main study system
- Jokubas Ziburkus, Associate Professor h-index 17
Achievements & Involvement Selected Publications The overarching goal of Jokūbas Žiburkus’s research is to advance our understanding and regulation of the brain mechanisms underlying neurological disorders, with a focus on intractable e
- Bin Liu, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Our lab integrates expertise in chemistry, polymer science, bioconjugation, protein engineering, and immunology to develop precision macromolecular therapeutics. We are committed to advan
- Mehmet Sen, Associate Professor h-index 14
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Dr. Mehmet Şen’s research interests lie in the structural and functional basis of receptor/ligand interactions, which are relevant to human health and disease. Much of his studies aim to
- Jacob Daane, Assistant Professor h-index 13
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement -- The Daane lab studies the genetic mechanisms by which species adapt to extreme environments, with a broader goal of discovering fundamental principles of trait development, adaptive r
- Molly Albecker, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Research in Dr. Molly Albecker’s lab integrates ecological (demography, density dependence, predator-prey dynamics, etc.) and organismal perspectives (physiology, development, life history, and plasticity) to understand the eco-evolutionary
- Adam Stuckert, Assistant Professor
Dr. Adam Stuckert is a biologist that uses an integrative research approach to understand the ecology, evolution, and genomics of complex phenotypes in natural systems. His work largely focuses on the evolution and maintenance of aposematis
- Blaine Cole, Professor
Dr. Blaine Cole’s research interests are at the interface of evolution, ecology and behavior. One of the major problems in evolutionary biology concerns the evolution of social groups. Cole’s research is in several areas involving the evolu
- Dan Graur, Moores Professor
Achievements & Involvement Theoretical, statistical, and analytical topics within the broad area of molecular evolution, in particular, elucidation of the relative roles of mutation and drift versus purifying selection in determining th
- Martin A. Nunez, Associate Professor
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Pine Invasion in Patagonian Steppe Dr. Martín A. Nuñez is an ecologist interested in the study of biological invasions. Invasions provide us the possibilities of testing many ecological a
- Masaya Fujita, Professor
Achievements & Involvement Bacterial differentiation and signal transduction Dr. Masaya Fujita’s research interests focus on determining how asymmetry is generated during cell development (Fig. 1) and how gene expression is regulated bo
- Michael Rea, Professor
Selected Publications In mammals, the biological clock that drives circadian rhythms in physiology and behavior is located in the anterior hypothalamus in a region known as the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). Although the rhythm generation me
- Richard Meisel, Associate Professor
Dr. Richard Meisel uses genetic and genomic approaches to study how environmental variation and sex differences influence genetic and phenotypic diversity within populations and between species. This work involves genetic analysis, organism
- Sanghyuk Chung, Associate Professor
Selected Publications Achievements & Involvement Mechanisms of ERα and PR in HPV-associated cervical cancer Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause various human cancers including those in the uterine cervix. The tumorigenic potential of HP
- Steven Pennings, Moores Professor
Achievements & Involvement Plant Community Ecology Dr. Steven Pennings studies the factors that structure plant communities in salt marshes, mangroves and coastal prairies. Coastal wetlands are relatively simple systems that contain str
- Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe, Associate Professor and Associate Chair
The research focus of the Bawa-Khalfe laboratory is on how cancer cells exploit select post-translational modification (PTM) systems to drive cancer progression. PTMs ensure the structural and functional diversity of a cell’s proteome. Most
- Tony Frankino, Associate Professor
Selected Publications A central goal of evolutionary biology is to understand the relative importance of internal proximate (genetic, physiological, developmental) mechanisms and external selective forces in the evolution of complex, multiv
- Wangchao Xu, Assistant Professor
Achievements & Involvement Dr. Wangchao Xu’s lab is exploring an entirely new field: Fly Neuroimmunology. The goal is to unravel the complex interactions between microbes, the brain, and the immune system. The fundamental questions he a
- Weiyi Peng, Associate Professor and Director, Center
Achievements & Involvement Dr. Weiyi Peng’s long-term research goal is to understand and overcome the immune resistance in cancer patients. Aligned with this goal, her primary research efforts focus on elucidating the interplay between
- William Widger, Professor
Selected Publications Bicyclomycin Dr. William Widger has identified the target for the novel antibiotic, bicyclomycin, as the rho transcription termination factor in E. coli. Transcription termination by rho is a vital function in E. coli
- Yu Liu, Associate Professor
Selected Publications Dr. Yu Liu is interested in the regulatory mechanisms of early embryonic development. At the early stages of life when the embryo comprises only a few hundreds of cells, cellular differentiation and organogenesis are h
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