Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Merced

27 faculty and 0 courses in Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Merced.

Faculty

• Clarissa J. Nobile, Professor h-index 49
  Molecular and mechanistic bases of medically relevant microbial communities; Microbiology, Genetics, Biofilms, Transcriptional Regulation, Infectious Diseases
• Rudy M. Ortiz, Professor h-index 36
  Metabolism in response to natural or dietary interventions including fasting and in metabolic diseases like diabetes and metabolic syndrome; Metabolism, Physiology, Endocrinology, Nutrition
• Aaron Hernday, Associate Professor h-index 24
  How transcriptional regulatory networks and epigenetic mechanisms control cellular differentiation, heritability, and virulence in unicellular microbes; Fungal Genetics, Genomics, Systems Biology
• Ramendra Saha, Associate Professor h-index 21
  Synapse-nuclear communication and activity-induced gene transcription; neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism; Neurobiology, Epigenetics, Gene Transcription, Signal Transduction, Phase Separation
• Nestor J. Oviedo, Professor h-index 20
  Fundamental mechanisms of stem cell regulation; insights into tissue repair, host-pathogen interactions, and malignant cell transformation; Stem Cells & Cancer, Tissue Regeneration, Bioelectricity
• Patricia LiWang, Professor h-index 20
  Protein-protein interactions involved in viral infection and inflammation; designing anti-inflammatory compounds and better viral inhibitors; Protein Biochemistry
• David Ardell, Associate Professor h-index 19
  Computational biology and evolution of gene expression mechanisms; machine learning, data science and multi-scale theoretical models for evolutionary systems biology of tRNA-protein interactions
• Stefan Materna, Assistant Professor h-index 19
  How genome-encoded information directs embryonic development using zebrafish as a model; Gene Regulation, Morphogenesis, Transcriptomics, Developmental Malformations
• Juris A. Grasis, Assistant Professor h-index 19
  Antiviral immunity and interactions with viral particles using multi-omic analyses and computational biology; Immunology, Virology, Microbiology, Metagenomics, Systems Biology
• Katrina Hoyer, Associate Professor h-index 19
  Immune dysfunction mechanisms leading to disease; autoimmune disease and host immunity to Coccidioides
• Zhong Wang, Professor h-index 18
• Kelly M. Shepardson, Assistant Professor h-index 17
  Fungal pathogenesis and immunology; Aspergillus and host-immune responses; Viral-mediated susceptibility; Host-Pathogenesis, Immunology, Fungal, Interferons
• Xuecai Ge, Associate Professor h-index 17
  Mechanisms of cell signaling in the developing brain, focusing on primary cilium; signaling errors leading to brain developmental disorders; Primary Cilia, Brain Development, Cell Signaling
• Kirk Jensen, Associate Professor h-index 17
  Toxoplasma gondii and host-immune responses, vaccine development, parasite pathogenesis; Immunology, Vaccines, Genetics
• Stephanie Woo, Assistant Professor h-index 16
  How cells work together to build tissues and organs in the developing embryo; Developmental Biology, Tissue Morphogenesis, Cell Migration, Cytoskeleton Dynamics
• Maria Zoghbi, Assistant Professor h-index 14
  Es on the evolution of antimicrobial resistance. Our lab is investigating several approaches to combat the threat of resistance.Lab website
• Ruben Michael Ceballos, Associate Professor h-index 10
  Host-virus interactions in multiple virus systems; biotechnologies for biofuels, agricultural, and biomedical applications; Microbiology, Virology, Biotechnology, Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Maggie Sogin, Assistant Professor h-index 10
  Ecology and evolution of host-microbe interactions in marine organisms; Microbial Ecology, Marine Biology, Symbiosis, Host-Microbe Interactions
• Bercem Dutagaci, Assistant Professor h-index 10
  Structure, dynamics, function and cellular organizations of biomolecules using computational modeling, molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning; Computational Biophysics, Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions
• Laura Beaster-Jones, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 9
• Axel Visel, Adjunct Professor
  Human functional genomics and enhancers in development and disease
• Chris T. Amemiya, Professor
  Understanding the development and evolution of novelties in vertebrates; EvoDevo, Genomics, Immune System, Developmental Biology
• Fred Wolf, Professor
  Molecular and neural circuit mechanisms for simple behavioral actions: alcohol plasticity for addiction, thirst motivation; Drosophila genetics and behavior; Neurobiology, Addiction, Animal Behavior, Genetics, Brain Circuits
• Jennifer O. Manilay, Professor
  Osteoimmunology: intersection of developmental biology, immunology and skeletal biology; Hematopoiesis
• Michele K. Nishiguchi, Professor
  Evolution and ecology of beneficial symbiosis and molecular mechanisms of interactions; bobtail squid-Vibrio symbiosis as model; Evolution, Microbiology, Symbiosis, Microbial Ecology
• Mike Cleary, Professor
• Miriam Barlow, Professor
  Evolution of antimicrobial resistance; investigating approaches to combat the threat of resistance

Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.