Cell and Molecular Biology

Ivan Anastassov

Assistant Professor

City University of New York

Office:

Hensill Hall 227 - Email: ianastassov@sfsu.edu

Office Phone:

415-405-2115

Specialties:

Biology of Vision, Comparative Retinal Neurophysiology, Development of Retinal Circuits, Functional and Anatomical Diversity of Sensory Neurons.

Frank Bayliss

Professor; Director of the Student Enrichment Opportunities Office

University of California Davis

Office:

Sci 200

Office Phone:

(415) 338-1071

Specialties:

http://seo.sfsu.edu/

Laura Burrus

Professor & Chair

University of Wisconsin

Office:

Hensill Hall 710

Office Phone:

(415) 338-7680

Specialties:

developmental biology, cancer biology, neural tube patterning, cell signaling, generation of morphogen gradients, biochemistry of Wnt lipid modifications

Mark Chan

Assistant Professor

PhD Stanford, Postdoc UCSF

Office:

HH450

Office Phone:

415-405-2864

Specialties:

Organelle size control in budding yeast, Cell Biology, Fluorescence microscopy, Computational imaging analysis

Joseph Chen

Associate Professor

Harvey Mudd College, Harvard University

Office:

Hensill Hall 623

Office Phone:

(415) 405-2762

Specialties:

Bacterial Genetics and Physiology, Molecular Microbiology: how are subcellular components synthesized and assembled at the appropriate time and place in response to internal cues and environmental conditions?

Lily Chen

Professor

State University of New York, Buffalo

Office:

Hensill Hall 546

Office Phone:

415-338-6763

Specialties:

microbial pathogenesis, public health microbiology, biotechnology and Professional Science Master's degree

Diana Chu

Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Office:

Hensill Hall 764

Office Phone:

(415) 405-3487

Specialties:

epigenetics, chromatin, gene expression, chromosome dynamics, male fertility

Wilfred Denetclaw

Associate Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Office:

Hensill 704

Office Phone:

415-338-1784

Specialties:

Cell biology and development.

Carmen Domingo

Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Office:

Hensill 705

Office Phone:

(415) 338-6995

Specialties:

Vertebrate development and gene regulation.

Michael A. Goldman

Professor

Purdue University

Office:

Hensill Hall 534

Office Phone:

(415) 338-1549

Specialties:

chromatin structure, human genetics, developmental biology

Zheng-Hui He

Professor

University of Virginia

Office:

Hensill 550

Office Phone:

(415) 338-6193

Specialties:

Molecular Mechanisms of Cell-Cell and Cell-Environment Communications in Plant Development, Vitamin B6 and Ultraviolet B (UV-B) Signaling, Plant Stress Physiology.

Leticia Márquez-Magaña

Professor

Stanford BS/MS in Biological Sciences; UC Berkeley PhD in Biochemistry, Stanford Medical Center Post-doctoral Fellowship in Molecular Pharmacology

Office:

Hensill Hall 665

Office Phone:

(415) 338-3289

Specialties:

Community-engaged, transdisciplinary research to achieve health equity

Sally G Pasion

Associate Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Office:

Hensill Hall 668C

Office Phone:

(415) 405-0736

Specialties:

DNA replication, DNA repair, telomere biology, cell cycle regulation, genetics

Robert Ramirez

Professor

B.S. in Biology, Univ. of California, Riverside, 1981. Ph.D. in Microbiology, Univ. of California, Davis, 1990.

Office:

Hensill 665

Office Phone:

(415) 338-1102

Specialties:

Teaching: Microbial Physiology and Virology. Research: Osmoregulation in yeast

Blake Riggs

Assistant Professor

UC Santa Cruz

Office:

HH 724

Office Phone:

(415)338-1499

Specialties:

mitotic spindle assembly, chromosome segregation, mitotic membrane rearrangement, cell division

Rori Rohlfs

Assistant Professor

University of Washington

Office:

HH 762

Specialties:

population genetics, evolution, statistical genetics, gene expression, forensic genetics

Joseph Romeo

Professor

University of California, San Diego

Office:

Hensill Hall 513

Office Phone:

(415) 338-6008

Specialties:

Molecular virology, mechanisms of HIV latency and immune evasion, regulation of gene expression

Scott Roy

Assistant Professor

Harvard University

Office:

HH421

Office Phone:

(415) 338-1359

Specialties:

Bioinformatics, Molecular Evolution

Nicole Salazar Velmeshev

Assistant Professor

University of Miami

Office:

HH668A

Office Phone:

415-338-1184

Specialties:

Cancer Biology

Erica L Sanchez

University of Washington (PhD), University of California Davis (BS)

Office:

HH722

Specialties:

Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV) G Protein-Coupled Receptor (vGPCR) contribution to metabolic regulation during infection Trafficking and signaling of KSHV vGPCR Molecular Biology techniques, Tissue Culture techniques, Experimental Design, and project management

Ravinder Sehgal

Associate Professor

University of California, San Francisco

Office:

Hensill Hall 723

Office Phone:

(415) 405-0329

Specialties:

Avian Parasitology, Ecology of Infectious Disease

Jonathon Stillman

Professor

Oregon State University

Office:

Romberg Tiburon Center, B36. @ SFSU: Hensill 425

Office Phone:

(415) 338-3790

Specialties:

Environmental and evolutionary physiology of marine organisms, functional genomics of porcelain crabs, thermal physiology, responses to climate change.

José R. de la Torre

Associate Professor

University of California, San Francisco

Office:

Hensill Hall 437

Office Phone:

(415) 338-7043

Specialties:

Microbial Ecology & Evolution, Comparative & Functional Genomics, Microbiome Analysis, Metagenomics, Biogeochemistry, Geobiology, Astrobiology, Microbiology of High Temperature Environments (Hot Springs), Archaea

Steven L. Weinstein

Associate Professor

University of California, San Francisco

Office:

Hensill 670

Office Phone:

415-338-1843

Specialties:

Signal transduction and regulation of gene expression in macrophages; immune response to infection; inflammation