Faculty

Michael J. Soares, PhD
Director, Division of Cancer and Developmental Biology
University Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Research
Trophoblast stem cells and pathways controlling their developmental fate; biology of hemochorial plancentation; and species-specific reproductive adaptations
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Timothy A. Fields, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Wnt signaling in cancer and differentiation/development
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Roy A. Jensen, MD
Professor and Director, University of Kansas Cancer Center
Molecular and cellular biology of BRCA1
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Christophe P. Nicot, PhD
Professor
HTLV-1 associated human T-cell leukemia
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Soumen Paul, PhD
Assistant Professor
Stem cell biology, development and function of the vascular system
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Philippe Prochasson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Chromatin remodeling and gene expression in budding yeast
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Jay L. Vivian, PhD
Assistant Professor
Genetics of vascular development and gene regulation in embryonic stem cells
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Raj Kumar, PhD
Associate Professor
Developmental genetics of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis
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Benyi Li, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Marco Blanchette, PhD
Assistant Professor
Alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs and post-transcriptional gene regulatory network  analysis in the fruit fly Drosophilia melanogaster
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Linheng Li, PhD
Professor
Investigation of the genetic and molecular mechanisms regarding adult stem cell development
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Michael Washburn, PhD
Associate Professor
Proteomics
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Leanne M. Wiedemann, PhD
Professor
Genes involved in tumor-associated chromosomal translocations: their normal function and defining their role in the oncogenic process
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Julia Zeitlinger, PhD
Assistant Professor
Transcriptional regulatory networks in Drosophilia
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