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Division Faculty
Abelson, John N.
George Beadle Professor of Biology, Emeritus
PhD, 1965, Johns Hopkins University
Adolphs, Ralph
Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; Professor of Biology
PhD, 1993, California Institute of Technology
Psychological and neurological investigations of human emotion and social cognition
Allman, John M.
Frank P. Hixon Professor of Neurobiology
PhD, 1971, University of Chicago
Brain and behavior in primates
Andersen, Richard A.
James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience
PhD, 1979, University of California, San Francisco
Neural mechanisms for visual-motor integration, spatial perception, and motion perception
Anderson, David J.
Roger W. Sperry Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1983, Rockefeller University
Growth and transcription factors controlling mammalian neural stem cell development
Baltimore, David
Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology, Nobel Laureate
PhD, 1963, Rockefeller University
Signal transduction, transcriptional regulation and cell cycle controls
Bjorkman, Pamela
Max Delbrück Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1984, Harvard University
Structural basis of macro-molecular recognition at the surface
Brokaw, Charles J.
Professor of Biology, Emeritus
PhD, 1958, University of Cambridge
Motors, motility, and behavior of eukaryotic flagella
Bronner-Fraser, Marianne
Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology
PhD, 1979, Johns Hopkins University
Cellular and molecular studies of neural crest development
Campbell, Judith L.
Professor of Chemistry and Biology
PhD, 1974, Harvard University
Mechanisms and regulation of DNA replication and repair
Chan, David C.
Associate Professor of Biology; Bren Scholar
MD, PhD, 1996, Harvard Medical School
Mechanistic studies of virus entry and membrane fusion
Davidson, Eric H.
Norman Chandler Professor of Cell Biology
PhD, 1963, Rockefeller University
An integrated approach to the study of embryonic development in sea urchins
Deshaies, Raymond
Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Executive Officer for Biology
PhD, 1988, University of California, Berkeley
Mechanisms and regulation of ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis and cell division
Dickinson, Michael H.
Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering
PhD, 1989, University of Washington
Neurobiology, aerodynamic abilities, and behavior of flies; striving to build a true robotic fly
Dunphy, William G.
Professor of Biology
PhD, 1985, Stanford University
Regulation of mitosis-promoting factor and the cell cycle
Elowitz, Michael
Assistant Professor of Biology and Applied Physics; Bren Scholar
PhD, 1999, Princeton University
Fraser, Scott E.
Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology; Director, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center
PhD, 1979, Johns Hopkins University
Imaging cell lineages and cell interactions in developing embryos
Hay, Bruce A.
Associate Professor of Biology
PhD, 1989, University of California, San Francisco
Molecular genetics of cell death
Jensen, Grant J.
Associate Professor of Biology
PhD, 1999, Stanford University
Advancing the technique of cryoelectron microscopy and its application to biological problems
Kennedy, Mary B.
Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Biology
PhD, 1975, Johns Hopkins University
Molecular structure and function of central nervous system synapses
Koch, Christof
Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology
and Professor of Computation and Neural Systems; Executive Officer for Neurobiology
PhD, 1982, University of Tübingen
Biophysics of single neurons, selective visual attention, neuronal basis of consciousness
Konishi, Masakazu (Mark)
Bing Professor of Behavioral Biology
PhD, 1963, University of California, Berkeley
Neurobiological study of natural behavior
Laurent, Gilles J.
Lawrence A. Hanson Jr. Professor of Biology amd Computation and Neural Systems
PhD, 1985, University of Toulouse; DVM, 1985, National School of Veterinary Medicine of Toulouse
Coding and cellular/synaptic mechanisms of integration in brain local circuits
Lester, Henry A.
Bren Professor of Biology
PhD, 1971, Rockefeller University
Molecular and functional aspects of ion channels, receptors, and transporters
Mayo, Stephen L.
Bren Professor of Biology and Chemistry; Vice Provost
PhD, 1987, California Institute of Technology
Protein folding and protein design
Mazmanian, Sarkis
Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, 2002, University of California, Los Angeles
Evolutionary Mechanisms of Host-Bacterial Symbiosis during Health and Disease
Meyerowitz, Elliot M.
George W. Beadle Professor of Biology; Chair, Division of Biology
PhD, 1977, Yale University
Genetics of plant development
Patterson, Paul H.
Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences
PhD, 1970, Johns Hopkins University
Interactions between the nervous and immune systems
Revel, Jean-Paul
Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology,Emeritus
PhD., 1957, Harvard University
Rothenberg, Ellen
Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology
PhD, 1977, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Developmental regulation of T-cell signaling and gene expression
Schuman, Erin M.
Professor of Biology; Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1990, Princeton University
Cellular and molecular bases of synaptic plasticity
Shimojo, Shinsuke
Professor of Biology
PhD, 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Psychological and behavioral studies of perception attention and cognition in the human
Siapas, Athanassios (Thanos) G.
Assistant Professor of Computation and Neural Systems; Bren Scholar
PhD, 1996, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Network mechanisms of learning and memory
Simon, Melvin I.
Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences, Emeritus
PhD, 1963, Brandeis University
Signal transduction in bacteria, worms, and mice
Stathopoulos, Angelike
Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, 1998, Stanford University
Whole-genome approach to understanding gastrulation in Drosophila
Sternberg, Paul W.
Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1984, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Molecular genetics of C.elegans development and behavior
Strauss, James H.
Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Professor of Biology, Emeritus
PhD, 1967, California Institute of Technology
Replication and assembly of enveloped RNA viruses
Varshavsky, Alexander J.
Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Professor of Cell Biology
PhD, 1973, Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow
The ubiquitin system and the N-end rule pathway
Wold, Barbara J.
Bren Professor of Molecular Biology; Director, Beckman Institute
PhD, 1978, California Institute of Technology
Regulation of muscle differentiation
Zinn, Kai
Professor of Biology
PhD, 1983, Harvard University
Molecular mechanisms of nervous system development




