UC Santa Cruz - Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

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Professor Melissa Jurica focuses on structural and functional analysis of spliceosomes

The Feldheim lab's research was featured on the cover of Cell, Oct. 2, 2009

Professor Hinrich Boeger investigates chromatin structure and gene regulation

Laura Gaydos, a graduate student in the Strome lab, traced markers of gene repression through cell division and showed that both sperm and eggs transmit a memory of gene repression to embryos. She has taken a postdoctoral researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Noller laboratory research on the ribosome featured on the cover Nature, April 3, 2008.

Hossein Amiri is a graduate student in the Noller lab.

Professor Yi Zuo conducts research on synapse plasticity and its role in learning and memory

Sullivan laboratory research on mitosis, damaged chromosomes and their relationship to tumorigenesis—on the cover Cell, January 22, 2010

Professor Bill Sullivan's lab focuses on the cell cycle, cytoskeleton, and host-pathogen interactions.

Prospective Graduates

Our department has a long record of outstanding interdisciplinary graduate training. We have NIH and other training grant support, fellowships and teaching assistant positions. Students are admitted through the Program in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, a multi-track interdisciplinary admissions program with over 67 participating faculty members and laboratories.

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The department supports a vigorous postdoctoral research community, with fellows advancing to permanent positions in academia, industry, and government. Please use the link above to browse current postdoc positions. Inquiries about additional postdoc opportunities should be directed to individual faculty sponsors.

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