Faculty

All of the faculty associated with the BMS graduate program are listed below. Click on a faculty name to view a detailed description of an individual research program, contact information, recent publications and links to other relevant websites. Each of our faculty is associated with one or more of our eight thematic areas; click on the thematic area name listed by each of our faculty to read more about the research going on in that area, and to view a list of all faculty associated with that thematic area.

Frank Mccormick, PhD, FRS

Primary Thematic Area:

Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

Secondary Thematic Area:

None

Research Summary:

New approaches to targeting Ras

Todd McDevitt, PhD

Michael Mcmanus, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Human Genetics

Secondary Thematic Area:

Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Research Summary:

Noncoding RNAs - the Dark Matter of the Genome

Mentorship Development:

4/29/19 - Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS)
5/26/20 - Effective Strategies for IDPs for Partial Resumption of Lab Research
11/10/20 - Optimizing the Efficiency of Your Lab
2/16/21 - Three Truths and Three Tries: Facing and Overcoming Critical Social Justice Challenges at the Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Levels
5/2021 - Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS)

Synthia Mellon, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Secondary Thematic Area:

Neurobiology

Research Summary:

Developmental Regulation, Molecular Biology and Novel Actions of Steroid/Neurosteroid Synthesis

Takashi Mikawa, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Secondary Thematic Area:

Vascular & Cardiac Biology

Research Summary:

Developmental Regulation of Organogenesis

Mentorship Development:

4/26/19 Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS) with Sharon Milgram (Mission Bay)
2/18/21 Three Truths and Three Tries: Facing and Overcoming Critical Social Justice Challenges at the Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Levels