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Mary Bryk
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Genetics
Research Focus: transcriptional regulation, gene expression, chromatin, histone modifications, molecular genetics
Jorge Cruz-Reyes
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Genetics
Research Focus: RNA editing and editosomes, trypanosome RNA biology, ribonucleoprotein complexes, small guide RNA, drug development
Wenshe Liu
Harry E. Bovay Jr. Endowed Chair, Chemistry; Professor, Chemistry, Translational Medical Sciences, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Cell Biology and Genetics; Director, Texas A&M Drug Discovery Center
Research Focus: COVID-19 drug discovery, chromatin biology, cancer epigenetics, posttranslational histone modifications, cancer drug discovery, the genetic code expansion, medicinal chemistry, structural biology, chemical biology
John Mullet
Perry L. Adkisson Chair in Agricultural Biology, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Research Focus: Developing next-generation crops through the study of genomics, gene regulatory networks, development, drought resilience, bioenergy crop design (NOT CURRENTLY TAKING GRADUATE STUDENTS)
William Park
Professor
Research Focus: mediator complex, gene regulation, regulatory evolution, stress tolerance, yeast
Michael Polymenis
Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Programs
Research Focus: cell cycle, protein synthesis, ribosomal proteins, metabolism, cell size, longevity, yeast
Dorothy Shippen
University Distinguished Professor, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Genetics
Research Focus: Telomerase regulation, mechanisms of telomere length control, the role of telomere-associated factors in the response to oxidative stress (NOT CURRENTLY TAKING GRADUATE STUDENTS)
Sing Hoi Sze
Associate Professor - Computer Science, Engineering, Biochemistry & Biophysics
Research Focus: bioinformatics, computational biology, sequence analysis, biological networks, high-throughput sequencing
Xiuren Zhang
Christine Richardson Endowed Professor of Agricultural Biology, EDGES Fellow, Presidential Impact Fellow, AgriLife Faculty Fellow, Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Biology, Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences Focus Area:  RNA silencing, RNA structure and remodeling, ribonucleoprotein complexes, epi-transcriptome, epigenetics, host-virus interaction
Research Focus: RNA silencing, RNA structure and remodeling, ribonuceloprotein complexes, epitranscriptome, epigenetics, host-virus interaction, geminivirus, cucumber mosaic virus