Research-Active Faculty

All Gene Structure and regulation

Cruz-Reyes, Jorge

Jorge Cruz-Reyes

Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Genetics

Research Focus: RNA editing and editosomes, trypanosome RNA biology, ribonucleoprotein complexes, small guide RNA, drug development

Liu, Wenshe

Wenshe Liu

Harry E. Bovay Jr. Endowed Chair, Chemistry; Regents 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

Mullet, John

John Mullet

Perry L. Adkisson Chair in Agricultural Biology, University Distinguished 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)

Polymenis, Michael

Michael Polymenis

Interim Department Head and Professor

Research Focus: cell cycle, protein synthesis, ribosomal proteins, metabolism, cell size, longevity, yeast

Sing Hoi Sze - No photo available

Sing Hoi Sze

Associate Professor - Computer Science, Engineering, Biochemistry & Biophysics

Research Focus: bioinformatics, computational biology, sequence analysis, biological networks, high-throughput sequencing

Zhou, Bo

Bo Zhou

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Human genetics/genomics Developmental Biology Genomics technology development Neuroscience Bioinformatics