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Faculty
The faculty affiliated with MOCB are grouped into three Categories based upon their current participation in the MOCB Graduate Program:
(1) Research Mentors have in their lab and/or are eager to have new MOCB students join their labs for Thesis Research. These faculty are available for rotations and to serve as primary Thesis advisors for MOCB students.
(2) Advisory Faculty are not currently accepting new MOCB students into their labs, but these faculty serve our program in other ways, such as teaching, and student advising. These faculty are available to be on student advisory committees.
(3) Currently not active in the program. These faculty are former MOCB members who have retired, or members who are currently not available to train or advise MOCB students. These faculty may return to active roles in the program in the future.
(1) Research Mentors
Allewell, Norma
Ph.D. Yale University, 1969. Biochemical basis of diseases of nitrogen metabolism; functional and regulatory mechanisms of multisubunit proteins.
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Baehrecke, Eric (has moved to U. Mass and will not accept new students)
Ph.D., U. Wisconsin, 1992. Steroid regulation of cell death and function of autophagy during development in Drosophila.
E-mail: baehreck@umbi.umd.edu
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Bentley, William E.
Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1989. Cell-Cell signaling, biomolecular and metabolic engineering, device/bio interface.
E-mail: bentley@eng.umd.edu
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Briken, Volker
Ph.D., Paris U., 1998. Molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions and their importance for the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
E-mail: vbriken@umd.edu
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Bryan, Philip
Ph.D., U. Tennessee - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1979. Protein folding and stability.
E-mail: bryan@umbi.umd.edu
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Carlton, Karen
Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1987. Evolution of sensory systems and their role in communication.
E-mail: kcarleto@umd.edu
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Carr, Catherine
Ph.D., U. California at San Diego, 1984. Processing of temporally ordered information in the CNS.
E-mail: cecarr@umd.edu
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Castillo-Davis, Cristian
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2003. Evolution of gene regulation/networks, experimenal and statistical genomics.
E-mail: castill "zero" @umd.edu
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Culver, James
Ph.D., U. Calif. at Riverside, 1991. Molecular biology of plant viruses and plant-virus interactions.
E-mail: jc216@umail.umd.edu
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Chang, Caren
Ph.D., California Inst. of Technology, 1988. Molecular mechanisms of ethylene signal transduction in plants.
E-mail: carenc@umd.edu
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Coleman, Gary
Ph.D., U. Nebraska, 1989. Molecular mechanisms of tree bud dormancy.
E-mail: gcoleman@umd.edu
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Colombini, Marco
Ph.D., McGill U., 1974. Mitochondrial channels: structure, function and role in apoptosis.
E-mail: colombini@umd.edu
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Delwiche, Charles F.
Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin - Madison, 1984. We use molecular systematic and genomic methods to
study the early evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes, particularly
dinoflagellates and green algae.
E-mail: delwiche@umd.edu
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DeStefano, Jeffrey
Ph.D., U. Connecticut, 1990. Mechanisms of viral replication in eukaryotes.
E-mail: jdestefa@umd.edu
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Dinman, Jonathan
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1988. Post-transcriptional control of gene expression.
E-mail: dinman@umd.edu
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Dube, Shyam
Ph.D., Kansas State U., 1961. Plant protection from UV-B and other environmental stresses.
E-mail: sdube@umbi.umd.edu
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El-Sayed, Najib
Ph.D., Yale University, 1993. Comparative and functional genomics of
pathogens and host-pathigen interactions.
E-mail: elsayed@umd.edu
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Fenselau, Catherine
Ph.D., Stanford U., 1965. Drug/protein interactions; biological mass spectrometry.
E-mail: fenselau@umd.edu
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Frauwirth, Ken
Ph.D., U. California, Berkeley, 1997. T cell activation and peripheral tolerance mechanisms; regulation of lymphocyte metabolism.
E-mail: kfrauwir@umd.edu
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Fredericksen, Brenda
Ph.D., U. of Tennessee Health Science Center, 1997. Defining the molecular mechanism(s) by which flaviviruses
evade and/or block the host innate antiviral response.
E-mail: bfreder@umd.edu
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Gao, Lian-Yong
Ph.D., U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1999. Host-pathogen interactions; Molecular/cellular mechanisms of Mycobacteria pathogenesis.
E-mail: lygao@mail.umd.edu
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Gerratana, Barbara
Ph.D., U. Wisconsin, Madison, 2001. Mechanistic enzymology; biosynthesis of analogs of natural products with antitumor activity.
E-mail: bgerrata@umd.edu
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Haag, Eric
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1997. Molecular and functional evolution of developmental genes.
E-mail: ehaag@umd.edu
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Hamza, Iqbal
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, 1998. Cell biology and genetics of micronutrient metabolism.
E-mail: hamza@umd.edu
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Herzberg, Osnat
Ph.D., Weizman Inst. of Science, Israel, 1982. Application of x-ray crystallography in the study of protein structure and function.
E-mail: osnat@carb.nist.gov
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Hutcheson, Steven
Ph.D., U. Calif. at Berkeley, 1982. Molecular events in plant-microbe interactions in bacterial pathogenesis and disease resistance.
E-mail: hutcheso@umd.edu
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Julin, Douglas
Ph.D., U. Calif. at Berkeley, 1984. DNA-protein interactions in DNA repair and recombination.
E-mail: djulin@umd.edu
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Kahn, Jason
Ph.D., U. California at Berkeley, 1990. Structure, function, and design
of protein-DNA complexes.
E-mail: jdkahn@umd.edu
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Kelman, Zvi
Ph.D., Cornell University Medical School, 1996. Biochemistry of DNA replication.
E-mail: kelman@carb.nist.gov
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Kwak, June
Ph.D., Pohang University of Science and Technology, 1997. Guard cell ABA and Ca2+ signal transduction/Single cell-type functional genomics.
E-mail: jkwak@umd.edu
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Lee, Chi-Hon
Ph.D., Rockefeller U, 1997; M.D. China Medical College, 1989. Molecular
mechanisms of neural
circuit assembly and neuronal mechanism of color vision in Drosophila
E-mail: leechih@mail.nih.gov
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Lee, Vincent T.
Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 2000. Host-pathogen
interactions, molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis for Pseudomonas
aeruginosa, Allosteric regulation of molecular complexes.
E-mail: vtlee@umd.edu
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Lei, Elissa
Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, 2003. RNA silencing and higher order chromatin organization in Drosophila.
E-mail: leielissa@niddk.nih.gov
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Li, Shuwei
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2003. Chemical Biology and Proteomics.
E-mail: liw@umbi.umd.edu
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Liu, Zhongchi
Ph.D., Harvard U., 1990. Molecular genetics of flower development in Arabidopsis.
E-mail: zl17@umail.umd.edu, zliu@umd.edu
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Marino, John
Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1995. Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy applied to understanding RNA-RNA and RNA-Protein Interactions.
E-mail: marino@carb.nist.gov
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Mariuzza, Roy
Ph.D., Universite de Paris VII, France, 1985. Structure and function of antigen receptors.
E-mail: mariuzza@carb.nist.gov
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Mather, Ian
Ph.D., University of Wales, 1971. Cell biology of milk secretion.
E-mail: imather@umd.edu
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McIver, Kevin S.
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1994. Host-Bacterial Pathogen
interactions; Molecular mechanisms of virulence
gene regulation in Streptococcus pyogenes; Protein secretion in Francisella
tularensis.
Email: kmciver@umd.edu
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Mosser, David
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1983. Innate immunity to microbial pathogens.
E-mail: dmosser@umd.edu
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Moult, John
Ph.D., U. Oxford, England 1970. Computer modeling techniques for the study of protein structure and function.
E-mail: jmoult@carb.nist.gov/(jmoult@tunc.org)
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Mount, Stephen
Ph.D., Yale U., 1983. Pre-mRNA splicing.
E-mail: smount@umd.edu
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O’Brochta, David
Ph.D., U. Calif. at Irvine, 1985. Biological consequences and molecular genetics of transposable elements in insects.
E-mail: dobrocht@umd.edu
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Orban, John
Ph.D., Australian National U., 1985. Biomolecular NMR spectroscsopy.
E-mail: john@magpie.carb.nist.gov
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Perez, Daniel
Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 1995. Molecular basis of interspecies transmission, pathogenesis, and cross-protection of influenza A viruses.
E-mail: dperez1@umd.edu
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Pick, Leslie
Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1985. Embryonic development, evolution and axon guidance in Drosophila.
E-mail: lpick@umd.edu
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Pop, Mihai
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2000. Bioinformatics tools for genomics
and metagenomics (study of bacterial communities) applications.
Email: mpop [at] umiacs.umd.edu
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Porter, Tom
Ph.D., U. Minnesota, 1988. Regulation of pituitary cell differentiation during embryonic development.
E-mail: teporter@umd.edu
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Quinlan, Elizabeth (Betsy)
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993.
Synaptic plasticity in the mammalian cortex, learning and memory, aging.
E-mail: equinlan@umd.edu
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Salzberg, Steven
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1989. Comparative genomics, gene finding, genome sequence assembly, genome evolution, genome sequencing.
E-mail: s a l z b e r g (at) u m d . e d u
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Simon, Anne
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1983. Molecular biology of plant-virus interactions.
E-mail: simona@umd.edu
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Smith, Harold
Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, NY, 1994. Functional genomics of cellular differentiation.
E-mail: smithh@umbi.umd.edu
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Song, Jiuzhou
Ph.D., China Agricultural University, 1996. Statistical Genomics, Epigenetics and Genetics.
E-mail: songj88@umd.edu
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Song, Wenxia
Ph.D., Kansas State U., 1991. Cell biology
of B lymphocytes and host responses to microbial pathogens.
E-mail: wenxsong@umd.edu
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St.Leger, Raymond
Ph.D., University of Bath, Avon, U.K., 1987. Genomics of insect pathogens.
E-mail: stleger@umd.edu
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Stein, Daniel
Ph.D., U. Rochester, 1981. Regulation of lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
E-mail: dcstein@umd.edu
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Stewart, Richard
Ph.D., Michigan, 1984. Microbial physiology; sensory systems in microorganisms.
E-mail: alec@umd.edu
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Stoltzfus, Arlin
Ph.D., U. Iowa, 1991. Bioinformatics; Simulation and analysis of gene, protein, and genome evolution.
E-mail: stoltzfu@umbi.umd.edu
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Straney, David
Ph.D., Yale U., 1987. Regulation of gene expression and development in filamentous fungi.
E-mail: straney@umd.edu
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Sukharev, Sergei
Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1987. Biochemistry and biophysics of mechano-sensitive channels.
E-mail: sukharev@umd.edu
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Sze, Heven
Ph.D., Purdue U., 1975. Funtional genomic of ion transporters in plant biology.
E-mail: hsze@umd.edu
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Taneyhill, Lisa
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2000.
Molecular mechanisms of neural crest development and embryonic patterning.
E-mail: ltaney@umd.edu
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Tuchman, Mendel
M.D., Tel-Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, 1979. Translational research of genes and proteins involved in nitrogen metabolism.
E-mail: mtuchman@cnmc.org
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Wang, Jian
Ph.D., The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 1998. Molecular
genetics of Drosophila neurobiology and metamorphosis.
Email: jianwang@umd.edu
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Wolniak, Stephen
Ph.D., U. Calif. at Berkeley, 1979. Spermatogenesis in Marsilea vestita: ciliogenesis and mechanisms of
cell fate determination.
E-mail: swolniak@umd.edu
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Wu, Louisa
Ph.D., U. Calif. at San Diego, 1995. Innate immune response in Drosophila.
E-mail: lwu1@umd.edu
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Xiao, Shunyuan
Ph.D., Huazhong Agricultural University, China, 1992. Molecular mechanisms of plant programmed cell death and disease resistance.
E-mail: xiao@umbi.umd.edu
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Zhu, Xiaoping
Ph.D., U. Wisconsin Madison, 1997. Functions of MHC Class I-related molecules and the regulation of immune responses in infections diseases.
E-mail: xzhu1@umd.edu
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(2) Advisory Faculty
Beckett, Dorothy
Ph.D., U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1986. Molecular recognition and allostery in the multi-functional Biotin Repressor.
E-mail: dbeckett@umd.edu
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Benson, Spencer
Ph.D., U. Chicago, 1978. Mechanisms of bacterial evolution and genetic regulation of function of bacterial envelopes.
E-mail: sbenson@umd.edu
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Eisenstein, Ed
Ph.D., Georgetown U., 1985. Control of oligomeric regulatory enzymes.
E-mail: edd@carb.nist.gov
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Gantt, Elisabeth
Ph.D., Northwestern U., 1963. Regulation of isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants.
E-mail: egantt@umd.edu
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Gilson, Mike
Ph.D., Columbia U., 1988, M.D., Columbia U. 1989. Molecular recognition: modeling and informatics. Computer-aided drug-discovery and molecular design.
E-mail: Gilson@umbi.umd.edu
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Ma, Michael
Ph.D., U. Wisconsin, Madison, 1978. Insect reproductive physiology and neuroendocrinology.
E-mail: maker@umd.edu
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Marini, Joan C.
M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1978. Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1982. Translational research on genetic disorders of bone utilizing both human and murine systems.
E-mail: oidoc@helix.nih.gov
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Mushinski, Frederic
M.D., Harvard U., 1963. Oncogenes, anti-oncogines and protein kinase C in proliferation, differentiation, and carcinogenesis.
E-mail: jm8p@nih.gov
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Nuss, Donald
Ph.D., U. New Hampshire, 1973. Engineering viruses to understand and control fungal pathogenesis.
E-mail: dnuss@umd.edu
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Ottinger, Mary Ann
Ph.D., U. Maryland, 1977. Neuroendocrine regulation of endocrine and behavioral aspects of reproduction.
E-mail: maotting@umd.edu
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Payne, Richard
Ph.D., Australian National U., 1982. Mechanisms of visual excitation and signal transduction in photoreceptors.
E-mail: rpayne@umd.edu
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Vakharia, Vikram
Ph.D., U. Kansas, 1983. Molecular virology and vaccine development.
E-mail: vakharia@umd.edu
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(3) Currently not active in the program.
Ades, Ibraham
Ph.D., UCLA, 1976. Second messengers and signal transduction pathways.
E-mail: izades@umd.edu
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Hansen, Norman
Ph.D., UCLA, 1968. Genetics and functions of bacterial peptide antibiotics.
E-mail: jhansen1@umd.edu
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Howard, Bruce
M.D., U. California at San Francisco, 1972. Regulation of cell growth with an emphasis on the roles of anti-oncogenes.
E-mail: howard@helix.nih.gov
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Lorimer, George
Ph.D., Michigan State U., 1972. Chaperonin facilitated protein folding.
E-mail: glorimer@umd.edu
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Nirenberg, Marshall
Ph.D., U. Michigan, 1957. Development of the nervous system.
E-mail: mnirenberg@nih.gov
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Ozato, Keiko
Ph.D., Kyoto U., Japan, 1973. Regulatory elements and factors in gene expression.
E-mail: ozatok@nih.gov
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Potter, Michael
M.D., U. Virginia, 1949. Mechanisms in malignant development of lymphocytic cells.
E-mail: mpotter@umd.edu
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Samal, Siba
Ph.D., Texas A & M U., 1985. Molecular biology of pathogenic animal viruses.
E-mail: ssamal@umd.edu
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Solomos, Theophanes
Ph.D., Cambridge U., England, 1963. Biochemistry of plant senescence.
E-mail: solomost@umd.edu
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Vijay, Inder
Ph.D., U. Calif. at Davis, 1971. Developmental regulation of mammary glycoprotein synthesis.
E-mail: ivijay@umd.edu
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