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The Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Graduate Group faculty have wide-ranging research interests. These interests fall into six (6) main specializations. There are 68 faculty members in the Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Group from more than 18 departments, sections, colleges and schools on campus.

A list of all faculty affiliated with Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Group is on this Web page, or you may view a list of faculty by specialization and research interests through the drop-down menu.

Chair of CDB: Ken Beck

Faculty in Focus Group:

Name Department Email

Peter B. Armstrong Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) pbarmstrong@ucdavis.edu
Kenneth Beck Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) kabeck@ucdavis.edu
Trish Berger Animal Science tberger@ucdavis.edu
Laura N Borodinsky Physiology and Membrane Biology lnborodinsky@ucdavis.edu
E. Morton Bradbury Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) emb@lanl.gov
Peter Cala Physiology and Membrane Biology pmcala@ucdavis.edu
Simon Chan Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) srchan@ucdavis.edu
Frederic Chedin Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) flchedin@ucdavis.edu
Hwai-Jong Cheng Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) hjcheng (at) ucdavis (dot) edu
James S. Clegg Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jsclegg@ucdavis.edu
Wenbin Deng Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) wbdeng@ucdavis.edu
Elva Diaz Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) ediaz@ucdavis.edu
Bruce W. Draper Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) bwdraper@ucdavis.edu
JoAnne Engebrecht Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jengebrecht@ucdavis.edu
Carol A. Erickson Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) caerickson@ucdavis.edu
Marilynn E. Etzler Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) meetzler@ucdavis.edu
Peggy J Farnham Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) pjfarnham@ucdavis.edu
Michael Ferns Anesthesiology (School of Medicine) mjferns@ucdavis.edu
Andrew J. Fisher Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) ajfisher@ucdavis.edu
Paul FitzGerald Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) pgfitzgerald@ucdavis.edu
David Furlow Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) jdfurlow@ucdavis.edu
Angela Gelli Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) acgelli@ucdavis.edu
Qizhi Gong Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) qzgong@ucdavis.edu
Nobuko Hagiwara Internal Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (School of Medicine) nhagiwara@ucdavis.edu
Bruce D. Hammock Entomology bdhammock@ucdavis.edu
John J. Harada Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jjharada@ucdavis.edu
Jerry L. Hedrick Animal Science jlhedrick@ucdavis.edu
Wolf-Dietrich Heyer Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) wdheyer@ucdavis.edu
Neil Hunter Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) nhunter@ucdavis.edu
R. Rivkah Isseroff Dermatology (School of Medicine) rrisseroff@ucdavis.edu
Kenneth Kaplan Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) kbkaplan@ucdavis.edu
Jinoh Kim Pediatrics (School of Medicine) jinoh.kim@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Paul Knoepfler Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) knoepfler@ucdavis.edu
Anne Knowlton Internal Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (School of Medicine) aaknowlton@ucdavis.edu
Artyom Kopp Evolution and Ecology (College of Biological Sciences) akopp@ucdavis.edu
Julie A Leary Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jaleary@ucdavis.edu
Noelle D. L'Etoile Psychiatry (School of Medicine) ndletoile@ucdavis.edu
Ronald Li Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) ronaldli@ucdavis.edu
Su-Ju Lin Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) slin@ucdavis.edu
Bo Liu Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) bliu@ucdavis.edu
Su Hao Lo Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) shlo@ucdavis.edu
Francis J. McNally [other or N/A] fjmcnally@ucdavis.edu
Stanley Meizel Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) smeizel@ucdavis.edu
Stuart Meyers Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology (Vet Med) smeyers@ucdavis.edu
Jeanette E. Natzle Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jenatzle@ucdavis.edu
Jodi Nunnari Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jmnunnari@ucdavis.edu
Martha E. O'Donnell Physiology and Membrane Biology meodonnell@ucdavis.edu
Charles G. Plopper Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology (School of Vet Med) cgplopper@ucdavis.edu
Paul Primakoff Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) pdprimakoff@ucdavis.edu
A. Hari Reddi Orthopedics (School of Medicine) ahreddi@ucdavis.edu
Robert H. Rice Environmental Toxicology rhrice@ucdavis.edu
Lesilee S. Rose Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) lsrose@ucdavis.edu
Jonathan M. Scholey Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jmscholey@ucdavis.edu
Daniel Starr Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) dastarr@ucdavis.edu
Colleen Sweeney Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) casweeney@ucdavis.edu
Fern Tablin Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology (Vet Med) ftablin@ucdavis.edu
Alice Tarantal Pediatrics (School of Medicine) aftarantal@primate.ucdavis.edu
Jim Trimmer Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) jtrimmer@ucdavis.edu
Richard P. Tucker Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) rptucker@ucdavis.edu
Judith Turgeon Internal Medicine: Division of Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition and Vascular Medicine (School of Medicine) jlturgeon@ucdavis.edu
Robert H Weiss Internal Medicine: Division of Nephrology (School of Medicine) rhweiss@ucdavis.edu
Matthew J. Wood Environmental Toxicology mjwood AT ucdavis DOT edu
Reen Wu Internal Medicine (School of Medicine) rwu@ucdavis.edu
Lifeng Xu Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) lfxu@ucdavis.edu
Soichiro Yamada Biomedical Engineering syamada@ucdavis.edu
Clare Yellowley Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology (Vet Med) cyellowley@ucdavis.edu
Chengji Zhou Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) cjzhou (AT) ucdavis.edu
Karen Zito Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) kzito@ucdavis.edu