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Biology Professors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Kyle Biggar<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Functional Proteomics<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Drug development<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Protein lysine methylation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Dr. Jenny Bruin<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Pancreas Development<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Catherine Cullingham<\/a>
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  • Landscape, population, and conservation genetics<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Dr. Eugene Fletcher<\/a>
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  • Industrial biotechnology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Synthetic biology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Fermentation<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Metabolism<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Microbial physiology and stress<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Ashkan Golshani<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Functional genomics<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Microbiology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Molecular biology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Interaction networks<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Systems biology<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Dr. Root Gorelick<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Evolution of sex<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Evolutionary theory<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Classical botany<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Mathematical biology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Climate change<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nDr. Iain Lambert<\/a> – Professor Emeritus<\/em><\/p>\n
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  • Molecular biology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Genetic toxicology<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDr. Heath MacMillan<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Integrative and comparative animal ecophysiology<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Bruce McKay<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Molecular Biology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Cell Biology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Genomics<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Cancer Biology<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Dr. Owen Rowland<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Plant molecular biology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Biotechnology<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Myron Smith<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Fungal molecular genetics<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Antimicrobial drug discovery<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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Dr. William G. Willmore<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Biochemistry<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Biotechnology<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Dr. Tim Xing<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Plant genomics<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Susan Aitken<\/a> – Affiliated Faculty
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  • Protein and pathway engineering<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Enzymology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Amino acid metabolism<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Pyridoxal phosphate biochemistry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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Teaching Stream Faculties<\/h2>\n

Note: Teaching stream faculties can supervise undergraduate research<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Iain McKinnell<\/a><\/p>\n
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  • Embryology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Developmental Biology<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Anatomy & Physiology<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Dr. Martha Mullally<\/a><\/p>\n