Top Choices (in no particular order): 1. Richard Cerione: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?

id=rac1
Research Interests: Cancer Biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Disease Pathogenesis, Genomics Research Description: Mechanisms of receptor-coupled signal transduction; the actions of cellular polypeptide growth factor receptors Research Interests: Cell Biology, Disease Pathogenesis, Cancer Biology, Toxicology, Biomedical Sciences, Physiology Research Description: Cancer cell and molecular biology; regulation of the cell cycle and differentiation by retinoids, carcinogens, oncogenes, and tumor suppressor genes. Research Interests: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cancer Biology, Disease Pathogenesis Research Description: Identification of Novel Proteins Involved in Controlling Cell Growth Research Interests: Cancer Biology, Biomedical Sciences Research Description: Hemostasis; Cancer metastasis

2. Andrew Yen: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=ay13

3. Ruth Collins: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=rnc8

4. Tracy Stokol: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=ts23 5. Thomas Cleland: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=tac29

Research Interests: Neurobiology, Psychology, Behavior, Computational Biology Research Description: Olfactory perception as a complex system; coordinating behavioral; physiological, pharmacological, and computational studies of sensory sampling; learning and memory; biological neural networks. Research Interests: Neurobiology Research Description: Genesis of myopia, Optics of human and animal eyes, Vertebrate vestibular function. Research Interests: Physiology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology Research Description: Receptors and Ion Channels Research Interests: Microbiology, Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology Research Description: Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis, Immune response to infection, Use of Listeria as a vector for vaccines Research Interests: Neurobiology, Cell Biology, BioEngineering, Genomics Research Description: Cell and molecular neurobiology; regulation of expression and function of potassium channels in adrenaline secreting cells, and its relationship to stress. Research Interests: Genomics, Cell Biology, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Development, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences Research Description: Genome maintenance mechanisms; DNA damage responses; mouse models of cancer. Research Interests: Neurobiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Development, Genomics

6. Howard Howland: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=hch2

7. **Huai-Hu Chuang: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=hac29

8. **Helene Marquis: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=hm72

9. David McCobb: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=dpm9

10. Robert Weiss: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=rsw26

11. David Deitcher: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=dld14

Research Description: Molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release; molecular neurobiology and neurogenetics, role of proteins (esp. SNAP-25) in NT release Research Interests: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Development, Genomics, Cancer Biology Research Description: cancer genetics; mechanisms of genome maintenance in mice; mammalian meiosis; functional genomics

12. John Schimenti: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=jcs92

** = Cant take for credit

Still very interested in the choices below, but not particularly as much the first 12.
13. Colin Parrish: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=crp3
Research Interests: Virology, Evolution, Cell Biology, Genomics, Microbiology Research Description: Studies of viral host ranges, examining the emergence of the host variants of parvoviruses and influenza viruses. Research Interests: Neurobiology, Biomedical Sciences, Pharmacology Research Description: Glutamate-activated receptor-channels, neuroscience Research Interests: Neurobiology, Evolution, Development Research Description: Animal communication; evolution of vertebrate nervous system; hormones, brains, and behavior; comparative neuroanatomy; sexual differentiation of the brain; hormonal control of development, teleost fish Research Interests: Neurobiology, Development, Evolution, Cognitive Science Research Description: Evolution and development of brain and behavior; particularly the visual system. Research Interests: Behavior, Neurobiology Research Description: Animal communication; neuroanatomical plasticity, quantitative neurobiology; neurobiology of avian caching; hormonal influences on brain structure; avian song system, neural basis for female song discrimination, interplay between the hippocampus and other brain areas in spatial memory, evolution of these behaviors Research Interests: Neurobiology Research Description: Biopsychology of brain state change in sleep; physiology of sensory, motor, and cognitive experience in dreams.

14. Linda Nowak: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=lmn1

15. Andrew Bass: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=ahb3

16. Barbara Finlay: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=blf2

17. Timothy DeVoogd: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=tjd5

18. Helene Porte: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=hsp2

(Interested in these next two, but Colleen Kearns recommenced that I not contact them because these professors have very high expectations and demands for their lab assistants. This could be detrimental to school work when I have heavy loads.) 19. Alexander Nikitin: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=an58

Research Interests: Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Disease Pathogenesis, Genomics, Stem Cell Biology Research Description: Modeling ovarian, breast and prostate cancers; understanding the role of stem cell compartment in carcinogenesis; identification of molecular determinants of metastatic progression. Research Interests: Development, Cell Biology Research Description: The focus of my laboratory is the understanding of basic mechanisms that regulate the fate of stem cells within tissues. We are currently studying skin and hair follicle stem cells using cell culture and the mouse as model systems. Hair follicle stem cells reside in their niche in a quiescent state, but become rapidly activated in response to homeostatic and injury signals to regenerate the tissue. We are analyzing the physiological role of several genes implicated in different aspects of stem cell activation, self-renewal, and differentiation. Our general focus is on stem cell fate choice by epigenetic regulation, transcription regulation via specific developmental transcription factors, and chromatin modifying factors. Additionally, we recently began to explore the potential implication of our genes of interest in cancer.

20. Tudorita Tumbar: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=tt252

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other Choices (in no particular order):

21. William Ghiorse: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=wcg1

Research Interests: Microbiology, Ecology, Bacteriology, Protozoology Research Description: Aquatic microbiology; microbial ecology; microbial physiology; prokaryotic cytology; subsurface microbiology. Research Interests: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Genomics Research Description: Our laboratory studies Bacillus subtilis, a Gram-positive soil bacterium and genetic model system. We are interested in the global patterns of transcriptional control and the mechanisms of the corresponding regulatory proteins and pathways. Research Interests: Bacteriology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry Research Description: Microbial physiology; electron transport; structure and function of electron transport proteins. Research Interests: Microbiology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Bacteriology, Genomics Research Description: Our laboratory has focused on metabolic transformations of biogeochemical or environmental significance carried out by anaerobic microorganisms. Over the years these have included nitrogen fixation, methanogenesis, and reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated organic pollutants. Typically, once we've isolated a novel organism carrying out a process, we study its properties, which in recent years has included various genomics-enabled techniques. Research Interests: Genetics, Genomics, Biochemistry

22. John Helmann: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=jdh9

23. James Shapleigh: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=jps2

24. Stephen Zinder: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=shz1

25. Eric Alani: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=eea3

Research Description: Roles for mismatch repair factors in regulating chromosome stability and genetic recombination. Molecular evolution. Research Interests: Biochemistry, Genomics Research Description: understanding interactions among proteins, electrons, and photons. Research Interests: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry Research Description: How do lipids and proteins organize themselves in biomembranes? What is the relationship of lipid phase behavior to structure of biomembranes? Use of physical techniques (fluorescence spectroscopy & microscopy, x-ray diffraction, computational methods) to examine structure of lipid bilayers and biomembranes and the role of cholesterol. Research Interests: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Biology Research Description: Structure and function of RNA, RNA interference, processing, and degradation. Research Interests: Biochemistry, Chemical Biology Research Description: Enzymology, protein posttranslational modifications, metabolism, epigenetics Research Interests: Biochemistry, Genetics, Genomics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology Research Description: DNA replication, recombination, transposition, and repair Research Interests: Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics Research Description: Biochemistry, structural biology, signal transduction, infectious disease, biophysics, structure-function studies Basic regulatory principles in signal transduction networks on a molecular level, focusing on bacterial pathogenesis and membrane trafficking. Research Interests: Virology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology Research Description: Retrovirus structure and assembly Research Interests: Neurobiology, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Genomics Research Description: Molecular neurobiology and biophysics; neurotransmitter receptors and signal transduction. Research Interests: Biophysics, Molecular Biology Research Description: Molecular mechanisms of gene expression and regulation, transcription and regulation of gene expression in chromatin, single-molecule biophysics, molecular motors. Research Interests: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology Research Description: Eukaryotic cell biology; secretion and endocytosis. Research Interests: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genomics Research Description: Genes of mitochondria, their regulation by nuclear genes, and assembly of their products in the inner membrane in yeast.

26. Brian Crane: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=bc69

27. Gerald Feigenson: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=gwf3

28. Ailong Ke: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=ak425

29. Hening Lin: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=hl379

30. Joseph Peters: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=jep48

31. Holger Sondermann: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=hs293

32. Volker Vogt: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=vmv1

33. Robert Oswald: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=reo1

34. Michelle Wang: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=mdw17

35. William Brown: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=wjb5

36. Thomas Fox: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=tdf1

37. Valerie Reyna: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=vr53

Research Interests: Psychology, Neurobiology, Human Development Research Description: Judgement and Decision Making; Risk and Rationality, Memory Research Interests: Immunology, Disease Pathogenesis, Microbiology, Ecology, Parasitology Research Description: Parasitology, most aspects. Interested in the practical application of modern methods to disease prevention, diagnosis, and unraveling the mysteries of zoology. Research Interests: Genetics, Genomics, Computational Biology Research Description: Population genetics, evolutionary genomics, genetics of complex traits, patterns of DNA sequence variation in most of the known antibacterial genes of insects, sperm competition, examining the mechanisms that maintain genetic variation. Research Interests: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry Research Description: Regulation of gene expression: transcription mechanisms, control of DNA repair functions. Research Interests: Microbiology, Toxicology Research Description: Ability of microorganisms to degrade xenobiotics Research Interests: Virology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology Research Description: Influenza virus; nuclear transport; cell biology of virus-host interactions. Research Interests: Behavior, Neurobiology Research Description: Animal communication, social recognition, and memory (individual, kin, species, sexual state) mostly by chemical signals; neural mechanisms of social recognition and memory, the sense of smell:brain and behavior

38. Dwight Bowman: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=ddb3

39. Andrew Clark: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=ac347

40. Jeffery Roberts: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=jwr7

41. Anthony Hay: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=agh5

42. Gary Whittaker: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=grw7

43. Robert Johnston: http://biology.cornell.edu/research/rfindiv.php?id=%20rej1