Diane Morton.

This image shows a nematode worm embryo in its four-cell stage of development and the distribution of a member of a protein family, called PAR-4 (green), which is involved in the production of cancer in humans and is required for unequal sized pairs of cells necessary for proper development in nematodes. Professor Kenneth Kemphues' lab in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics is currently using genomics approaches to identify other proteins that work with PAR-4.

Molecular Biology and Genetics plays an important role in the overall research mission of Cornell University.  The research interests of the faculty include fundamental, as well as medically relevant, problems in molecular biology, genetics, genomics, population genetics,cell biology, biochemistry, development, and macromolecular structure. Several of our faculty also play key roles in the  Cornell Genomics Initiative.

The research that MBG faculty carry out everyday is one of the driving forces behind scientific innovation and advancement at Cornell University.  Learn more about the faculty and their research in the faculty profiles.

Learn more about the facilities and resources MBG and Cornell use to maintain the highest standards of research.

Vivo, the Virtual Life Sciences Library, brings together in one site all library resources that support the Cornell New Life Sciences Initiative.

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