Gibson, Susan
Assistant Professor, BCB.
Ph.D., Cornell.
Dr. Gibson studies the role of sugar in controlling plant gene expression and development, using molecular biology, genetics, physiology and biochemistry techniques.
Recent Publications:
Isolating plant genes. Trends in Biotechnology 11:306-313, 1993 (with Somerville).
Use of transgenic plants and mutants to study the regulation and function of lipid composition. Plant Cell Environ. 17:627-637, 1994 (with Falcone, Browse and Somerville).
Cloning of a temperature-regulated gene encoding a chloroplast omega-3 desaturase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 106:1615-1621, 1994 (with Arondel, Iba and Somerville).
Glantz, Raymon M.
Professor, BCB.
Ph.D., Syracuse.
"Every so often, a student is able to discern or imagine how the bits and pieces of molecular and cellular neurobiology can be used to construct a thinking, perceiving organism. At that moment, I have the joy of watching the birth of a neuroscientist."
Dr. Glantz's research focuses on transduction in arthropod photoreceptors; receptors for neurotransmitters; and computational properties and dynamics of neuronal networks.
Recent Publications:
Acetylcholine and GABA mediate opposing reactions on neuronal chloride channels in crayfish. Science 245:1249-1251, 1989 (with Pfeiffer-Linn).
An arthropod NMDA receptor. Synapse 9:35-42, 1991 (with Pfeiffer-Linn).
Directional selectivity in a nonspiking interneuron of the crayfish optic lobe: Evaluation of a linear model. J. Neurophysiol. 72:180-193, 1994.
Directionally selective motion detection in sustaining fibers of crayfish optic nerve: Linear and nonlinear mechanisms. J. Neurophysiol. 74:1-11, 1995 (with Wyatt and Mahncke).
Gomer, Richard H.
Associate Investigator, HHMI; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine; Associate Professor, BCB.
Ph.D., Caltech.
"At Rice, I get to interact with some amazingly bright and interesting young people. I like talking with students outside of the classroom, such as at Hanszen, where I'm an Associate. I have greatly enjoyed interacting with the students who have done research in my lab, getting experience (and recommendations) that helped them be accepted by top medical and graduate schools."
Dr. Gomer is working on studies of development, cell-type choice determination, growth factors, using molecular biology, cell biology, and protein biochemistry techniques. Dr. Gomer also works on binary star systems where the two stars are touching, and one of the stars is a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole.
Recent Publications:
Taking the pulse of DQ Herculis. Astrophysical Journal 448:380-394, 1995 (with Martell, Horne and Price).
A study of the absorption lines from the donor star in the exotic cataclysmic variable AE Aquarii. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 275:649-670, 1995 (with Welsh and Horne).
Mutagenesis and gene identification in Dictyostelium by shotgun antisense. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:5003-5007, 1996 (with Spann et al.).
A Dictyostelium mutant with defective aggregate size determination. Development 122:2569-2578, 1996 (with Brock et al.).
The cell density factor CMF permits cAMP-mediated activation of the chemoattractant receptor cAR1 in Dictyostelium. J. Cell Biol. 134:1543-1549, 1996 (with Van Haastert and Bishop).
RtoA links initial cell type choice to the cell cycle in Dictyostelium. Development 122:3677-3685, 1996 (with Wood et al).
Gustin, Michael C.
Associate Professor, BCB.
Ph.D., Yale.
Dr. Gustin's research covers the molecular biology of control mechanisms regulating cell growth and morphogenesis, the molecular analysis of signal transduction in yeast, the biochemical and genetic analysis of cell cycle control, and uncovering signaling pathways needed for bone cells to sense compressive forces.
Recent Publications:
An osmosensing signal transduction pathway in yeast. Science 259:1760-1763, 1993 (with Brewster, Valoir, Dwyer, and Winter).
The HOG pathway controls osmotic regulation of transcription via the stress response element (STRE) of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae CTT1 gene. EMBO J. 13:4382-4389, 1994 (with Schüller, Brewster, Alexander and Ruis).
A second osmosensing signal transduction pathway in yeast: Hypotonic shock activates the PKC1 protein kinase-regulated cell integrity pathway. J. Biol. Chem. 270:30157-30161, 1995 (with Davenport et al.).