David Bilder
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology

B.A. Harvard University ’90,
Ph.D. Stanford University ’97

Expertise: Cell architecture, using Drosophila genetics to study how cells take on different shapes and organizations.

Jamie Cate
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Cell Biology

B.S. University of Denver ’90
Ph.D. Yale University ’97

Expertise: Use of X-ray cyrstallographic, biochemical, and genetic approaches to unravel the mechanism of protein synthesis; use of antibiotics in treating infections that cripple ribosome function.

Jennifer Doudna
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology

B.A. Pomona College ’85
Ph.D. Harvard University ’89

Expertise: The structures and mechanisms of RNA catalysts, and the roles of structured RNA molecules in protein trafficking and translation initiation.