Ecology, biodiversity & evolution

• Conservation genetics, systematics and transposable elements (Quinn - Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics & Systematics)
• Ecology of invasive species (Sher)
• Regional habitats and plant associations (Quigley)
• Ecology and evolution of interactions between plants and herbivores. (Murphy) 
• Molecular foundations of early animal evolution (Nichols)
• Behavioral and evolutionary ecology (Tinghitella)

Cell and molecular biology

• cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuropeptide secretion (Angleson)
• control of synaptic plasticity during development (Barbee)
• membrane trafficking and generation of cell surface polarities that guide cellular morphogenesis (Blankenship)
• molecular evolution of the opioid/orphanin gene family (Dores)
• forensic genetics (Danielson)
• neurobiology of sensory systems (Kinnamon)
• neuronal cell death and degenerative diseases (Fogleman, Linseman - Eleanor Roosevelt Institute)
• calcium signaling in muscles and neurons (Lorenzon)
• biochemical genetics of Downs syndrome, Alzheimer disease, and autism (Patterson - Eleanor Roosevelt Institute)
• signal transduction in oocyte development (Sadler)