The Molecular Biology major has suspended admission to new students as of Fall 2019. Current students will be able to complete the major, while prospective students interested in Molecular Biology are encouraged to consider the Biology, Biochemistry and Zoology majors, along with seeking out molecular related research opportunities. We are taking the opportunity revise and update our curriculum with the intention of a new and improved major available in the future.
Student with questions are welcome to make an appointment through Starfish with Ginny Jackson, the Molecular Biology student services coordinator. Questions can also be emailed to vjackson4@wisc.edu
Your Faculty Advisor
Your Faculty Advisor provides guidance specific to the molecular biology discipline through discussions about undergraduate experiences (i.e. internships, research, volunteering, etc.) that will help prepare you for graduate work or a career after graduation.
You can make an appointment with your Faculty Advisor via email.
Your Student Services Coordinator
Your Student Services Coordinator provides guidance specific to the molecular biology discipline but also provides developmental advising throughout your undergraduate career. Your Student Services Coordinator will help with course selection, registration, DARS, L&S degree and major requirements, and tracking progress towards graduation, as well as connecting you to important resources across campus. Current students can schedule an appointment with Students Services Coordinator, Ginny Jackson, through Starfish. Questions can be sent to vjackson4@wisc.edu.
Declared students are strongly encouraged to meet with their Faculty Advisors and Student Services Coordinator regularly throughout the duration of their undergraduate experience.
Faculty Advisors
Nihal Ahmad
608-263-5359
B-25 Medical Sciences Center
Website: https://dermatology.wisc.edu/ahmad.htm
Department Affiliation: Dermatology
Research: Biomedical research, Cancer biology and progression
Kurt Amann
Chair of the Major
608-265-3150
335 Bock Laboratories
Website: http://www.zoology.wisc.edu/faculty/Amann/index.html
Research: Mechanisms of cell structure and motility, Biochemical behavior of molecules
Zsuza Fabry
608-262-8717
6130 Medical Sciences Center
Website: https://www.pathology.wisc.edu/profile/zsuzsanna-fabry
Department Affiliation: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Research: Immunopathology, Neuroimmunology, Multiple Sclerosis
Marcin Filutowicz
608-262-6947
256 Microbial Sciences Building
Website: https://bact.wisc.edu/p_research_profile.php?id=msfiluto&view=intro
Department Affiliation: Bacteriology
Research: Plasmids, DNA Replication, Protein involvement in replication process
Yevgenya Grinblat
(608) 265-3219
128 Zoology Research
Website: https://grinblat.neuro.wisc.edu/
Department Affliciation: Neuroscience
Research: investigate conserved genetic mechanisms that control vertebrate embryogenesis by focusing on a conserved family of zinc-finger transcription factor genes, the Zinc-Finger-in-the-Cerebellum (Zic) family.
Tom Martin
608-263-2427
241B Biochemistry
Website: http://molpharm.wisc.edu/people/thomas-f-j-martin-phd/
Department Affiliation: Biochemistry
Research: Mechanisms of hormone action and signal transduction, Molecular and cellular pharmacology
Trina McMahon
608-263-3137
5552 Microbial Sciences
Website: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cee/faculty/mcmahon_katherine.html
Department Affiliation: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research: Microbial ecology of natural and engineered systems, Bacterial metabolism related to wastewater treatment and freshwater nutrient cycling
Phillip A Newmark
(608) 316-4105
3266 Morgridge Inst Research
Website: https://crb.wisc.edu/staff/newmark-phillip/
Department Affilication: Integrative Biology
Research: Planarian regeneration, germ cell development, schistosomes
Marisa S Otegui
608-265-5703
B119 Birge Hall and 401A Bock Labs
Website: https://botany.wisc.edu/staff/otegui-marisa-s/
Department Affiliation: Botany
Research: focuses on the regulation of vesicle trafficking mechanisms in plant cells. Our goal is to understand how cells control the flow of proteins and specialized metabolites between different cellular compartments.
Srivatsan Raman
608-890-1036
441B HF DeLuca Biochemistry Laboratories
Website: https://www.ramanlab.org/
Department Affiliation: Biochemistry
Research:Synthetic and systems biology, protein design, directed evolution of proteins and biosynthetic pathways
Student Services Coordinator
Ginny Jackson
Contact Ginny Jackson for advising in the Molecular Biology major
Email at vjackson4@wisc.edu or schedule an appointment