Professor

Ursula W. Goodenough

Washington University in St. Louis
Molecular cell biologist; Educator;
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Microbiology and Immunology
Elected
2009
Professor of Biology. Identified the molecular basis for sex determination, mate recognition, cAMP signaling, gamete function, and the haploid-diploid transition driven by homeoprotein heterodimerization in the sexual cycle of Chlamydomonas; cloned and characterized the 1 Mb mating-type locus of Chlamydomonas; identified novel features of flagellar dyneins in vitro and in situ.
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