In addition to faculty holding primary appointments in the Center, the Center includes faculty from several departments within the Medical School (Biochemistry, Genetics , Pathology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology, and Medicine) as well as several researchers from the Cleveland Clinic.

Primary Faculty	Research	Primary Affiliation
Kristian Baker	Mechanism of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	RNA Center
James P. Bruzik	Regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing	RNA Center
Mark G. Caprara	Catalytic RNAs, RNPs and mitochondrial gene expression	RNA Center
Jeff Coller	Translational Control and mRNA Decay	RNA Center
Pieter deHaseth	Transcription initiation by bacterial RNA polymerase	RNA Center
Jonatha Gott	Mechanistic studies of RNA Editing in Physarum mitochondria	RNA Center
Michael E. Harris	Molecular recognition and catalysis by the ribonuclease P: A ribonucleoprotein enzyme. Analysis of phosphoryl transfer mechanisms using kinetic isotope effects.	RNA Center
Timothy W. Nilsen Director	Mechanisms of post transcriptional gene regulation	RNA Center
Saba Valadkhan	Functional analysis of the spliceosome	RNA Center
Secondary Faculty	Research	Primary Affiliation
Erik D. Andrulis	RNA surveillance mechanisms in yeast and flies	Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology Case Western Reserve University
Kwaku Dayie	Structure, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics of RNA, RNA-RNA, RNA- protein interactions using Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy	Department of Molecular Biology Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Donna M. Driscoll	Mechanisms of posttranscriptional gene regulation: RNA editing and translational recoding of UGA as selenocysteine	Cell Biology Department Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Maria Hatzoglou	Gene Regulation Mechanisms during physiological Stress	Department of Nutrition Case Western Reserve University
Eckhard Jankowsky	Molecular Mechanism of RNA helicases	Dept. of Biochemistry Case Western Reserve University
Andrea Ladd	Pre-mRNA alternative splicing regulation in vertebrate heart and muscle	Department of Cell Biology Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Hua Lou	Regulation of pre-mRNA processing in neurons and cancer cells	Department of Genetics Case Western Reserve University
A. Gregory Matera	Molecular genetics of small RNP biogenesis	Department of Genetics Case Western Reserve University
David McPheeters	mRNA splicing in S.cerevisiae	Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology Case Western Reserve University
Richard A. Padgett	Mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing	Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Helen Salz	Regulation of alternative splicing during Drosophila development	Department of Genetics Case Western Reserve University
Alan Tartakoff	Cell biology of the yeast nucleus during mitosis and karyogamy. Cellular genomic methods development. Huntington's Disease, Fragile X Syndrome.	Pathology Department/Cell Biology Program Case Western Reserve University
Michael Weiss	Control of gene expression and protein folding	Department of Biochemistry Case Western Reserve University
Jo Ann Wise	Mechanism and regulation of RNA splicing in S.pombe	Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology Case Western Reserve University