Search Biosciences Program Faculty |
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By Research Area: |
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| Name |
Rank |
Department/Program |
Research
Description |
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Abbas, Paul, PhD |
Professor |
Speech Pathology & Audiology/Otolaryngology
Neuroscience
Speech & Hearing
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Auditory physiology with emphasis on electrical stimulation of the ear |
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Abboud, Francois, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neuroscience
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Neural regulation of the circulation in normal and pathologic states such as hypertension and heart failure |
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Accardi, Alessio, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Structure and function of chloride channels and transporters. Their involvement in kidney and bone diseases. |
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Adams, Christopher, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Genetics
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Endocrinology |
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Allen, Lee-Ann, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Macrophage and neutrophil function, mechanisms of phagocytosis, pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori and Francisella tularensis |
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Anderson, Mark, MD/PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
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Cellular signaling and ionic mechanisms that cause heart failure and sudden cardiac death |
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Anderson, Michael G., PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Neuroscience
Genetics
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Understanding fundamental physiological properties of the eye and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying a variety of complex eye diseases |
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Anderson, Steven, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Neurology
Neuroscience
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Neuroanatomical basis of human cognition and emotion |
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Apicella, Michael, MD |
Professor (Head) |
Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Understanding of the molecular basis of the human immune response to Neisseria and Haemophilus to improve vaccine technology. |
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Arnold, Mark, PhD |
Professor |
Chemistry
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Development of chemical sensors for neuroactive compounds |
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Artemyev, Nikolai, PhD |
Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Mechanisms of G-protein signaling |
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Ascoli, Mario, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology
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Molecular and cellular basis of gonadotropin actions |
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Ashman, Robert, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Immunology
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Regulation of programmed cell death in B and T cells |
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Ballas, Zuhair, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Immunology
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Immunodeficiency, immunomodulation, natural killer cells, CpG DNA, Asthma, cancer immunology |
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Banfi, Botond, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Internal Medicine
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Role of superoxide producing NADPH oxidases in immunology and endocrinology |
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Bassuk, Alex, MD, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pediatrics
Genetics
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Congenital defects of the nervous system, especially neural tube defects, familial epilepsy, neurogenetics, neural stem cell biology |
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Benson, Christopher, MD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
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Study of molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction |
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Bhalla, Ramesh, DVM/PhD |
Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular
function in health and disease |
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Bhattacharya, Debashish, PhD |
Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences
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Molecular evolution, genomics, phylogenetics |
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Bickenbach, Jackie, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Dermatology
Pathology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Genetics
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Activation of embryonic transcription factors in epidermal stem cells and the dynamics of dedifferentiation in cancer biology and wound healing |
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Bishop, Gail, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte activation; role in normal immunity, autoimmunity, and lymphoma. |
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Bonthius, Daniel, MD/PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pediatrics
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Neurology
Neuroscience
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Medical Scientist Training Program
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Abnormalities of brain development, including fetal alcohol syndrome and congenital viral infections |
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Braun, Terry, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biomedical Engineering
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
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Genetics; bioinformatics and computational genetics; macular degeneration. |
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Brennan, Timothy, MD/PhD |
Professor |
Anesthesia
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
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Pain signaling pathways, Mechanisms for hypersensitivity or exaggerated response phenomena after injury |
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Buettner, Garry, PhD |
Professor |
Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Human Toxicology
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See research interests |
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Butler, John, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
Immunology
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Developmental Immunology; Antibody and T cell repertoire development; role of colonization and viral infection on antibody and T cell repertoire diversification |
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Campbell, Kevin, PhD |
Professor (Head) |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neurology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Cell biological studies of
muscular dystrophy |
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Cannon, Donald, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Chemistry
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Bioanalytical techniques towards single-cell analysis for a better understanding of complex biological functions |
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Carter, Brent, MD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Human Toxicology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
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Regulation of inflammatory responses that occur in the lung in models of acute lung injury and asbestos-induced lung disease |
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Casavant, Thomas, PhD |
Professor |
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
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Computational aspects of genomics, molecular biology, and human genetics, as well as high performance computing systems, software and networks. |
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Cassell, Martin, PhD |
Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Neuroscience
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Delineating the microcircuitry of neural systems involved in emotion |
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Chapleau, Mark, PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neuroscience
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Neural mechanisms of cardiovascular regulation. Baroreflex function in health and disease |
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Cheng, Chi-Lien, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
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Alternation of generations in land plants |
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Choudhury, Amit, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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Molecular mechanisms of sorting and trafficking of lipids and proteins associated with “membrane rafts” in normal and pathophysiological angiogenesis |
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Clegg, Steven, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular biology of enterobacterial adhesions |
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Cohen, Michael, MD |
Professor |
Pathology
Urology
Epidemiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Receptor-ligand-mediated cell death in prostate cancer |
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Cole, Kelly James, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Integrative Physiology
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Neuroscience
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Systems control of posture and movement |
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Colgan, John, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Immunology
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Signal transduction pathways that control of the development and function of lymphocytes |
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Comeron, Josep, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
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Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution and Genome Evolution |
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Cornell, Robert, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Molecular genetics of neural crest development in zebrafish |
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Cox, Charles, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
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Pathogenicity and physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other pathogenic bacteri |
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Cullen, Joseph, MD |
Professor |
Surgery
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
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Digestive Diseases |
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Dagle, John, MD/PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pediatrics
Biochemistry
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Antisense oligonucleotide and siRNA technology, early vertebrate development, and the genetics of prematurity |
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Dailey, Michael, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biological Sciences
Neuroscience
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Dynamics of Neurons and Glia in Developing Mammalian Brain Tissues |
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Dailey, Morris, MD/PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pathology
Microbiology
Immunology
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Cellular and molecular immunology; cell surface adhesion receptors |
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Darling, Warren, PhD |
Professor |
Integrative Physiology
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Neuroscience
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Motor Control & Biomechanics |
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Davidson, Beverly, PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of CNS dysfunction in metabolic diseases and gene transfer to the CNS |
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Dawson, Deborah, PhD |
Professor |
Preventive & Community Dentistry
Program in Public Health Genetics
Biostatistics
Genetics
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Statistical genetic analysis, including methodological development and modeling of human disorders; investigations of dental outcomes, including caries, fluorosis, periodontal disease and growth and development. |
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DeMali, Kris, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Cellular mechanisms involved in assembly and maintenance of cell-cell adhesions by examining the function and regulation of proteins recruited to the cytoplasmic face of cadherins |
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Denburg, Jeffrey, PhD |
Professor |
Biological Sciences
Neuroscience
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Molecular Basis of the Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System |
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Denburg, Natalie, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Neurology
Neuroscience
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Study of developmental changes in cognition |
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Di Paola, Jorge, MD |
Associate Professor |
Pediatrics
Genetics
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Human Genetics. Mechanisms of platelet activation; role of genetics modifiers in the presentaiton of bleeding and thrombotic disorders; genes that affect platelet function. |
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Domann, Frederick, PhD |
Professor |
Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Human Toxicology
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DNA methylation and oncogenes, Ras and Cancer, Redox regulation of AP-2 |
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Donelson, John, PhD |
Professor (Head) |
Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular biology of parasites that cause tropical diseases |
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Doorn, Jonathan, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry
Human Toxicology
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Protein modification by a reactive intermediate of dopamine metabolism: implications for toxicity and neurodegenerative disease |
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Duffel, Michael, PhD |
Professor (Associate Dean) |
Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry
Human Toxicology
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Biochemistry of enzymes involved in mammalian conversion of drugs to reactive metabolites that mediate toxic and therapeutic effects |
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Dupuy, Adam, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Genetics
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Developing new mouse models of human cancer using the Sleeping Beauty transposon system |
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Eberl, Daniel, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biological Sciences
Otolaryngology
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of hearing in Drosophila |
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Elcock, Adrian, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biochemistry
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Understanding macromolecular interactions through the use of computer simulations and bioinformatics techniques: structure and function of multi-enzyme complexes; protein-protein association events |
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Ellermeier, Craig, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Microbiology
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Bacterial cell signaling |
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Engelhardt, John, PhD |
Professor (Head) |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Internal Medicine
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular/cellular biology and gene therapy of inherited and environmental diseases |
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England, Sarah, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular mechanisms regulating potassium channel function during pregnancy and vascular dysfunction |
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Faraci, Frank, PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
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Vascular biology and mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in disease states |
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Fassler, Jan, PhD |
Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
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Eukaryotic gene expression and signal transduction; characterization of two-component regulators in yeast |
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Feiss, Michael, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Virus DNA packaging: mechanistic studies using phage lambda |
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Felder, Robert, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
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Central neural mechanisms regulating the sympathetic nervous system and extracellular fluid volume in heart failure |
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Field, Elizabeth, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Immunology
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Molecular/cellular mechanisms involved in the induction and maintenance of immunologic tolerance |
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Field, R. William, PhD |
Professor |
Occupational & Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Human Toxicology
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Environmental epidemiology, Occupational epidemiology, Cancer epidemiology |
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Fisher, Rory, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Siganal transduction of G protein-coupled receptors and RGS proteins |
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Franciscus, Robert, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Anthropology
Neuroscience
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Human paleontology, paleoanthropology, skeletal biology, functional morphology, human variation; Africa, Near East, Europe |
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Frankel, Joseph, PhD |
Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
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Cortical organization of tetrahymena |
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Freeman, John, PhD |
Professor |
Psychology
Neuroscience
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Neurobiology of Learning and Memory |
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Friestad, Gregory, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry; Synthesis of biologically active compounds with therapeutic potential, including structurally complex natural products; Development of new synthetic methods as tools for drug discovery. |
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Fuentes, Ernesto, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biochemistry
Center for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing
Training Program in the Pharmacological Sciences
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Molecular mechanisms governing specific signal transduction pathways |
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Fuortes, Laurence, MD |
Professor |
Occupational & Environmental Health
Human Toxicology
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Occupational and environmental toxicology, pneumoconioses, neurotoxicity, and asthma |
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Gardinier, Minnetta, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Oligodendroglial cell biology and CNS myelination |
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Geng, Lei, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Chemistry
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Development and application of laser spectroscopic methods for the studies of biological, medical, and chemical systems |
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Gerr, Frederic, MD |
Professor |
Occupational & Environmental Health
Human Toxicology
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Occupational neurotoxicity, Clinical and epidemiological investigation of heavy metal toxicity |
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Geyer, Pamela, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Role of chromosome structure and organization on gene expression in Drosophila |
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Giangrande, Paloma, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Developing RNA-based therapeutics to modulate cellular pathways underlying pathological cell proliferation in the setting of cancer and cardiovascular disease. |
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Giudice, George, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry
Immunology
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Gloer, James, PhD |
Professor |
Chemistry
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Isolation and structure determination of novel fungal natural products with pharmacological, agricultural, and/or ecological significance |
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Gonzalez-Alegre, Pedro, MD |
Assistant Professor |
Neurology
Neuroscience
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular basis of neurodegeneration |
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Gordon, Jean, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Speech Pathology & Audiology
Neuroscience
Speech & Hearing
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Research interests: speech and language deficits in aphasia, particularly in the processes of lexical access. |
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Goswami, Prabhat, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Human Toxicology
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Intracellular Redox Environment and the Mammalian Cell Cycle |
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Grabowski, Thomas, MD |
Associate Professor |
Neurology
Neuroscience
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Physiologic correlates of normal and defective cognition |
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Green, Steven, PhD |
Professor |
Biological Sciences
Otolaryngology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Intracellular signaling: signal transduction for neurotrophic stimuli |
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Greenlee, Jeremy, MD |
Assistant Professor |
Neurosurgery
Neuroscience
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Studies human language, audiovisual, and vocalization physiology |
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Griffith, Thomas, MD |
Associate Professor |
Urology
Immunology
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Apoptosis, tumor immunology, urological oncology |
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Gussin, Gary, PhD |
Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
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Control of transcription initiation |
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Habelhah, Hasem, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pathology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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The role of TRAF2 phosphorylation in NF-?B activation and cancer cell resistance to apoptosis |
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Hadany, Lilach, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
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Population Genetics, Evolutionary Theory |
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Haes, Amanda, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Chemistry
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Microscopic and spectroscopic analysis of plasmonic nanostructures and their integration with microfluidic devices with potential applications for the development of novel biological sensors |
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Hageman, Gregory, PhD |
Professor |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of age-related macular degeneration |
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Hammond, Donna, PhD |
Professor |
Anesthesia
Pharmacology (Interim Head)
MSTP
Neuroscience
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Central Nervous System Mechanisms Mediating Pain and Analgesia |
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Harata, N. Charles, MD, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Neuroscience
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Structure and function of synapses in the central nervous system |
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Harty, John, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology
Immunology
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Immunobiology of T cell responses to pathogens |
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Hazeltine, Eliot (Richard), PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Psychology
Neuroscience
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Response selection, the set of cognitive processes that enable us to transform sensory information into goal-directed actions |
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Heidger, Paul, PhD |
Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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Cell biology of the prostate gland and the tumor cell biology of prostatic adenocarcinoma |
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Heistad, Donald, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
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Cerebral circulation and atherosclerosis; gene transfer and therapy |
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Hell, Johannes, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
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Signaling by protein kinases; interaction of kinases and cytoskeletal proteins with membrane proteins including ion channels |
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Hendrix, Stephen, PhD |
Professor |
Biological Sciences
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Conservation biology and restoration ecology |
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Henry, Michael, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Pathology
Genetics
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Molecular and cellular biology underlying cancer metastasis |
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Heusel, Jonathan, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pathology
Immunology
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Molecular parameters of natural killer (NK) cell activation in the settings of viral infection, cancer, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
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Hohl, Raymond, MD/PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Role of Isoprene Compounds in Cell Proliferation and Differentiation |
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Hornbuckle, Keri, PhD |
Professor (Chair) |
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Human Toxicology
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Modeling and measuring the deposition of organic compounds to lakes, Uptake of airborne chemicals by leaves and needles, Long range transport of pollutants, Behavior of SOCs at terrestrial and aquatic interfaces |
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Horne, Mary, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Novel cyclin functions in cell cycle arrest, differentiation and cell death |
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Horswill, Alexander, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Microbiology
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Bacterial cell-to-cell communication using autoinducing peptides |
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Horton, Diana, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biological Sciences
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Bryophytes: Systematics and ecology |
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Hostager, Bruce, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pediatrics
Immunology
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Mechanisms of TNF receptor family signaling in cells of the immune system |
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Houston, Douglas, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Maternal transcription factor and signalling pathways in vertebrate development |
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Houtman, Jon, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Immunology
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Role of Adaptor Proteins in T Cell Activation |
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Howard, Matthew, MD |
Professor (Head) |
Neurosurgery
Neurology
Neuroscience
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Neural basis of audition |
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Hurtig, Richard, PhD |
Professor (Head) |
Speech Pathology & Audiology
Neuroscience
Speech & Hearing
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Uncovering general invariants of perceptual and cognitive processes involved in human communication |
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Ianzini, Fiorenza, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pathology
Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
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Molecular Regulators of Cell Cycle Progression and Radiation- and Anticancer Drug-Induced Mitotic Catastrophe in Cancer Promotion and Progression |
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Irish, Erin, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biological Sciences
Genetics
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Regulation of determinacy in plant meristems |
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Itoh, Toshiki, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pathology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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DNA damage response and repair in human disease and cancer |
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Jew, Jean, MD |
Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Neuroscience
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Autonomic dysfunction in the pathogenesis of mitral valve prolapse |
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Johnson, Alan Kim, PhD |
Professor |
Psychology
Pharmacology
Integrative Physiology
Neuroscience
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Neural Control of Body Fluid Balance and Cardiovascular Homeostasis |
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Johnson, Wayne, PhD |
Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Molecular mechanisms of sensory signal transduction |
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Jones, Bradley, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Microbiology
Genetics
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Bacteria-host cell interactions of Salmonella pathogenesis; Francisella pathogenesis |
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Kawai, Masataka, PhD |
Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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Molecular mechanism of contraction in thin filament-reconstituted myocardium |
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Kay, Alan, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biological Sciences
Neuroscience
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Zinc and synaptic transmission / neuronal dynamics and reliability |
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Khademi, Shahram, PharmD, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Biochemistry
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
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Structure and function of membrane proteins using X-ray crystallography techniques |
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Kirby, John, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Microbiology
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Signal transduction in bacteria |
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Kitamoto, Toshihiro, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anesthesia
Neurology
Neuroscience
Genetics
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Genetics of complex behavior |
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Kline, Joel, MD |
Professor |
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