Biosciences Program Faculty performing Membrane Biology research

Name

Rank

Department/
Program
Research Description
Accardi, Alessio, PhD Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Structure and function of chloride channels and transporters. Their involvement in kidney and bone diseases.
Ascoli, Mario, PhD Professor Pharmacology
Molecular and cellular basis of gonadotropin actions
Benson, Christopher, MD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
Study of molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction
Campbell, Kevin, PhD Professor (Head) Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neurology
Cell biological studies of muscular dystrophy
Chapleau, Mark, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neuroscience
Neural mechanisms of cardiovascular regulation. Baroreflex function in health and disease
Choudhury, Amit, PhD Assistant Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular mechanisms of sorting and trafficking of lipids and proteins associated with “membrane rafts” in normal and pathophysiological angiogenesis
Engelhardt, John, PhD Professor (Head) Anatomy & Cell Biology
Internal Medicine
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular/cellular biology and gene therapy of inherited and environmental diseases
England, Sarah, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms regulating potassium channel function during pregnancy and vascular dysfunction
Gardinier, Minnetta, PhD Professor Pharmacology
Oligodendroglial cell biology and CNS myelination
Geyer, Pamela, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of chromosome structure and organization on gene expression in Drosophila
Hohl, Raymond, MD/PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of Isoprene Compounds in Cell Proliferation and Differentiation
Khademi, Shahram, PharmD/PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Structure and function of membrane proteins using X-ray crystallography techniques
Mohler, Peter, PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Ankyrin-based pathways for targeting and restriction of ion channels/transporters to specialized membrane domains.
Moye-Rowley, Scott, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Transcriptional control of oxidative stress tolerance; eukaryotic multidrug resistance
Piper, Robert, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Mechanisms governing the movement of proteins in eukaryotes
Rutkowski, Tom, PhD Assistant Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of adaptation to chronic cellular stresses in physiology and disease
Sheff, David, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Intracellular Membrane Traffic and Receptor Sorting in the Endosomal System
Shibata, Erwin, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Mechanism of direct Gsalpha modulation of cardiac ion channels
Song, Long-Sheng, MD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
We focus on local Ca2+ signaling in health and diseases with state of the art confocal Ca2+ imaging techniques and genetic mouse models.
Stamnes, Mark, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of intracellular protein transport and sorting in the mammalian Golgi apparatus
Usachev, Yuriy, PhD Associate Professor Pharmacology
Ca2+ signaling and plasticity of primary nociceptors
Weiner, Joshua, PhD Assistant Professor Biology
Neuroscience
Cell adhesion molecules in nervous system development and function
Weiss, Jerrold, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Human Toxicology
Immunology
Innate mammalian antibacterial defense mechanisms
Welsh, Michael, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Biology of cystic fibrosis; structure and fuction of ion channels; pathogenesis of lung disease
Yeaman, Charles, PhD Associate Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Cell mechanisms involved in development and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity

 
 

 

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