Faculty by Department

Faculty by Department

Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy

Nira Ben-Jonathan. Neuroendocrinology and reproductive physiology.
Robert Brackenbury. Cell-cell interactions; tumor cell invasion.
Kenji Fukasawa. Molecular mechanisms of chromosome instability.
Wallace Ip. Cell and molecular biology of the cytoskeleton.
Sohaib Khan. Molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone action.
Steve Kleene. Mechanisms of olfactory transduction.
Eric Knudsen. Regulation of cell-cycle progression.
Karen Knudsen. Mechanisms of androgen dependent proliferation.
Mike Lehman. Behavioral and endocrine aspects of reproduction.
Randy Morris. Endocytic processes and intracellular trafficking.
Linda Parysek. Structure and function of the neuronal cytoskeleton.
Sarah Pixley. Generation and function of olfactory neurons.
Nancy Ratner. Neuronal control of glial cell phenotype.
Larry Sherman. Peripheral nerve development and tumors.
Peter Stambrook. Tumorigenesis; tumor progression; gene therapy.
Ming Xu. Brain dopamine system development and functions.
Lei Yu. Opioid receptors and receptor-mediated signaling.
Jianhua Zhang. Mechanisms of apoptosis in the nervous system.

Biology

Suzanne Bradshaw. Transcriptional control of homeobox genes.
Ron DeBry. Molecular evolution.
Dennis Grogan. Cell biology of prokaryotes.
Edna Kaneshiro. Cell biology of free-living and parasitic microbes.
Richard Karp. Evolution of the immune response.
Stephen Keller. Molecular biology of vaccinia virus.
Charlotte M. Paquin. Molecular mechanisms of gene amplification.
Katherine Tepperman. Interactions of metal-based drugs with cells.
G. Douglas Winget. Cell biology of plant organelles and parasites.

Dermatology

Zalfa Abdel-Malek. Signaling pathways in epidermal melanocytes.
Raymond Boissy. Cellular and molecular biology of the melanocyte.

Endocrinology

Tom Clemens. Bone and mineral metabolism.
James Fagin. Thyroid cancer molecular genetics and IGF action in smooth muscle.
Paul Kim. Molecular chaperones.

Environmental Health

Alvaro Puga. Genetic diversity in repsonses to the environment.
David Warshawsky. Mechanisms in chemical carcinogenesis.

Hematology/Oncology

John Winkelmann. Molecular biology of red blood cell differentiation.

Internal Medicine

Simon Newman. Pathology of Histoplasma capsulatum.
Peter D. Walzer. Immunobiology of Pneumocystis carinii.

Molecular and Cell Physiology

John Cuppoletti. Ion channels; transport; secretion.

Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology

Gary E. Dean. Intracellular targeting of membrane proteins.
John J. Monaco. Mechanisms of antigen processing.
Catharine Saelinger. Bacterial toxins.

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Andrew LaBarbera. Reproductive biology; hormone receptors.

Ophthalmology

Winston Kao. Molecular genetics of corneal development and disease.

Pathology

David Askew. Cell biology of normal and leukemic hematopoiesis.

Pediatrics

Ann Akeson. Vascular Development of the Lung
Anoop Brar. Decidual-specific prolactin gene expression.
Mitchell Cohen. Function of heat-stable toxin/guanylin ligands.
Jay L. Degen. Molecular analysis of coagulation and fibrinolysis.
Sandra J. F. Degen. Function of hepatocyte growth factor-like protein.
Jim Greenburg. Gene transcription during mammalian development.
Stuart Handwerger. Placental and uterine gene expression.
Jonathan Katz. Study of the etiology and immunobiology of autoimmune diabetes (Type 1 diabetes) and pancreatic beta cell death in the NOD mouse
James Lessard. Structure and function of isoactins.
Jun Ma. Gene regulation and embryonic development.
Ward Rice. G-protein-coupled receptors; surfactant secretion.
Marc Rothenberg. Mechanisms of allergic responses.
Susan Waltz. Molecular analysis of growth factors and tyrosine kinase receptors in tumorigenesis, organ function and cellular trauma.
Tim Weaver. Regulation of pulmonary surfactant protein processing.
Jeffery Whitsett. Lung development and pathogenesis.
Dan Wiginton. Adenosine deaminase in differentiation of thymic cells.

Surgery

George Babcock. Immunobiology.