Faculty Directory

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Adam J. Adler, Associate Professor of Immunology, B.S., McGill University, Ph.D., Columbia University. Our lab studies mechanisms of T cell tolerization to peripheral self-antigens, as well as the relationship between tolerance and tumor immunity.

Hector Leo Aguila, Assistant Professor of Immunology, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Hematopoiesis and bone marrow microenvironment; lymphoid cell development; stem cell biology.

Alexander Amerik, M.S., Ph.D., Role of the ubiquitin system in protein degradation and sorting.

Srdjan Antic, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, M.D., M.S., Belgrade University. Prefrontal and somatosensory cortex; pyramidal neurons; synaptic transmission; excitatory neurotransmitters; the role of dendrites in synaptic integration; and dopaminergic modulation of dendritic excitability.

Andrew Arnold, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Genetics and Developmental Biology, Murray-Heilig Chair in Molecular Medicine, Director, Center for Molecular Medicine. Pathogenesis of parathyroid and other endocrine tumors, and role of the cyclin D1 oncogene in neoplasia, including breast cancer.

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Rashmi Bansal, Associate Professor of Neuroscience; Ph.D., Central Drug Res. Institute, 1976. The developmental, cellular and molecular biology of oligodendrocytes (OLs).

Elisa Barbarese, Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., McGill University. Developmental neurobiology, myelination, and multiple sclerosis.

Peter Benn, Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Ph.D., Director, Diagnostic Human Genetics Laboratories. Clinical cytogenetics, molecular cytogenetics and molecular genetics services. Prenatal risk evaluation through maternal serum screening.

Leslie R. Bernstein, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., University of Illinois. Behavioral neuroscience: psychoacoustics.

Stefan Brocke, Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain injury in inflammatory and inflammation-associated disorders of the central nervous system.

Felix Bronner, Professor Emeritus of BioStructure and Function, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. 1) Calcium Homeostasis, 2) Calcium Transport in Intestine and Kidney, 3) Calcium in Bones and Teeth, 4) Ion Transport, 5) Metabolic Bone Diseases.

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Paul Campagnola, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Yale University, 1992. Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Imaging studies of fibrous structural proteins; micro and nanofabrication of biologically relevant materials using multi-photon excitation; photophysics of gold and silver nanoparticles linked to environmentally sensitive dyes; development of novel nonlinear microscopes and methods for imaging cells and cellular membranes.

Gordon G. Carmichael, Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology; Ph.D., Harvard, 1975. Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes.

Joan M. Caron, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., University of Connecticut. Biochemical, cell biological and genetic approaches to examine the function of microtubules, and to identify new anti-microtubule drugs for use against cancer.

John H. Carson, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.A., Reed College, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RNA transport in cells of the nervous system.

Linda Cauley, Assistant Professor of Immunology, Ph.D., Oxford University, England. T-cell memory and respiratory virus infections.

Kevin Claffey, Associate Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine, 1989. Angiogenesis in cancer progression and metastasis; vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression; hypoxia-mediated gene regulation.

Robert B. Clark, Associate Professor of Immunology, M.D., Stanford, 1975. Autoimmunity; immune regulation; regulatory T cells.

Stephen Clark, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology. Characterization of mutations affecting connective tissues; molecular genetic mapping; generation and analysis of transgenic mice.

Robert E. Cone, Professor of Immunology, B.S., Brooklyn College; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Michigan. Ocular immunology; regulatory T cells; neuroimmunology.

Lisa H. Conti, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, B.A., University of Rhode Island, Ph.D., University of Vermont. Involvement of particular brain regions and neurotransmitters in animal models of psychiatric disorders.

Ann Cowan, Associate Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology; Deputy Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1984 Research encompassing several areas of mammalian sperm development.

Stephen J. Crocker, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, B.S., University of King's College; Ph.D., University of Ottawa. Stem cells; glia; metalloproteinases; cytokines; development; pathology; tissue culture.

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Asis K. Das, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Calcutta. Genetics, genomics and mechanisms of bacterial adaptive response; genetic control of bacteriophage lysogeny and lysis; and non-coding RNAs in prokaryotic development.

Caroline N. Dealy, Ph.D., University of Connecticut. Associate Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Biomaterials and Skeletal Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development. Molecular regulation of vertebrate limb development, limb patterning, cartilage and bone differentiation, growth factor signaling, joint development, human embryonic stem cell differentiation.

Anne Delany, Assistant Professor of Medicine. Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School. Function and regulation of the non-collagen matrix protein osteonectin/SPARC in bone; regulation of osteoblast gene expression by microRNAs; exploring how the extracellular matrix regulates gene expression in bone-metastatic prostate carcinoma. 

Kimberly Dodge-Kafka, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology/Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research; Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, 1999. Molecular mechanism of signaling pathways in the heart.

Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Periodontology, D.D.S., Aristotle University, Greece, M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., University of Texas, San Antonio. Pathogenesis of oral opportunistic infections in the immunocompromised host. Regulation of oral mucosal inflammation in response to bacterial or fungal infection. Innate immune factors which limit oral mucosal infection and invasion.

David I. Dorsky, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; M.D., Ph.D., Harvard, 1976. Anti-HIV and anti-herpesvirus drug mechanisms, herpesviral DNA polymerases, gene transfer strategies applied to bioengineering and studies of antigen presentation.

Hicham Drissi, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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Alan Fein, Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1973. Molecular basis of visual excitation and adaptation.

Maurice B. Feinstein, Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 1960. Role of blood platelet proteins in thromboembolic diseases (e.g., heart attack, stroke).

Guo-Hua Fong, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D., University of Illinois. Developmental biology of the vascular system, VEGF-A receptor signal transduction, embryonic stem cells and gene knock-out in mice.

Marion E. Frank, Professor of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences; Director, Center for Neurosciences, Ph.D., Brown University. Gustatory neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, behavior and disorders; processing of chemosensory information by the nervous system; clinical testing of oral chemosensory function in humans.

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A. Jon Goldberg, Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Biomaterials and Skeletal Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, Ph.D. University of Michigan. Biomaterials, with studies involving structure-property relationships, development of novel systems, clinical evaluations and surface analysis.

Irving Goldschneider, Professor of Immunology, B.A., M.D., University of Pennsylvania. T and B cell development; acquired thymic tolerance; hybrid cytokines.

Brenton R. Graveley, Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology. Ph.D., University of Vermont, 1996. Regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing.

Gloria Gronowicz, Professor and Director of Orthopaedic Research, Department of Orthopaedics, Ph.D., Columbia University. Effects of hormones and growth factors on the production of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, on the regulation of integrins (receptors for ECM proteins) and on apoptosis in bone; response of bone cells to implant biomaterials.

Michael Gryk, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology. B.S., M.S., University of Connecticut, Ph.D., Stanford University. Three dimensional structure and function of proteins involved in DNA repair.

Arthur Günzl, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology and Center for Microbial Pathogenesis. Transcription and Antigenic Variation in the mammalian parasite Trypanosoma brucei.

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David Han, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D., Washington University, 1994. Apoptosis signaling using proteomics and mass spectrometry and bioinformatics technologies.

Arthur R. Hand, Professor of Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry and Advanced Education in General Dentistry, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, D.D.S., University of California, Los Angeles. Study of gene expression in rodent salivary glands during normal growth and development and in various experimental conditions employing morphological, immunological and biochemical methodology.

Marc Hansen, Professor of Medicine, M.S., University of Wisconsin 1982, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1986. Molecular genetics of osteosarcoma and related bone diseases.

Bing Hao, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Understanding how the cell cycle is regulated by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis using x-ray crystallography as a primary tool.

Christopher Heinen, Assistant Professor of Medicine, B.Sc., Northwestern University, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati. Biochemical and cellular defects of the DNA mismatch repair pathway during tumorigenesis.

James Hewett, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Mechanisms of cell injury and inflammation in the central nervous system.

Sandra Hewett, Professor of Neuroscience, B.S., Providence College, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Mechanisms underlying cell death in the central nervous system: the interplay between excitotoxicity and inflammation.

Jeff Hoch, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology and Director of Gregory P. Mullen NMR Structural Biology Facility; Ph.D., Harvard. Biophysical chemistry of proteins.

Chi-Kuang Huang, Associate Professor of Immunology, B.S., National Taiwan University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. Signal transduction in stimulated neutrophil and lymphocytes, roles of protein kinase and phosphoproteins in cell activation; chemotaxis.

Greg Huber, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D., Boston University. Problems in biological physics, with an emphasis on the interplay of statistical mechanics, biomechanics, and fluid dynamics.

Marja Hurley, Professor of Medicine, M.D., University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Molecular mechanisms by which members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGFs) and fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) families, (produced by osteoblasts, osteoclasts and stromal cells) regulate bone development, remodeling and disorders of bone. Fgf2 knockout and Fgf2 transgenic mice are utilized in loss and gain of function experiments to elucidate the role of FGF-2 in disorders of bone including osteoporosis.

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Laurinda A. Jaffe, Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., UCLA, 1977. The cell biology of fertilization, and the regulation of meiosis in oocytes.

Ingela Jansson, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D., DNA-binding proteins in metallothionine induction and Cytochrome P450-cytochrome b5 interactions.

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Ivo Kalajzic, Assistant Professor, Department of Reconstructive Sciences and Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology. M.D., Ph.D., University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Croatia. Bone biology, differentiation of the osteoblast lineage cells.

Kamal Khanna, Assistant Professor of Immunology, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical School. Identifying the factors and the role they play in controlling the anatomy of a primary and secondary immune response in the hopes of explicating the underlying mechanisms that guide the complex movement of T cells during infection and recall responses in lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues.

Duck Kim, Professor of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology, D.Sc., Washington University, St. Louis. Neurobiology and biophysics of the auditory system; computational neuroscience of single neurons and neural systems; experimental otolaryngology (otoacoustic emissions); biomedical engineering.

Stephen M. King, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology; Ph.D., University College, London, 1982. Cell Biology, Structure and Function of Molecular Motors, Dynein biochemistry and Cell Biology, Structural Biology.

Lawrence A. Klobutcher, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.S., Loyola University (Chicago), Ph.D., Yale University. DNA rearrangement in eukaryotic cells.

Dennis E. Koppel, Professor of Biochemistry; Ph.D., Columbia, 1973. Application of biophysical techniques to membrane dynamics; mechanisms by which specialized cell-surface domains are produced and maintained.

Robert A. Kosher, Ph.D., Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Biomaterials and Skeletal Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development. Limb development; roles and relationships among regulatory genes particularly homeobox-containing genes, secreted signaling molecules, and the extracellular matrix in the regulation of limb formation, outgrowth, patterning, cartilage differentiation, osteogenesis, and joint formation.

Barbara Kream, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Genetics and Developmental Biology. Hormonal regulation of bone remodeling.

George Kuchel, M.D., Professor of Medicine. Molecular mechanisms of bladder muscle survival. Role of hormones, cytokines and genetic factors in geriatric disability.

Liisa T. Kuhn, Assistant Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Biomaterials and Skeletal Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development. Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara. Biomaterials for drug delivery and bone regeneration and repair.

Shigeyuki Kuwada, Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati. Neurophysiology and anatomy of mammalian auditory system, principles of binaural signal processing.

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Marc Lalande, Ph.D., Professor and Head of Genetics and Developmental Biology. Epigenetics including the control of gene expression in embryonic carcinoma stem cells and genomic imprinting and its association with neurogenetics disorders.

Leo Lefrançois, Professor of Immunology, B.S., Colorado State University; Ph.D., Wake Forest University. T-cell activation and migration, T-cell memory; immune response to infection; tolerance; vaccines.

Eric S. Levine, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Princeton University. Synaptic physiology and plasticity, roles of nerve growth factors and endogenous cannabinoids in hippocampus and cortex.

James Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal development of the central nervous system; stem cell biology.

Xuejun (June) Li, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Fudan University. Stem cells, neural development and degeneration.

Zihai (Zack) Li, Associate Professor of Immunology and Medical Oncology, M.D., Henan Medical College, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Member: Executive Committee of the Department of Immunology and the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. Tumor immunology, tolerance and innate immunity, roles of heat shock proteins and Toll-like receptors in hematopoiesis and in the functions of various immune cells in the mammalian system.

Bruce Liang, Professor of Medicine, M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1982. Signal transduction, cardiac and vascular cell biology, receptors, G proteins, transgenic mice.

Alexander Lichtler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology. Regulation of collagen gene transcription; retrovirus vectors; role of homeobox genes in limb development.

Leslie M. Loew, Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Cornell, 1974. Spectroscopic methods for measuring spatial and temporal variations in membrane potential; electric field effects on cell membranes; membrane pores induced by toxins and antibiotics.

Alan G. Lurie, Professor of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences; Head, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, D.D.S., UCLA, Ph.D., University of Rochester. Digital imaging analysis of dental and bone diseases.

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Mark Maciejewski, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology. Ph.D., Ohio State University. Utilizing NMR to characterize the three dimensional structure, function and dynamics of proteins from a wide range of important biological systems.

Richard Mains, Professor of Neuroscience, B.S., M.S., Brown University, Ph.D., Harvard University. Pituitary; sympathetic neurons; peptides; vesicles; enzymes; tissue culture; development.

Sanjay Mallya, Assistant Professor of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral Diagnosis, B.D.S., M.D.S., University of Bombay; Ph.D., University of Connecticut. Molecular genetics of oral cancer, Effects of parathyroid hormone on bone.

Nilanjana Maulik, Associate Professor of Surgery; Ph.D., University of Calcutta, 1990. Molecular and Cellular signaling during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion.

Gerald D. Maxwell, Professor of Neuroscience and Associate Dean for Postdoctoral and External Affairs, Ph.D., University of Oregon. Molecular and cellular developmental neurobiology.

Peter Maye, Assistant Professor of Reconstructive Sciences, Ph.D., Wesleyan University, 2001. Isolation, characterization and differentiation of embryonic and adult skeletal stem cells down the osteogenic lineage.

Bruce J. Mayer, Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Ph.D., Rockefeller University, Mechanisms of signal transduction.

Louise McCullough, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, M.D., Ph.D., University of Connecticut. Basic mechanisms involved in cerebral ischemia.

Lisa M. Mehlmann, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996. Cell signaling events that regulate oocyte maturation and fertilization, maintenance of oocyte meiotic arrest by G-protein coupled receptors, hormonal regulation of oocyte maturation.

Mina Mina, Professor of Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry and Advanced Education in General Dentistry; Head, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, D.M.D., National University of Iran, Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center. Development of the mandibular arch including the elongation and polarized outgrowth of the mandibular primordia and subsequent differentiation of the skeletal tissues in spatially defined patterns. Characterization of genetic and epigenetic influences involved in the pattern formation and skeletogenesis of the chick mandible and mouse tooth germ. Regulation of patterning in the developing mandible and developing teeth by mandibular epithelium, extracellular matrix molecules, growth factors, and transcription factors.

William A. Mohler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology. Developmental cell fusion; C. elegans genetics; multidimensional imaging of developmental and cell biological processes.

D. Kent Morest, M.D., Professor of Neuroscience. Role of cell and tissue interactions in the migration and differentiation of neurons; structure and function of neurons during development and synapse formation.

Bijay Mukherji, Professor of Medicine, M.D., Calcutta University. Tumor immunology and cancer vaccines, tumor-specific antigens.

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Douglas L. Oliver, Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Duke University. Synaptic organization; parallel information processing in the central nervous system; Ionic currents and channel expression and their role in information processing; neurocytology, morphology, and cellular physiology of CNS sensory systems; biology of hearing and deafness.

Flavia A. O'Rourke, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Connecticut, 1976. Signal transduction in human platelets with specific interest in the inositol phosphate signaling pathway and its regulation.

James O'Rourke, Professor of Immunology, M.Sc., University of Pennsylvania; M.D., Georgetown University. Vascular biology, tissue plasminogen activator synthesis, transport and release.

Mary Jane Osborn, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle). Biogenesis of the outer membrane of Salmonella.

Juris Ozols, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.S., Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle). Isolation and primary structure of membraneous proteins.

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Joel S. Pachter, Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., NYU, 1983. Use of laser capture microdissection for gene profiling of the neurovascular unit in health and disease.

Achilles J. Pappano, Professor of Cell Biology, B.S., St. Joseph's College, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Development of autonomic innervation and of autonomic neuroeffector transmission in the embryonic chick heart.

John J. Peluso, Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1974. Hormonal control of ovarian follicular growth and atresia (apoptosis); characterization of a putative membrane receptor for progesterone.

Carol C. Pilbeam, Professor of Medicine; Ph.D., Yale University, 1982. M.D., Yale School of Medicine. Mechanisms of regulation of bone formation and resorption.

Steven J. Potashner, Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., McGill University. Synaptic and transmitter biochemistry of neural connections in the auditory nervous system and their plasticity in the adult animal.

Lynn Puddington, Associate Professor of Immunology, B.S., Iowa State University, Ph.D., Wake Forest University. Allergic asthma; neonatal immunity and tolerance; developmental immunology.

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Justin D. Radolf, Professor of Medicine and Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, M.D., University of California-San Francisco. Molecular pathogenesis and immunobiology of spirochetal infections.

T.V. Rajan, Professor of Immunology, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine; M.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Parasitology; filariasisl molecular immunoparasitology.

Ernst Reichenberger, Assistant Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Biomaterials and Skeletal Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development. Ph.D., University of Erlangen. The Reichenberger laboratory is interested in learning about the complex processes required for generating and maintaining the skin and bones. To find out how the mechanisms operate in a healthy person, we study human genetic disorders in which they are disrupted.

Charlotte Ressler, Professor emeritus, Ph.D., Mechanisms of allergic reactions to drugs.

Vladimir Rodionov, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1980. Research in this laboratory is focused on molecular mechanisms of intracellular transport and organization of microtubule cytoskeleton.

Blanka Rogina, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Ph.D., Zagreb University School of Medicine. Biology of aging including the molecular genetic determinants of aging and longevity.

Daniel W. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine. Molecular genetics of colorectal cancer; signaling pathways in the development of tumors; toxicogenomics.

Edward F. Rossomando, Professor of Craniofacial Sciences, D.D.S., University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., Rockefeller University, M.S. (Management) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Translational research, strategic management, entrepreneurship, management of innovation and technology, strategic management in the healthcare industry.

Lawrence I. Rothfield, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, A.B., Cornell University, M.D., New York University. Membrane biology and biochemistry; bacterial cell division.

David Rowe, M.D., Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology. Hormonal regulation of Type I collagen in mature and developing bone; heritable disorders of bone formation.

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Mansoor Sarfarazi, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery. Positional mapping and mutation analysis of human genetic disorders; primary open angle glaucoma, primary congenital glaucoma, synpolydactyly, dyslexia, mitral valve prolapse and ascending aortic aneurysm.

John B. Schenkman, Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., SUNY Upstate Medical Center, 1964. Isolation and characterization of cytochrome P450 forms in mammalian tissues, mechanism of action of cytochrome P450, protein-protein interaction in the monoxygenase reaction.

Peter Setlow, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.A., Swarthmore College, Ph.D., Brandeis University. Biochemistry of bacterial spore germination.

John D. Shanley, Professor of Medicine, M.D., University of California Los Angeles. Pathogenesis of viral infections, specifically those caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV).

Linda Shapiro, Associate Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., University of Michigan 1984. Molecular mechanisms by which large cell surface peptidases regulate numerous pathologic processes ranging from angiogenesis, tumor cell invasion, chronic and acute inflammatory diseases and cardiovascular disease.

William J. Shoemaker, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Neuropharmacology; CNS peptides and receptors; fetal alcohol syndrome; genetics of mental diseases.

Henry Smilowitz, Professor of Radiology, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Development of novel therapies for experimental advanced, imminently lethal malignant brain tumors in rats and mice; use of gold nanoparticles to develop a new form of radiation therapy (gold-enhanced radiation therapy) and novel approaches to both tumor and vascular imaging.

Pramod K. Srivastava, Professor of Medicine, Ph.D., Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. Heat shock proteins as peptide chaperones, roles in antigen presentation and applications in immunotherapy of cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders.

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Jason M. Tanzer, Professor of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences; Head, Division of Oral Microbiology and Oral Medicine; Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine. D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine; Ph.D., Georgetown University; D.H.C. Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 1. The physiological/biochemical/genetic bases of virulence by the mutans streptococci (Streptococcus mutans) and its colonization of the teeth and the physiological/biochemical/genetic bases of non-virulence of Streptococcus gordonii despite its avid colonization of the teeth. 2. The colonization determinants of certain HIV-inhibiting Lactobacillus species in the oral-gastro-intestinal tract.

Mark R. Terasaki, Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1983. Mechanism of nuclear envelope breakdown; structure and function of the endoplasmic reticulum.

Roger S. Thrall, Professor of Immunology, B.A., Eastern Connecticut State College; Ph.D., Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin. Immune cells, pulmonary inflammation.

Jennifer Tirnauer, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine; M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1989. Role of the microtubule cytoskeleton in cancer biology; molecular mechanisms of microtubule regulation.

Constantine Trahiotis, Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Wayne State University. Behavioral neuroscience: psychoacoustics.

Petros Tsipouras, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics. Heritable disorders of connective tissue, nosology, and genetics; genetic linkage studies; molecular mechanisms of mutations in human collagen genes.

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William B. Upholt, Ph.D., Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Biomaterials and Skeletal Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development; Director, Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology Graduate Program. Regulation of gene expression during embryonic development; procollagen gene expression and regulation in limb chondrogenesis and skeletogenesis; pattern formation; homeobox genes.

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Anthony T. Vella, Associate Professor of Immunology, Ph.D., Cornell University. T-cell immunity; costimulation; adjuvants and cytokines.

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David M. Waitzman, Associate Professor of Neurology, M.D., Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine and CUNY. Neurophysiology; oculomotor system; modeling of CNS.

Zhao-Wen Wang, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release; potassium and calcium channel function; Synaptic localization of potassium channels.

James Watras, Associate Professor of Medicine; Ph.D., Washington State, 1979. The mechanisms by which the sarcoplasmic reticulum regulates intracellular calcium concentration in vascular smooth muscle.

Sandra K. Weller, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, B.S., Stanford University, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Molecular genetics and biochemistry of herpes simplex virus DNA replication.

Bruce A. White, Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., Berkeley, 1980. Aspects of prolactin and growth hormone gene expression in the rat pituitary and rat pituitary tumor cell lines.

Charles Wolgemuth, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., University of Arizona. My research objectives deal with using physics to understand biological systems. My main interests lie in morphology, propulsion, growth and fluid dynamics.

Carol A. Wu, Assistant Professor of Immunology, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Viral respiratory infections and asthma.

Catherine H. Wu, Professor of Medicine; Ph.D., CUNY, Brooklyn, 1976. Molecular control mechanisms involved in the regulation of collagen synthesis at a molecular level.

George Y. Wu, Professor of Medicine; M.D./Ph.D., Yeshiva (Einstein), 1976. Use of receptor-mediated endocytosis as a natural mechanism for targeting substances to specific cell-types.

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Ren-He Xu, Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology and Director, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Facility, Ph.D., University of Tokyo, M.D., Hengyang Medical College. The biology of human embryonic stem cells.

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Ji Yu, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin. Optical imaging technology; regulation mechanisms in dendritic RNA translation; cytoskeletal dynamics.

Lixia Yue, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Biology; Ph.D., McGill University, 1999. TRP channels and Ca2+ signaling mechanisms; Physiological and pathological functions of TRP channels in heart, brain, and kidney.

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Nada Zecevic, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, M.D., Ph.D., University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Cellular and molecular aspects of CNS development; primate cerebral cortex; microglia; multiple sclerosis.

Richard A. Zeff, Associate Professor of Immunology, A.B., Temple University; Ph.D., Rush University. Major histocompatibility complex; antigen processing and presentation.

Changping Zou, Associate Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, Ph.D., University of Texas, Houston, M.D., Beijing Medical University. Molecular biology of gynecologic cancers with a focus on signaling pathways and biomarkers involved in chemoprevention.