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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 &
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.
Choukri Ben
Mamoun, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental
Biology. Cell signaling and transport of nutrients in the human malaria
parasite plasmodium falciparum.
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. Study of
non-collagen matrix proteins in normal bone remodeling and the impact of
microenvironment on tumor development and metastasis.
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 Periodentology, 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.
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Betty Eipper,
Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, B.S., M.S., Brown University,
Ph.D., Harvard University. Biosynthesis and secretion of peptides by
neurons and endocrine cells.
Shlomo
Eisenberg, Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology,
B.S., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Ph.D., McGill University.
Biochemistry of DNA replication in yeast.
Paul Epstein,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology. Receptor signal
transduction, second messengers, and protein phosphorylation in control
of cell growth and regulation; purification and regulation of cyclic
nucleotide phosphodiesterases; role of calmodulin in mediating Ca2+-dependent
cell processes.
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Min Fang,
M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Genetics and Developmental Biology. The
role of early growth response gene 1 (EGR1) in tumorigensis.
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.
Henry M. Furneaux, Associate Professor of Molecular, Microbial and
Structural Biology; Ph.D., University of Aberdeen, Scotland. The
regulation of gene expression at the posttranscriptional level.
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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 & 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,
Associate 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.
Timothy Hla,
Professor of Cell Biology; Ph.D., George Washington University, 1988.
Molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis, G-protein-coupled receptor
signaling, Cyclooxygenase (Cox-2) and cancer, lipid mediators.
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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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
Lefrancois, 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.
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; PhD., 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 BioStructure and Function, 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.
Martin R.
Schiller, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience. Ph.D., Utah State
University. Spinal cord injury, neuronal morphology, peptide
neurotransmitters, secretory pathway.
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. To dissect and analyze the regulation of tissue-restricted gene
expression, my laboratory has concentrated on understanding the
molecular mechanisms controlling transcription of the CD13/APN gene in
hematopoietic cells and more recently, in angiogenic endothelium.
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 &
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.
Hung Ton-That,
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Microbial & Structural
Biology, B.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Pilus
assembly and sortase-mediated anchoring of surface proteins in
Gram-positive bacteria.
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.
Stephen K. Wikel,
Ph.D. Professor of Cell Biology and Immunology. The characterization of the complex
cellular and molecular immunology of the tick-host-pathogen interface.
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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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
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