Thematic Research Areas: Biomaterials and Bioengineering
Leslie R.
Bernstein, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Ph.D.,
University of Illinois. Behavioral neuroscience:
psychoacoustics.
David I.
Dorsky, Assistant 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.
A. Jon
Goldberg, Professor of Prosthodontics, Director of the
Center for Biomaterials, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Biomaterials, with studies involving structure-property
relationships, development of novel systems, clinical
evaluations and surface analysis.
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.
Duck O. 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.
Donald L. Kreutzer, Professor of Pathology and Surgery, B.S.,
Colorado State University; Ph.D., University of Kansas.
Immunopathology and molecular mechanisms of inflammation,
mediators and regulators of leukocyte chemotaxis, modulation of
inflammatory reactions by the vascular endothelium.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
David M.
Waitzman, Associate Professor of Neurology, M.D., Ph.D.,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine and CUNY. Neurophysiology;
oculomotor system; modeling of CNS.
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.
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.
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