Ph.D. in Biomedical Science: Thematic Research Areas
Quantitative Cell Biology
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bruce J. Mayer,
Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University, Mechanisms of signal transduction.
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.
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.
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.
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