PRIMARY FACULTY

Faculty Name, Title, & Research

Name:

Research:
 

Regina Armstrong, Ph.D.,
Professor

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of glial cell development and regeneration.
 

Christopher Broder, Ph.D.,
Professor

Enveloped viruses entry and tropism.
 

Teodor Brumeanu, M.D.,
Associate Professor

Thymic and extrathymic development in autoimmune diabetes.
 

Rolf Bunger, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor

Experimental molecular and cellular cardiology and cardiovascular pathophysiology.
 

Rachel Cox, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Regulation of mitochondrial function and dynamics
 

Mary Lou Cutler, Ph.D.,
Professor & Director of MCB

Suppressors of the ras pathway in differentiation, apoptosis, and neoplasia.
 

Michael Daly, Ph.D.,
Professor

Functional genomics and DNA repair of Deinococcus radiodurans and its engineering for cleanup of radioactive wastes.
 

Thomas Darling, MD, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

New approaches in the treatment of skin tumors.
 

Stephen Davies, BVSc., Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
 

Regina Day,
Associate Professor

Cell biology and signal transduction of tissue repair.
 

Saibal Dey, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

Human multidrug transporter: Mode of action and functional regulation.
 

Yang Du, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Molecular mechanisms of leukemia development.

 

Teresa Dunn, Ph.D.,
Professor

Sphingolipid synthesis and function.
 

Gabriela Dveksler, Ph.D.,
Professor

Functions of pregnancy specific glycoproteins
 

Ying-Hong Feng, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

Structure and function of G-protein-coupled receptors.
 

Thomas Flagg, PhD,
Assistant Professor

Cellular metabolism (or alterations in cellular metabolism) in regulating cardiac electrical and contractile function.
 

Zygmond Galdzicki, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

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ChouZen Giam, Ph.D.,
Professor

Molecular biology of human retroviruses.
 

David Grahame, Ph.D.,
Professor

Metalloenzyme structure and function in Archaea.
 

Philip Grimley, M.D.,
Professor

Cancer growth inhibition and apoptosis.
 

Jeffrey M. Harmon, Ph.D.,
Professor

Regulation of Sphingolipid Biosynthesis
 

David Horowitz, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

Biochemistry of Pre-mRNA splicing.
 

Ann Jerse, Ph.D.,
Professor

Molecular biology and pathogenesis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
 

Sharon Juliano, Ph.D.,
Professor

Mechanisms of development and plasticity in the cerebral cortex.
 

Johnan Kaleeba, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Tumor Markers and Molecular Signatures of Viral Oncogenesis
 

John Kalinich, Ph.D.,
Research Biochemist / Program Advisor

Internal Contamination and Metal Toxicity Program; AFRRI
 

Juliann G. Kiang, Ph.D.,
Professor

Molecular mechanisms of radiation combined injury and its countermeasures.
 

Joseph John Mattapallil. B.V.Sc., Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of HIV pathogenesis, and vaccine development.
 

Radha Maheshwari, Ph.D.,
Professor

Defective transport of HSV-1 glycoprotein in interferon-treated cells: Role of intercellular pH.
 

Anthony Maurelli, Ph.D.,
Professor

Molecular genetics analysis of the pathogenic mechanism of Shigella and Chlamydia.
 

Ernest L. Maynard, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Protein folding, molecular recognition
 

Joseph McCabe, Ph.D.,
Professor

Laboratory for the Study of Brain Injury
 

D. Scott Merrell, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Investigation of the Host-Pathogen Interface using Helicobacter pylori
 

Eleanor S. Metcalf, Ph.D.,
Professor

Host-parasite interactions in Salmonella infections.
 

Edward Mitre, M.D.,
Assistant Professor

Role of IgE in the Immune Response to Filariasis
 

Alison O'Brien, Ph.D.,
Professor

Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis.
 

Galina Petukhova, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

DNA Repair
 

Harvey Pollard, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor

Molecular biology of secretory processes.
 

Gerald Quinnan,
Professor

Neutralization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1.
 

Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Ph.D
Assistant Professor

Molecular and genetic mechanisms of inherited muscle disorders in human
 

Brian C. Schaefer, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

Biology of T cell activation; regulation of activation of the NF-kappaB transcription factor.
 

Michael J. Schell, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Control of actin structure and calcium signals in dendritic spines by IP3 3-kinase, Pharmaceutical control peroxisome number in brain cells.
 

Vijay Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Molecular and cellular mechanism of radiation injury and protection
 

Ishaiahu Shechter, Ph.D.,
Professor

Regulation of cholesterogenesis in hepatic and nonhepatic cells/tissues; cholesterol homeostasis.
 

Frank Shewmaker, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Mechanistic and structural studies of prions and protein amyloid.
 

Clifford Snapper, M.D.,
Professor

Regulation of the humoral immune response to extracellular bacteria.
 

Shiva Srivastava, Ph.D.,
Professor

Molecular genetics of prostate cancer.
 

Tharun Sundaresan, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

Mechanisms of mRNA decay.
 

Aviva Symes, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

Mechanism of cytokine action in the nervous system.
 

Charles S. Via, M.D.,
Professor

In vivo T cell function in murine lupus and graft-vs-host disease

 

Mark H. Whitnall, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor

 
 

Robert Williams, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

Vibrational spectroscopy of peptides and proteins.
 

T. John Wu, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

Molecular neuroendocrinology and behavior.
 

Xin Xiang, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

In vivo regulation of cytoplasmic dynein.

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