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- Dr. Barbour
Suzanne E. Barbour, Professor; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1990. Role of PLA2 and lipid mediators in the host response in periodontal disease; PLA2 regulates the amount of phospholipid in mammalian cell membranes.
- Dr. Barton
William A. Barton, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2001. Extracellular signaling by examining molecular recognition events within protein signaling complexes as determined by x-ray crystallography.
- Dr. Beckman
Matthew J. Beckman, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Iowa State University.1993. Diseases of bone, vitamin D and other steroids, peptide calciotropic hormones, cartilage and connective tissue matrix and growth factors.
- Dr. Bell
Jessica Kay Bell, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. 2001. Protein interactions in the innate immune response.
- Dr. Chalfant
Charles Chalfant, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of South Florida College of Medicine, 1997. Ceramide regulates the alternative splicing of Bcl-x, role of ceramide-1-phosphate in prostanoid synthesis.
- Dr. Chen
Jason Chen, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1995. The biology of vertebrate retinal photoreceptors.
- Dr. Chlebowski
Jan F. Chlebowski, Professor; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1969. Regulation of protein biosynthesis; modification of enzyme structure and function; calorimetric and spectroscopic approaches to macromolecular function.
- Dr. S. Deb
Sumitra Deb, Professor; Ph.D., Calcutta University, India, 1982. Molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis: role of mutations of tumor suppressor p53; characterization of biological pathways used by p53, mutant p53 and related proteins to regulate cell growth by functional genomics.
- Dr. S.P. Deb
Swati Deb, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Calcutta University, India, 1982. Mechanism of cell growth deregulation during oncogenesis; role of MDM2 and other oncogenes in cell growth regulation and deregulation using cell cycle analysis and proteomics.
- Dr. P. Dent
Professor; Ph.D., Dundee (Scotland). Signaling processes which regulate proliferation of normal liver cells in regenerating liver; mechanisms by which EGFR signaling promotes cell growth after ionizing radiation.
- Dr. Diegelmann
Robert F. Diegelmann, Professor; Ph.D., Georgetown, 1970. Regulation of collagen deposition following tissue injury; interaction of inflammatory cells and components with collagen-producing cells.
- Dr. Fang
Frank Fang, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada, 1994. The role of lysophospholipids in the pathogenesis of human ovarian, breast and prostate cancers.
- Dr. Gil
Gregorio Gil, Professor; Ph.D., Barcelona, 1981. Molecular mechanisms involved in cholesterol and bile acid regulation of gene expression.
- Dr. Grogan
W. McLean Grogan, Professor; Ph.D., Purdue, 1972. Properties and regulatory mechanisms of cholesteryl ester hydrolases; regulation of cholesterol metabolism and homeostasis; membrane structural dynamics; steroid 6b-hydroxylases.
- Dr. Kordula
Tomek Kordula, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Jagiellonian University, Poland, 1992. Molecular mechanisms regulating both tissue-specific and cytokine-induced gene transcription.
- Dr. Larner
Andrew Larner, Professor: Integration of Jak/ Stat signaling and cell growth pathways. The Role of the Jak/Stat Signaling Pathway in Regulation of Gene Expression and Cell Metabolism.
- Dr. Milstien
Sheldon Milstien, Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1968. Enzymatic mechanisms in genetic disorders of aromatic amino acid metabolism, including PKU and its variant forms; the sphingolipid metabolites, sphingosine-1-phosphate and ceramide, in nitric oxide production and neuronal development and apoptosis.
- Dr. Peterson
Darrell L. Peterson, Professor; Ph.D., Notre Dame, 1970. Structure and function of viral proteins with an emphasis on the structural proteins and enzymes of hepadnaviruses and hepatitis C virus. Development of novel immunogens for use as vaccines against viral, bacterial, or protozoan pathogens.
- Dr. Ratz
Paul H. Ratz, Professor; Ph.D., 1982, Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University. Regulation of contraction of vascular and bladder smooth muscles.
- Dr. Roesser
James R. Roesser, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Virginia, 1986. RNA-protein interactions; alternative RNA splicing in mammalian cells; eukaryotic gene regulation.
- Dr. Sato-Bigbee
Carmen Sato-Bigbee, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1985. Regulation of oligodendrocyte proliferation and differentiation, signal transduction systems; mechanism of gene regulation during brain development and nervous system regeneration.
- Dr. Scarsdale
J. Neel Scarsdale, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Yale, 1989. Conformational analysis of glycoconjugates by nuclear magnetic resonance methods and molecular mechanics.
- Dr. Spiegel
Sarah Spiegel, Professor and Chair; Ph.D.,Weizman (Israel), 1983. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the novel lipid mediator, sphingosine-1-phosphate in regulation of cell growth, motility, prevention of apoptosis, angiogenesis and neuronal development.
- Dr. Wright
H. Tonie Wright, Professor; Ph.D., California, San Diego, 1968. X-ray crystallography, protein engineering, protein folding; structures of serpins, serine hydroxymethyltransferase; protein deamidation.
- Dr. Zehner
Zendra E. Zehner, Professor; Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1979. Regulation of gene expression during growth, cell cycle, and development; aberrant gene expression in cancer; DNA-protein interactions; mechanisms of transcriptional repression; IFP gene expression in breast cancer; myogenesis; nuclear export and localization of cytoskeletal mRNAs; translational control.
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