James B. Bliska, Professor;
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1987
Molecular and cellular basis of bacterial-host cell interactions
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Daniel Bogenhagen, Professor;
M.D., Stanford University, 1977
Mitochondrial Molecular Biology
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Mark E. Bowen, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Illinois at
Chicago, 1998. Single molecule spectroscopy; Coordination of
post-synaptic glutamate receptor signaling by the MAGUK family of
scaffolds.

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Emily Chen, Assistant Professor (December 2007)

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Ira S. Cohen, Professor;
M.D., Ph.D., New York University, 1974
Physiology and Pharmacology of Isolated Cardiac Myocytes
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Holly Colognato, Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1999
Extracellular matrix in the brain: roles during development and during neurodegeneration
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Howard Crawford, Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1993
Pancreatic Cancer
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Carlos de los Santos, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987
NMR Solution Structure of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
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Stephen L. Dewey, Senior Scientist;
Ph.D., Anatomy, University of Iowa, 1985
Imaging neurotransmitter interactions with PET and fMRI
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Guangwei Du, Research Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , China 1999
Cellular Morphogenesis and Membrane Trafficking
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Grigori N. Enikolopov, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Biology, USSR Academy of Science, 1978
Research Interests: Stem cells; neurogenesis; development; signal transduction

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Marian Evinger, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 1978
Neural Regulation of Gene Expression
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Michael Frohman, Interim Chair and Professor;
M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1985
Regulation of membrane vesicle trafficking and phototransduction by lipid-modifying signaling enzymes
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DaXiong Fu, Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, 1996
Crystallization of Integral Membrane Proteins

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Miguel Garcia-Diaz, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Madrid, 2003. Structural enzymology of DNA/RNA transactions.

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Berhane Ghebrehiwet, Professor of Medicine
and Pathology; D.V.M., D.Sc.,
C1q receptor mediated cellular responses with
particular emphasis on inflammation and microbial infection.
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Arthur P. Grollman, Distinguished Professor;
M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1959
Molecular Carcinogenesis: Mechanisms of DNA Repair and Mutagenesis in Mammalian Cells
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Robert S. Haltiwanger, Professor;
Ph.D., Duke University, 1986
Glycobiology: The role of glycosylation in signal
transduction and development
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Patrick Hearing, Professor;
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1980
Adenovirus regulation of cellular proliferation and gene expression; adenovirus vectors for human gene therapy

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Charles R. Iden, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 1971
Investigations of DNA Damage Produced by Genotoxic Substances
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Francis Johnson, Professor;
Ph.D., Glasgow University, Scotland, 1954
Inhibition of HIV-1 (AIDS) Using Rationally Designed Drugs
Effects of Chemical Carcinogens on DNA
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Wali A. Karzai, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1995
Biochemistry and Structural biology of RNA-Protein Interactions, Translational Control of Gene Expression, and Drug Discovery
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Irwin Kurland, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1992, M.D., University of Southern California, 1984 Clinical Interests: Diabetes mellitus.
Research: Regulation of insulin action and glucose metabolism.
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Joel Levine, Professor;
Ph.D., Washington University, 1980
Glial Cells, Proteoglycans and the Regulation of Axonal Growth
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Feng-Qian Li, Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Ph.D., University of Advanced Studies/ National Insitute of Genetics, Japan, year.
Function of signaling regulators involved in cell growth regulatoiin, cancer biology and adipogenesis.
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Craig C. Malbon, Leading Professor; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1976
Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation in Differentiation and Development: Roles of G-Proteins
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| Maletic-Savatic, Mirjana, Assistant Professor of Neurology; M.D., Ph.D., 1996. University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, 1996. Mechanisms that lead to the differentiation
of neural progenitor cells into neuronal lineages.
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David McKinnon
Associate Professor;
Ph.D, Australian National University
Molecular Physiology of Neuronal Firing Properties
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W. Todd Miller, Professor;
Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1987
Signal transduction by tyrosine kinases
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Ute Moll, Professor;
Ph.D., Universität Ulm, Germany, 1970
Tumor Suppressor Gene Research: Mechanism of p53 Inactivation
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Masaaki Moriya, Research Associate Professor;
Ph.D., Nagoya University, Japan, 1981
DNA Repair and Mutagenesis
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Sidonie A. Morrison, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Oxford, England, 1973
Host responses to HIV infection
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Senthil K. Muthuswamy, Associate Professor; Ph.D., McMaster University, 1995
Understanding cancer initiation using 3-dimensional epithelial structures
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Nicolas Nassar, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., EMBL, Grenoble, France 1992
Regulation of signaling proteins
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Basil Rigas, Professor; M.D., Athens Univeristy Medical School, Greece, 1972; DSc., Athens Univeristy Medical School, Greece, 1975.
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Nancy Reich, Professor;
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1983
Signal Transduction and Activation of Gene Expression by Cytokines & Cellular Defense Responses to Viral Infection
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| Robert Rizzo, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Yale University, 2001. Computational Research Projects in Cancer, HIV\AIDS, Influenza, and Method Development.
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Thomas Rosenquist, Research Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
Genetic Analysis of Mammalian Oxidative DNA Damage Repair
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Sami I. Said, Professor;
M.D., University of Cairo, 1951
Biology of VIP and Related Neurotransmitters; Mediation and Modulation of Lung Injury and Bronchial Asthma
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Nicole S. Sampson, Professor;
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1990
Protein Catalysis, Hinges and Adhesion and Signalling during Mammalian Fertilization
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Orlando Schärer, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Harvard University,
Chemical Biology of Mammalian DNA Repair
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Shinya Shibutani, Research Professor; Ph.D., Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan, 1983
Translesional Synthesis on Damaged DNA
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Carlos Simmerling, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994
Computational Structural Biology
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Roy Steigbigel, Professor;
M.D., University of Rochester, 1966
Studies of HIV Pathogenesis and Replication
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Ken-Ichi Takemaru
Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan 1997
Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease
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David Talmage,Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1981. Interactions between Retinoids and Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Pathways.
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Peter J. Tonge, Professor;
Ph.D., University of Birmingham, England, 1986
Enzyme Mechanisms and Rational Drug Design
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Gerald H. Thomsen, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., The Rockefeller University, 1988
Vertebrate Embryonic Development
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William Van Nostrand, Professor;
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of California, 1985
Cerebrovascular pathology in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
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Styliani-Anna (Stella) Tsirka, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director;Ph.D., University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1989
Tissue plasminogen activator in the mammalian hippocampus;
Neuronal-microglial interactions in the physiology and pathology of the
central nervous system
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Lonnie P. Wollmuth, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1992
Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function in the Brain
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Wei-Xing Zong, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., UMDNJ -Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchooL, New Jersey, 1999
Molecular Regulation of apoptotic and necrotic cell death. |
Advisory Program Members
Paul R. Adams, Professor;
Ph.D., London University
Thalamocortical Circuitry Regulating Synaptic Learning
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Miguel Berrios, Research Associate Professor;
Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1983
Nuclear Structure and Function; The Cell Biology of DNA Damage and Repair
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Moises Eisenberg, Professor;
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1972
Molecular Modeling of Biomolecules
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Paul A. Fisher, Professor;
M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University, 1980
The Extrachromosomal Karyoskeleton/Eukaryotic DNA Synthesis and Mutagenesis/Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Joav Prives, Professor;
Ph.D., McGill University, 1968
Regulation of Surface Receptors in Muscle Cells
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Edward Reich, Distinguished Professor Emeritus;
M.D., The Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1962
Biochemistry of Plasma Proteins
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Nisson Schechter, Professor;
Ph.D., Western Michigan University, 1971
Molecular Development of the Optic Nerve and Regeneration after Injury
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Jakob Schmidt, Professor;
M.D., Universitat Munchen, 1966 Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1970
Regulation of acetylcholine receptor genes in muscle
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Richard B. Setlow, Adjunct Professor;
Ph.D., Yale University, 1947
Macroscopic Effects of Tumor Induction
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Nora Volkow, Professor;
M.D., Universidad Nacional Autenoma de Mexico, Mexico City, 1980
Psychiatry, Drug Addiction, Neuroimaging, PET, MRI Nuclear Medicine

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