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Pharmacology Graduate Program Training Faculty
James B. Bliska, Professor;
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1987
Molecular and cellular basis of bacterial-host cell interactions
Daniel Bogenhagen, Professor;
M.D., Stanford University, 1977
Mitochondrial Molecular Biology
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.

Emily Chen, Assistant Professor (December 2007)


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

Marian Evinger, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 1978
Neural Regulation of Gene Expression


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
DaXiong Fu, Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, 1996
Crystallization of Integral Membrane Proteins

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


 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.

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
Robert S. Haltiwanger, Professor;
Ph.D., Duke University, 1986
Glycobiology: The role of glycosylation in signal
transduction and development
Patrick Hearing, Professor;
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1980
Adenovirus regulation of cellular proliferation and gene expression; adenovirus vectors for human gene therapy

Charles R. Iden, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 1971
Investigations of DNA Damage Produced by Genotoxic Substances
Francis Johnson, Professor;
Ph.D., Glasgow University, Scotland, 1954
Inhibition of HIV-1 (AIDS) Using Rationally Designed Drugs
Effects of Chemical Carcinogens on DNA
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
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.

Joel Levine, Professor;
Ph.D., Washington University, 1980
Glial Cells, Proteoglycans and the Regulation of Axonal Growth
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. 
 
 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
 
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.
David McKinnon
Associate Professor;
Ph.D, Australian National University
Molecular Physiology of Neuronal Firing Properties
W. Todd Miller, Professor;
Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1987
Signal transduction by tyrosine kinases
Ute Moll, Professor;
Ph.D., Universität Ulm, Germany, 1970
Tumor Suppressor Gene Research: Mechanism of p53 Inactivation
Masaaki Moriya, Research Associate Professor;
Ph.D., Nagoya University, Japan, 1981
DNA Repair and Mutagenesis
Sidonie A. Morrison, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Oxford, England, 1973
Host responses to HIV infection
Senthil K. Muthuswamy, Associate Professor;  Ph.D., McMaster University, 1995
Understanding  cancer initiation using 3-dimensional  epithelial structures
Nicolas Nassar, Assistant Professor;  Ph.D., EMBL, Grenoble, France 1992
Regulation of signaling proteins
 
Basil Rigas, Professor; M.D., Athens Univeristy Medical School, Greece, 1972; DSc., Athens Univeristy Medical School, Greece, 1975.
 
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
Robert Rizzo, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Yale University, 2001.  Computational Research Projects in Cancer, HIV\AIDS, Influenza, and Method Development.
 
Thomas Rosenquist, Research Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
Genetic Analysis of Mammalian Oxidative DNA Damage Repair
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
Nicole S. Sampson, Professor;
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1990
Protein Catalysis, Hinges and Adhesion and Signalling during Mammalian Fertilization
Orlando Schärer, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Harvard University,
Chemical Biology of Mammalian DNA Repair

Shinya Shibutani, Research Professor; Ph.D., Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan, 1983
Translesional Synthesis on Damaged DNA
Carlos Simmerling, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994
Computational Structural Biology
Roy Steigbigel, Professor;
M.D., University of Rochester, 1966
Studies of HIV Pathogenesis and Replication
 Ken-Ichi Takemaru
Assistant Professor;  Ph.D., Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan 1997
Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease
 David Talmage,Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1981. Interactions between Retinoids and Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Pathways.
Peter J. Tonge, Professor;
Ph.D., University of Birmingham, England, 1986
Enzyme Mechanisms and Rational Drug Design
Gerald H. Thomsen, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., The Rockefeller University, 1988
Vertebrate Embryonic Development
William Van Nostrand, Professor;
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of California, 1985
Cerebrovascular pathology in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
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
Lonnie P. Wollmuth, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1992
Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function in the Brain
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
Miguel Berrios, Research Associate Professor;
Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1983
Nuclear Structure and Function; The Cell Biology of DNA Damage and Repair
Moises Eisenberg, Professor;
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1972
Molecular Modeling of Biomolecules
Paul A. Fisher, Professor;
M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University, 1980
The Extrachromosomal Karyoskeleton/Eukaryotic DNA Synthesis and Mutagenesis/Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
Joav Prives, Professor;
Ph.D., McGill University, 1968
Regulation of Surface Receptors in Muscle Cells
 
Edward Reich, Distinguished Professor Emeritus;
M.D., The Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1962
Biochemistry of Plasma Proteins
Nisson Schechter, Professor;
Ph.D., Western Michigan University, 1971
Molecular Development of the Optic Nerve and Regeneration after Injury
Jakob Schmidt, Professor;
M.D., Universitat Munchen, 1966  Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1970
Regulation of acetylcholine receptor genes in muscle
Richard B. Setlow, Adjunct Professor;
Ph.D., Yale University, 1947
Macroscopic Effects of Tumor Induction
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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