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Pharmacology Graduate Program Training Faculty

Adan Aguirre, Assistant Professor

 

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.

Jian Cao, Associate Professor;
M.D., Henan Medical College (China), 1985, M.S. Peking Union Medical College, 1992.

Biology and prevention of cancer metastasis.

Emily Chen, Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2002.

Breast Cancer Metastasis and Shotgun Proteomics.

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, Associate 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

Bruce Demple, Professor;
Ph.D., UC Berkeley

 

  
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, 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

  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.

Joel Levine, Professor;
Ph.D., Washington University, 1980
Glial Cells, Proteoglycans and the Regulation of Axonal Growth

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

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
T

umor 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

 

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, 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.
 

Thomas White, Associate Professor;
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1994

Molecular biology and physiology of gap junction channels

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
 

Kate Dickman, Research Assistant Professor

 
Moises Eisenberg, Professor;
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1972
Molecular Modeling of Biomolecules
Paul A. Fisher, Vice Chair, Professor, Graduate Program Associate Director;
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

Robert Watson, Assistant Professor and Director, Undergraduate Pharmacology Director;

Ph.D., The University of Iowa

Insulin-stimulated Translocation of the GLUT4 Glucose Transporter