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Faculty Expand All | Collapse All Elias Aizenman [+][-] Professor Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuronal cell death Homepage Daniel L. Altschuler [+][-] Associate Professor G-protein signaling mechanisms in mitogenesis and oncogenesis Homepage Susan Amara [+][-] Thomas Detre Professor and Chair Major research efforts have focused on the structure, regulation and cellular physiology of two families of sodium-dependent neurotransmitter transporters: the biogenic amine and the excitatory amino acid carriers. Homepage Christopher J. Bakkenist [+][-] Assistant Professor DNA damage signaling Homepage Lori A Birder [+][-] Associate Professor Study a number of ion channel/receptor targets within the bladder epithelium and the possible role of the urothelium in urinary bladder function. Homepage Alessandro Bisello [+][-] Associate Professor Structure, signalling and trafficking of G-protein-coupled receptors. Role of PTHrP in vascular remodeling and role of GLP-1 in pancreatic beta cell function Homepage Robert A. Branch [+][-] Professor Drug metabolism Homepage Thomas P. Conrads [+][-] Associate Professor Biological applications of mass spectrometry; proteonics; metabo (1/n); molecular mechanisms of cancer initiation, progression and metastais; interstitial cystitis; biomarker assay development using selected/multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry Homepage Dennis P. Curran [+][-] Professor Natural products total synthesis, new synthetic methods, stereochemistry, radical chemistry, and fluorous chemistry Homepage Billy W. Day [+][-] Professor Medicinal chemistry/ molecular pharmacology of microtubule perturbing agents and selective estrogen receptor modulators Homepage Donald B. DeFranco [+][-] Professor Signal transduction and neurodegeneration Homepage William C. deGroat [+][-] Professor Study of the autonomic mechanisms involved in the control of urogenital function Homepage Julie Eiseman [+][-] Associate Professor Preclinical studies of potential anti-cancer agents, both in vitro and in vivo, and provides laboratory support for phase I clinical trials Homepage John D. Fernstrom [+][-] Professor Control of neurotransmitter and neuropeptide synthesis and function Homepage Bruce A. Freeman [+][-] Professor and Chair Cell Signaling; Redox Reactions Homepage Peter A. Friedman [+][-] Professor Parathyroid hormone receptor trafficking, regulation, signaling. Homepage Ferruccio Galbiati [+][-] Associate Professor Signal transduction mechanisms in muscular dystrophy and ageing/cancer Homepage Jennifer Grandis [+][-] Professor Targeting signal transduction pathways in cancer Homepage Angela M Gronenborn [+][-] Professor Biomolecular structure and its correlation to function in transcription factor complelxes, HIV-2 proteins and signaling proteins Homepage Gregg E. Homanics [+][-] Associate Professor Application of transgenic technologies to investigate the molecular targets of ethanol and general anesthetics; production of animal models of human disease Homepage John P. Horn [+][-] Professor Synaptic integration in sympathetic ganglia and in midbrain dopamine neurons. Homepage Jeffrey Isenberg [+][-] Associate Professor Edwin K. Jackson [+][-] Professor The physiology and pharmacology of endogenous modulators of growth, structure and function of cells in the heart, blood vessels and kidneys, with particular focus on adenosine, the renin-angiotensin soystem and estradiol metabolites Homepage Yu Jiang [+][-] Assistant Professor Signaling mechanisms for cell growth control; Regulation of protein kinases and phosphatases Homepage Daniel E. Johnson [+][-] Associate Professor Molecular signaling mechanisms that are important in the regulation and execution of apoptotic cell death; molecular mechanisms of hematopoietic cell differentiation; molecular mechanisms of hematopoietic cell differentiation Homepage Valerian E. Kagan [+][-] Professor Nitric oxide interactions with cellular components, redox status during cellular injury and repair Homepage Anthony John Kanai [+][-] Assistant Professor Roles of the urothelium, interstitial cells, afferent nerves and spontaneous bladder contractions in urinary incontinence. Use of B3 adrenergic agonists, P2Y6 antagonists and botulinum Toxin A as putative therapies. Homepage Lawrence Kane [+][-] Assistant Professor Immunilogic function and signaling of TIM proteins Homepage Judith Klein-Seetharaman [+][-] Assistant Professor Sequence-structure dynamics-function relationships in proteins, in particular membrane proteins and natively unfolded proteins. Specific interests in the mechanisms of signal transduction and protein folding/misfolding pathways. Homepage Joan M. Lakoski [+][-] Professor Neuropharmacology of aging and serotonin receptors; mentoring and professional development Homepage John S. Lazo [+][-] Professor Biological functions of protein phosphatases in normal and malignant cells; drug discovery; small molecule pharmacology Homepage Edwin S. Levitan [+][-] Professor Regulation of ion-channels and peptide secretion Homepage Michael T. Lotze [+][-] Professor role of the nuclear protein HMGB1 in promoting inflammation, mRNA role in regulating the translation of proteins in macrophages and other inflammatory cells Homepage Patrick Pagano [+][-] Associate Professor development of peptic, viral and small molecular inhibitors of NADPH oxidases and reactive species in cardiovascular disease Homepage Michael J. Palladino [+][-] Assistant Professor Combined molecular and genetic approach to identify key proteins required for neural maintenance with age and understand the role of these gene products in human disease conditions Homepage Ruth G. Perez [+][-] Assistant Professor Molecular mechanisms of proteins implicated in neurodegenerative disease Homepage Bruce R. Pitt [+][-] Professor Role of oxidants and nitric oxide in affecting pulmonary endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cell function. Homepage Guillermo G. Romero [+][-] Associate Professor Regulation of phospholipase D by tyrosine kinase receptors Homepage James R. Roppolo [+][-] Research Assistant Professor Autonomic nervous system control of bladder activity Homepage Jill M. Siegfried [+][-] Professor Control of expression and mechanisms of cell signaling by peptide ligands and hormones, and their receptors, in lung cancer Homepage Shivendra V. Singh [+][-] Professor Cancer chemoprevention using dietary and traditional medicine constituents; cell cycle regulation; apoptosis; in vivo models of cancer chemoprevention; immune response to dietary cancer chemopreventive agents Homepage Thomas E Smithgall [+][-] Professor Chemical biology and drug discovery Homepage Robert W. Sobol [+][-] Assistant Professor Research focuses on the role of DNA repair proteins in the repair of DNA damage induced by chemotherapeutic drugs and radiation, with an emphasis on the cell signaling and the cell survival pathways that are ingaged by such DNA damage. Homepage Richard A. Steinman [+][-] Associate Professor Molecular controls of normal hematopoiesis and leukemogenisis; coupling of cell cycle and differentiation control Homepage Pei Tang [+][-] Associate Professor Structural biology/computational biology/protein drug interactions/molecular mechanism of general anesthesia Homepage Gonzalo E. Torres [+][-] Assistant Professor Cellular and molecular neuroscience Homepage Ben Van Houten [+][-] Professor mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases; structure-function studies of DNA repair proteins Homepage Qiming Jane Wang [+][-] Assistant Professor Protein kinase D as a molecular target for prostate cancer; crosstalk between protein kinase D and insulin signaling and the relevance to type II diabetes Homepage Zhou Wang [+][-] Professor Mechanism of androgen receptor intracellular trafficking in prostate cancer cells Homepage Ronald Wetzel [+][-] Professor aggregate structure; fibril assembly and inhibition; the bases of aggregate cytotoxicity Homepage Peter Wipf [+][-] Professor Medicinal chemistry, combinatorial synthesis for drug design Homepage Wen Xie [+][-] Associate Professor Nuclear ormone receptor-mediated gene regulation and the implication of this regulation in liver diseases, cancer, obesity and diabetes Homepage Yan Xu [+][-] Professor Gene and stem cell therapy in brain is chemical membrane protein structure by NMR Homepage Jack C. Yalowich [+][-] Associate Professor Mechanisms of anticancer drug resistance; molecular pharmacology of DNA topoisomerase II inhibitors Homepage Lin Zhang [+][-] Assistant Professor Genetic basis of differential responses to anticancer drugs and mechanisms of drug-induced apoptosis. Homepage Michael J. Zigmond [+][-] Professor Synthesis and release of chemical neurotransmitters; etiology of neuropsychiatric disorders that involve dysfunctions of transmission, and the adaptive response to those dysfunctions Homepage
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