Researchers

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Birge2024

Raymond B. Birge, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics
Director, Center for Cell Signaling

Cellular actions of viral oncogenes and cellular proto-oncogenes, and how these gene products function and transduce intracellular signals

   
Luciano D’Adamio, PhD
   
Herbig Utz Herbig, Ph.D.

Our lab is studying whether telomere induced senescence contributes to tumor suppression and organismal aging in mammals.
   
Hou Pingping Hou, Ph.D.

Focus on molecular understanding of tumor cell autonomous and non-autonomous KTR mechanisms, and cell engineering to rewire tumor microenvironment (TME) from pro- to anti-resistance phenotype.
   
Howell Roger Howell, Ph.D.

The research in my laboratory focuses on the biological effects of radioactive materials as they relate to both radiation protection and radiation therapy.
   
Kotenko

Sergei Kotenko, Ph.D.

Research in my lab is aimed to advance our knowledge of the complex role played by various cytokines in the regulation of the immune response to and in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases including cancer

   
Levison Steven Levison, Ph.D.

The overall goal of my research program is to better understand the signals that regulate the proliferation and differentiation of the stem cells in the central nervous system.
   
Hong Li Hong Li, Ph.D.

One of the goals of my laboratory is to develop and optimize mass spectrometry technologies to study the role of protein post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions on cell function.
   

Dongfang Liu, PhD

   

Veronika Miskolci

We are broadly interested in innate immunity in sterile inflammation and infection.  We use quantitative imaging-based approaches to study innate immune response using zebrafish models of inflammation.

   

Alexandros (Alex) Papachristodoulou, PhD

Our laboratory uses genetically engineered mouse models, patient-derived organoid systems, and base editing tools to study of the complex genetic, mitochondrial, and metabolic factors that contribute to prostate cancer pathophysiology and disparities.

   
Rogers Melissa B. Rogers, Ph.D.

We study the transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes that control BMP2 levels and BMP signaling during normal development, cardiovascular calcification and in tumors.

   

Mark Tambini, PhD

Our lab is currently investigating the role of Amyloid Precursor Protein containing extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer's disease.

   
Wood Teresa Wood, Ph.D.

A major focus of my laboratory is in determining how hormones and peptide growth factors interact to promote growth, survival and differentiation of breast epithelial cells.
   

Vijay Yadav, PhD

Our lab investigates how organs communicate with each other to regulate whole-body homeostasis, and how his process gets dysregulated in aging to identify novel interventions to increase human healthy lifespan