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Azzam, Edouard |
The roles and mechanisms of redox-modulated intercellular communication in the biological effects of ionizing radiation |
Bellofatto, Vivian |
Analysis of gene expression in eukaryotic organisms that include pathogens. |
Benevenia, Joseph |
Our department provides exposure to a myriad of musculoskeletal investigations including molecular signaling, tissue engineering, enhancement of bone healing, m |
Berlin, Joshua |
P-type active ion transporters: ion transport mechanism and roles in disease processes. Cellular mechanisms underlying acute traumatic brain injury. |
Bhanot, Purnima |
We study the molecular mechanisms in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium and its mammalian host that regulate the parasite's development in the host liver. |
Birge, Raymond |
We are interested in the signaling pathways by which normal cells become malignant through the activation of oncogenes. |
Christakos, Sylvia |
The object of research in the Christakos lab is to obtain a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of action of vitamin D |
Contreras, Jorge |
Research in my laboratory focuses on defining the molecular and cellular determinants that regulate cell-to-cell communication. |
Diehl, Scott |
We study millions of genetic polymorphisms from arrays or next generation sequencing to reveal the causes of individual differences in disease risk and response |
Dubnau, David |
We work on the control of developmental processes in bacteria, including competence, sporulation and biofilm formation and on DNA transport for transformation. |
Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Patricia |
Our lab focuses on innate immune responses to human viral pathogens. Current work is centered on the basic and clinical biology of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, |
Fraidenraich, Diego |
We study pluripotent stem cell based repair of cardiac and skeletal muscle defects using mouse models of human disease. |
Freundlich, Joel |
We study with chemical tools how pathogens, such as M. tuberculosis, adapt to life within the host and, in turn, how the host responds to the infection. |
Gennaro, Maria |
(1) Remodeling of M. tuberculosis transcriptome during infection. (2) Mutual signaling between macrophage and pathogen. (3) Immune biomarkers of tuberculosis. |
Goldman, Emanuel |
With PI Wlodek Mandecki , our research has shifted to using genetically engineered EF-Tu to identify a new sub-class of antibiotics. |
Herbig, Utz |
My laboratory studies telomere dysfunction, cellular senescence, and the role of cellular senescence in cancer and aging. |
Kaback, David |
The Kaback Lab investigates chromosome structure and function using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We are most interested in how chromosomes function during meiosis |
Kotenko, Sergei |
Research is focused on cytokine-mediated regulation of the immune response to infections and pathologies such as cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases |
Kramer, Fred |
Our laboratory has designed novel nucleic acid molecules and developed experimental techniques for extremely sensitive and specific molecular diagnostic assays. |
Lambert, Muriel |
Genomic instability and cancer predisposition diseases; the hematological disorder, Fanconi anemia, and the role defective DNA repair plays in this disorder |
Lea, Michael |
Research is being conducted on the regulation of differentiation and growth of colon cancer cells. |
Li, Hong |
My lab aims to develop mass spectrometry technologies to study the role of protein post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions in regulati |
Lukac, David |
Regulation of reactivation of oncogenic herpesviruses. Signal transduction and transcriptional responses. Host-virus interactions. |
Lutz, Carol |
We are interested in how eukaryotic gene expression regulation (e.g.COX-2) can be accomplished by RNA processing, alt polyadenylation, miRNAs & stability |
Mathews, Michael |
Regulation of gene expression - transcription and translation; viruses (especially HIV) and cancer; drug therapy; molecular and bioinformatic approaches. |
Matsuda, Miho |
http://njms.rutgers.edu/departments/cell_biology_and_molecular_medicine/labs/matsuda/aboutourlab.cfm |
Neiditch, Matthew |
X-ray crystallographic, biochemical, and genetic studies of bacterial signaling. Rational design of antimicrobial compounds. |
O'Connor, James |
We study how inflammation and the innate immune response regulate tissue regeneration with a particular emphasis on lipid mediators and bone regeneration. |
Pandey, Virendra |
Hepatitis C virus - host cell interaction, HIV-1 biology, enzymology of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and HCV replicase, protein-protein interaction |
Park, Yongkyu |
Regulation of longevity by Imd and Loco signaling pathways in fruitflies |
Parveen, Nikhat |
To understand the molecular basis of pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lyme disease causing Borrelia burgdorferi and syphilis causing Treponema pallidum. |
Petrou, Vasileios |
Structural studies of membrane enzymes and receptors relevant to antibiotic resistance or human physiology and pathology using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. |
Rameshwar, Pranela |
The lab studies hematopoietic stem cell, cancer stem cell and mesenchymal stem cells. Research studies are conducted for breast cancer and glioblastoma. Mesench |
Rogers, Melissa |
Studies of transcriptional & post-transcriptional Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 gene regulation as relevant to embryogenesis, cancer, & vascular calcification. |
Routh, Vanessa |
Mechanisms by which the brain senses and responds to peripheral nutrient homeostasis and associated dysfunction during obesity, diabetes and disease anorexia |
Suzuki, Carolyn |
Mitochondrial biogenesis and apoptosis Mitochondrial ATP-dependent proteases & chaperones Inhibitors to these proteases & chaperones to treat human disease |
Tsiagbe, Vincent |
Endogenous retrovirus superantigen in B cell lymphoma; Human endogenous retroviruses in human cancer; Immunologic basis of periodontal disease & bone resorption |
Tyagi, Sanjay |
We study the intracellular dynamics of mRNA synthesis and localization. |
Whitehead, Ian |
My laboratory is investigating new treatment modalities for CML. This is a hematopoietic stem cell disorder that accounts for about 25% of all leukemias. |
Wieder, Robert |
Our laboratory studies the mechanisms of dormancy and resistance to chemotherapy in breast cancer cells that metastasize to the bone marrow. |
Wood, Teresa |
Signaling pathways regulating neural and mammary epithelial stem/progenitor cells in normal development, diseases and injury. |
Wu, Lizhao |
My laboratory is primarily interested in understanding how the Rb/E2F pathway and other tumor suppressor/oncogenic pathways control normal development and cance |
Yang, Jason |
Molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and treatment efficacy for chronic and infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, heart failure) using systems biology approaches |
Zhao, Xilin |
Bacterial stress response network, a novel, gas-based therapy for tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance in general, and quinolone mechanisms of action and resi |
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Ahn, Hyung Jin |
Cerebrovascular dysfunction is one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our lab is interested in the crosstalk between the cerebrovascular system and the nervous system in AD pathogenesis. |
Astrof, Sophie |
Molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways in cardiovascular development and remodeling. |
Babu, Gopal |
Research interests are studying (1) the abnormal Ca2+ handling in the pathogenesis of atrial arrhythmias and (2) the proteasome activation in cardiac pathology. |
Bartlett, Paula |
Mechanisms which elicit and maintain hormone-induced Ca2+ oscillations in the liver, and the role Ca2+ dysfunction plays in the pathogenesis of disease states such as alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. |
Beck, Kevin |
Stress/anxiety vulnerability, neuroendocrinology of sex differences in stress responsiveness and learning, neural basis of avoidance behavior. |
Berlin, Joshua |
P-type active ion transporters: ion transport mechanism and roles in disease processes. Cellular mechanisms underlying acute traumatic brain injury. |
Beuve, Annie |
NO-cGMP signaling with biochemistry and integrative physiology tools. This pathway is critical for synaptic plasticity and regulation of blood pressure. |
Boukrina, Olga |
Behavioral and physiological research to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of stroke-related impairments in reading and spatial processing. |
Carcea, Ioana |
How mammals process social information, and the neuronal mechanisms by which this information impacts brain states, neuronal plasticity and behavior. |
Chitravanshi, Vineet |
Central control of cardiovascular and respiratory functions, identification of neurotransmitters in different cardiovascular and respiratory reflex mechanisms. |
Christakos, Sylvia |
The object of research in the Christakos lab is to obtain a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of action of vitamin D. |
Contreras, Jorge |
Research in my laboratory focuses on defining the molecular and cellular determinants that regulate cell-to-cell communication. |
D'Adamio, Luciano |
Molecular mechanisms causing neurodegenerative disorders, characterization of new drug targets and development of lead compounds showing disease modifying activity. |
De Lorenzo, Mariana |
Effects of energy balance on aging, tumor microenvironment and progression. |
Del Re, Dominic |
Novel signaling pathways mediating heart injury following ischemic stress. HIPPO signaling in multiple cardiac cell types. |
Diehl, Scott |
Genetic polymorphisms from arrays or next generation sequencing to reveal the causes of individual differences in disease risk and response. |
Duran, Walter |
Signaling mechanisms that regulate microvascular transport in health and disease. Signaling cascades associated with eNOS-derived nitric oxide. |
Elkabes, Stella |
The molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal degeneration and protection in animal models of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury are investigated. |
Esopenko, Carrie |
Neurocognitive and psychosocial assessment of concussion in collegiate and professional athletes. Psychiatric comorbidities, cognitive impairment, and neuronal signatures of brain trauma in survivors of intimate partner violence. |
Ferraris, Ronaldo |
The role of epithelial cell differentiation in modulating sensing of nutrients and gut microbiota; intestinal responses to probiotics; oxidative stress from sugars |
Falvo, Michael |
Dyspnea, Exercise intolerance, Clinical exercise physiology, Cardiopulmonary function and assessment, Environmental and occupational exposure |
Fraidenraich, Diego |
Pluripotent stem cell based repair of cardiac and skeletal muscle defects using mouse models of human disease. |
Gaspers, Lawrence |
Role of Ca2+ signaling in regulating mitochondrial physiology and pathophysiology, and how adaptations in Ca2+ homeostasis may contribute to the onset and development of liver diseases. |
Gunal, Ozlem |
Molecular mechanisms affecting neuronal function and plasticity in rodent models of neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism, intellectual disability, and addiction behavior. |
Harris, Andrew |
Structure-function of connexin channels and the roles they play in physiology & pathology, utilizing biophysical, biochemical, genetic and cellular approaches. |
Heary, Robert |
Translational research is performed to alleviate secondary injury and promote functional recovery in spinal cord trauma. Surgical interventions are developed to repair spine and spinal cord injury and deformity. |
Hilfiker, Sabine |
Molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson´s disease, determination of pathological cell biologial events and signaling cascades to uncover disease-modifying targets and strategies. |
Hu, Huijuan |
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels in nociception, peripheral and central mechanisms of pain sensitization. |
Illsley, Nicholas |
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human placental trophoblast differentiation and in pregnancy pathologies. Decidual-trophoblast interaction using 3D bioprinting. |
Jakubowski, Hieronim |
Mechanisms by which homocysteine (Hcy) causes brain and heart diseases. Hcy-containing proteins contribution to disease. |
Levison, Steven |
Regeneration of the CNS after pediatric stroke and traumatic injuries by understanding how to expand resident neural stem cells and coordinate a regenerative response to injury. |
Li, Hong |
Development of mass spectrometry technologies to study the role of protein post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions in regulation. |
Lin, Sheldon |
Ortho bone regeneration medicine: focus on stem cell, growth factor and systems in several models (long bone, fracture, fusion) of normal/impaired Diabetes mellitus. |
Muresan, Virgil |
Molecular mechanisms that operate in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and ALS, with a focus on abnormalities in axonal transport |
Pan, Ying-Xian |
Understand molecular and cellular mechanisms of mu opioid receptor actions and development of novel opioid analgesics |
Pandey, Virendra |
Hepatitis C virus - host cell interaction, HIV-1 biology, enzymology of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and HCV replicase, protein-protein interaction |
Parveen, Nikhat |
Molecular basis of pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lyme disease causing Borrelia burgdorferi and syphilis causing Treponema pallidum. |
Rameshwar, Pranela |
Hematopoietic stem cell, cancer stem cell and mesenchymal stem cells. Research studies are conducted for breast cancer and glioblastoma. |
Rogers, Melissa |
Studies of transcriptional & post-transcriptional Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 gene regulation as relevant to embryogenesis, cancer, & vascular calcification. |
Rohacs, Tibor |
Regulation of ion channels in sensory neurons: temperature sensors and nociceptors. Structure and function studies on TRP ion channels. |
Rohowsky-Kochan, Christine |
Mechanisms that regulate immune responses and strategies to manipulate these responses in autoimmunity and neurological diseases. |
Routh, Vanessa |
Mechanisms by which the brain senses and responds to peripheral nutrient homeostasis and associated dysfunction during obesity, diabetes and disease anorexia |
Sadoshima, Junichi |
Cardiovascular biology; signal transduction mechanisms in the cardiovascular system; stem cells. |
Sayed, Danish |
Molecular cardiology; transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms of gene regulation in cardiovascular systems. |
Serrador, Jorge |
Cerebral blood flow regulation and the role of the vestibular system in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular control. Enhancing neural systems using stochastic resonance. Sex differences in human physiology. |
Siracusa, Mark |
Early cellular and molecular events that promote inflammation in the context of protective immunity to helminths and allergic disease. |
Sugimoto, Katsunori |
Cellular DNA damage response, telomere maintenance, cell senescence and transcriptional control. |
Tao, Yuan-Xiang |
Molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie chronic pain and opioid-induced analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia. |
Thomas, Andrew |
Endocrine regulation of metabolism; calcium signal transduction in liver, heart & brain; mitochondria and cell injury; signaling in malaria; live cell imaging |
Tyagi, Sanjay |
Intracellular dynamics of mRNA synthesis and localization. |
Vatner, Dorothy |
Cellular and molecular signal transduction mechanisms in the cardiovascular system |
Whitehead, Ian |
New treatment modalities for CML. This is a hematopoietic stem cell disorder that accounts for about 25% of all leukemias. |
Wood, Teresa |
Signaling pathways regulating neural and mammary epithelial stem/progenitor cells in normal development, diseases and injury. |
Xie, Lai-hua |
Electrophysiology and Calcium handling in the heart; Cardiac remodeling and mechanisms of arrhythmias in experimental and natural animal models. |
Zarbin, Marco |
Developing cell-based therapy for degenerative retinal disease, including age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness |
Zhai, Peiyong |
Signaling mechanisms of cardiac myocyte growth and death; and establishing and characterizing animal models of cardiovascular diseases. |
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Alland, David |
We have been working to develop a "molecular blood culture" to rapidly identify all common medical pathogens from blood samples, without the need for conventional culture methods. |
Beaulieu, Aimee |
NK cell development and function in viral infection. |
Bellofatto, Vivian |
Analysis of gene expression in eukaryotic organisms that include pathogens. |
Benevenia, Joseph |
Our department provides exposure to a myriad of musculoskeletal investigations including molecular signaling, tissue engineering, and enhancement of bone healing. |
| Bergsbaken, Tessa Assistant Professor tb553@njms.rutgers.edu |
Tissue-resident memory lymphocyte differentiation and function during infection and malignancy. |
Bhanot, Purnima |
We study the molecular mechanisms in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium and its mammalian host that regulate the parasite's development in the host liver. |
Birge, Raymond |
We are interested in the signaling pathways by which normal cells become malignant through the activation of oncogenes. |
| Chang, Li Yun Associate Professor changth@njms.rutgers.edu |
The role of innate immunity in HIV transmission in the setting of sexually transmitted infection; HIV-human peritoneal macrophage interaction. |
Chauhan, Neeraj |
Host-pathogen interactions: define the determinants of pathogenicity to improve diagnosis and therapy. Discovery of novel inhibitors of antifungal drug targets. |
Christakos, Sylvia |
The object of research in the Christakos lab is to obtain a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of action of vitamin D. |
Cugini, Carla |
Molecular mechanisms that govern the in vivo inter- and intra-species interactions within the oral cavity and impact on the host response. |
Diehl, Scott |
We study millions of genetic polymorphisms from arrays or next generation sequencing to reveal the causes of individual differences in disease risk and response |
Dubnau, David |
We work on the control of developmental processes in bacteria, including competence, sporulation and biofilm formation and on DNA transport for transformation. |
Edelblum, Karen |
Immune/epithelial interactions in gastrointestinal infection and inflammation. |
Elkabes, Stella |
The molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal degeneration and protection in animal models of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury are investigated. |
Falvo, Michael |
Human cardiopulmonary and bioenergetic responses to environmental stressors |
Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Patricia |
Our lab focuses on innate immune responses to human viral pathogens. Current work is centered on the basic and clinical biology of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, |
Fraidenraich, Diego |
We study pluripotent stem cell based repair of cardiac and skeletal muscle defects using mouse models of human disease. |
Freundlich, Joel |
We study with chemical tools how pathogens, such as M. tuberculosis, adapt to life within the host and, in turn, how the host responds to the infection. |
Gause, William |
Macrophage function during the type 2 immune response and its role in controlling inflammation and mediating resistance. |
Gennaro, Maria |
(1) Remodeling of M. tuberculosis transcriptome during infection. (2) Mutual signaling between macrophage and pathogen. (3) Immune biomarkers of tuberculosis. |
Goldman, Emanuel |
With PI Wlodek Mandecki , our research has shifted to using genetically engineered EF-Tu to identify a new sub-class of antibiotics. |
Humayun, M. Zafri |
Fidelity of DNA replication |
Kaback, David |
The Kaback Lab investigates chromosome structure and function using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We are most interested in how chromosomes function during meiosis |
Kachlany, Scott |
Our research focuses on the use of a bacterial protein for the treatment of white blood cell diseases. |
Kadouri, Daniel |
Interaction of biofilms and predatory prokaryotes. |
Kotenko, Sergei |
Research is focused on cytokine-mediated regulation of the immune response to infections and pathologies such as cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases |
Kramer, Fred |
Our laboratory has designed novel nucleic acid molecules and developed experimental techniques for extremely sensitive and specific molecular diagnostic assays. |
Kumamoto, Yosuke |
We study the role of dendritic cells and macrophages in inflammation and immunity. |
Leibovich, Samuel |
Cell and molecular biology of inflammation, wound healing and angiogenesis, with a focus on macrophage functions and pathways that regulate their activation. |
Levison, Steven |
Effects of maternal inflammation on the resident neural stem cells and progenitors of the developing brain. |
Liu, Dongfang |
Immunobiology of NK and CTLs, with a focus on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cells, CAR immunotherapy, and HIV-specific CTLs in chronic HIV and its related malignancies |
Lukac, David |
Regulation of reactivation of oncogenic herpesviruses. Signal transduction and transcriptional responses. Host-virus interactions. |
Lunsford, Keri E. |
We are evaluating the cellular basis for immune dysfunction in cirrhotic patients and how if affects mortality and the development of infections following liver transplant. |
Lutz, Carol |
We are interested in how eukaryotic gene expression regulation (e.g.COX-2) can be accomplished by RNA processing, alt polyadenylation, miRNAs & stability |
Mathews, Michael |
Regulation of gene expression - transcription and translation; viruses (especially HIV) and cancer; drug therapy; molecular and bioinformatic approaches. |
Neiditch, Matthew |
X-ray crystallographic, biochemical, and genetic studies of bacterial signaling. Rational design of antimicrobial compounds. |
O'Connor, James |
We study how inflammation and the innate immune response regulate tissue regeneration with a particular emphasis on lipid mediators and bone regeneration. |
Pandey, Virendra |
Hepatitis C virus - host cell interaction, HIV-1 biology, enzymology of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and HCV replicase, protein-protein interaction |
Parker, Dane |
We study host-pathogen interactions between Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii and the host innate immune pathways that they activate. |
Parveen, Nikhat |
To understand the molecular basis of pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lyme disease causing Borrelia burgdorferi and syphilis causing Treponema pallidum. |
Petrou, Vasileios |
Structural studies of membrane enzymes and receptors relevant to antibiotic resistance or human physiology and pathology using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. |
Pinter, Abraham |
Understanding the basis for the inability of the immune system to control HIV and identifying new targets and approaches to an effective vaccine. |
Ponzio, Nicholas |
The Ponzio Lab studies maternal-fetal immunology, and mechanisms of fetal programming of the immune system that promote disease vulnerability in adult offspring. |
Rajsbaum, Ricardo |
Host-virus interactions and innate immunity. We focus on the regulation of innate immune pathways and virus replication by ubiquitination, with special interest on Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, Zika and Ebola |
Ramasubbu, Narayanan |
Structural biology of proteins involved in oral diseases and biofilm degradation |
Rameshwar, Pranela |
The lab studies hematopoietic stem cell, cancer stem cell and mesenchymal stem cells. Research studies are conducted for breast cancer and glioblastoma. |
Rivera-Medina, Amariliz |
Our research interest is centered in understanding the development of CD4 T cell responses to the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. |
Rodriguez, Gloria |
M. tuberculosis (Mtb) iron acquisition, adaptive response of Mtb to iron-deficiency, development of anti-Mtb therapies. |
Rohowsky-Kochan, Christine |
Cytokines; IL-17/IL-23 axis: T regulatory cells; neuroscience; neuroimmunology; multiple sclerosis; autism |
Routh, Vanessa |
Mechanisms by which the brain senses and responds to peripheral nutrient homeostasis and associated dysfunction during obesity, diabetes and disease anorexia |
Salgame, Padmini |
Unraveling immune protective mechanisms against Tuberculosis is axial to the research projects of the Salgame laboratory. |
Salje, Jeanne |
The host pathogen cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria, with a specific focus on Rickettsias in general and the rickettsial causative agent of human scrub typhus, Orientia tsutsugamushi, in particular. |
Shimizu, Emi |
Effect of diabetes on dental stem cell machinery to heal tooth injury. Tooth regeneration using iPS cells or oral mucosa stem cells. |
Siracusa, Mark |
My lab investigates the early cellular and molecular events that promote inflammation in the context of protective immunity to helminths and allergic disease. |
Spolarics, Zoltan |
We study the effect of genetic variability on the inflammatory response focusing on X-linked genes and the role of cellular X chromosome mosaicism. |
Studzinski, George |
Cancer therapy translational studies of signaling networks that integrate control of cell cycle, apoptosis and vitamin D-induced leukemia cell differentiation. |
Subbian, Selvakumar |
Dr. Subbian’s lab investigates the host immune responses in tuberculosis using mouse, guinea pig and rabbit models as well as in vitro systems. |
Sugimoto, Katsunori |
Our laboratory studies cellular DNA damage response, telomere maintenance, cell senescence and transcriptional control. |
Thomas, Andrew |
Endocrine regulation of metabolism; calcium signal transduction in liver, heart & brain; mitochondria and cell injury; signaling in malaria; live cell imaging |
Tsiagbe, Vincent |
Endogenous retrovirus superantigen in B cell lymphoma; Human endogenous retroviruses in human cancer; Immunologic basis of periodontal disease & bone resorption |
Weinstein, Jason |
Examination of how different T cells and B cells are regulated in autoimmunity compared to infections; understanding the factor(s) that promote and maintain pathogenic T and B cells in autoimmunity. |
Xue, Chaoyang |
Our research aims to understand the mechanism of fungal infections by using Cryptococcus neoformans as a model organism. The goal is to develop better approache |
Yang, Jason |
Molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and treatment efficacy for chronic and infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, heart failure) using systems biology approaches |
Yap, George |
Regulation of Effector and Memory T cell differentiation by Cytokines, Regulation of the Immune Response by IL-10, Autophagy and Innate Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii. |
Zhao, Xilin |
Bacterial stress response network, a novel, gas-based therapy for tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance in general, and quinolone mechanisms of action and resistance |
Zhu, Hua |
Our laboratory studies two herpesviruses, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV). Our goal is to understand HCMV and VZV pathogenesis. |
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Benevenia, Joseph |
I have clinical expertise and perform investigations in the field of limb preservation. Specifically, my lab studies allografts and endoprosthetic reconstructions to treat musculoskeletal tumors. |
Berlin, Joshua |
P-type active ion transporters: ion transport mechanism and roles in disease processes. Cellular mechanisms underlying acute traumatic brain injury. |
Freundlich, Joel |
We study with chemical tools how pathogens, such as M. tuberculosis, adapt to life within the host and, in turn, how the host responds to the infection. |
Fritton, Chris |
Hormonal, mechanical, and pharmaceutical effects on bone and marrow tissues. Our work has implications for osteoporosis and the cellular repair of bone tissue. |
Kannurpatti, Sridhar |
Biomedical and functional imaging in physiology and disease. Specializes in the development and application of multi-modal structural and functional imaging of the brain in vivo in combination with preclinical behavioral, histochemical and neurochemical approaches. |
Levison, Steven |
We are working to enhance regeneration of the CNS after pediatric stroke and traumatic injuries by understanding how to expand resident neural stem cells and coordinate a regenerative response to injury. |
Lin, Sheldon |
Our lab, Ortho bone regeneration medicine, focuses on stem cell, growth factor and systems in several models (long bone, fracture, fusion) of normal/impaired DM. |
O'Connor, James |
We study how inflammation and the innate immune response regulate tissue regeneration with a particular emphasis on lipid mediators and bone regeneration. |
Pang, Kevin |
My research is in the realm of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. Our current research focuses on the neural mechanisms of learning, memory and attention. |
Peluffo, Ruben |
Biophysical chemistry of cardiac L-arginine transporters and their regulation by nitric oxide (NO) and reactive nitrogen species. NO signaling in muscular-dystrophy. |
Rohacs, Tibor |
Regulation of ion channels in sensory neurons: temperature sensors and nociceptors. Structure and function studies on TRPV6, an intestinal calcium transporting. |
Santhakumar, Vijayalakshmi |
My lab uses electrophysiology and computational modeling to examine how plasticity and modulation of inhibitory circuit connectivity contributes to epilepsy. |
Serrador, Jorge |
Cerebral blood flow regulation and the role of the vestibular system in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular control. Enhancing neural systems using stochastic resonance. Sex differences in human physiology. |
Tian, Bin |
Our lab studies evolution, mechanisms and consequences of alternative polyadenylation by computational and molecular biology approaches. |
Tyagi, Sanjay |
We study the intracellular dynamics of mRNA synthesis and localization. |
Yang, Jason |
Systems and syntheteic biology of chronic and infectious disease. Computational modeling, machine learning, quantitative microscopy, genetic engineering |