UC Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Graduate Program
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   Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Graduate Program
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Faculty in the Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Program are drawn from across the Health Sciences Center community and include over thirty-five participating faculty members, from both basic science and clinical departments.

Faculty
Name Research Interests
Bruce Appel Development and repair of the vertebrate nervous system
Kristin Artinger Molecular, genetic and developmental mechanisms involved in the patterning of the early spinal cord (neural plate) during vertebrate embryogenesis
Vivek Balasubramaniam  
Linda Barlow Developmental neurobiology; patterning and formation of sensory organs
Brad Bendiak Structural analysis of protein glycosylation using NMR and mass spectrometry
Neil Box Pigmentation genetics in mouse models and human populations
Steve Britt Molecular genetics of eye development and vision
John Caldwell Functional regulation of ion channels in plasma membranes and Golgi membranes using electrophysiology and molecular biology
David Clouthier Signaling pathways regulating craniofacial and cardiovascular development
James Crapo Molecular regulation of superoxide dismutases in lung injury
Stijn De Langhe  
Brian Doctor Molecular interactions of actin cytoskeleton and membranes in mammalian hepatobiliary system
Thomas Evans Molecular and cellular mechanisms of early embryonic development in C. elegans using genetic and biochemical approaches
Thomas Finger Development and organization of taste and smell
Frank Frerman Biochemistry of electron transport protein mutations: role in human metabolic disease
Stephen Goodman Biochemistry and genetics of the human diseases glutaric acidemia types I and II
Eva Grayck Hypoxia and pulmonary hypertension
Joan Hooper Cell determination, developmental patterning and hedgehog signaling in drosophila
Kathryn Howell Structure/function of the Golgi complex using mass spectrometry, proteomics, functional assays, and high resolution 3D structure
John Hutton Secretory granule biogenesis and exocytosis in the endocrine pancreas: role in human diabetes
Karen King Cellular response to mechanical loading in skeletal tissues; diabetes co-morbidity in orthopaedics
Peter Koch Cell adhesion molecules in embryonic development and diseases
Maranke Koster Signaling pathways that control epidermal development and differentiation
Jan Kraus Molecular basis of inherited metabolic disease
Susan Majka Mesenchymal stem cells in pulmonary hypertension
Jim McManaman Mechanisms of lipid droplet synthesis
Margaret Neville Mammary gland biology and the molecular switch between pregnancy and lactation
Lee Niswander Genetic mechanisms of limb, lung, and neural development
Karl Pfenninger Molecular mechanisms of neurite growth and pathfinding; regulation of cancer cell motility
Rytis Prekeris The role of Rab GTPases in regulating plasma membrane receptor recycling, cell motility and cytokinesis
Diego Restrepo Olfactory signal transduction and olfactory sensory coding using electrophysiological, morphological and molecular techniques
Jane Reusch Diabetes mediated changes in cardiovascular gene expression and functional exercise capacity: molecular to clinical
Mary Reyland Role of protein kinase C signaling in programmed cell death
Susan Reynolds Lung stem cell function: roles for Wnt signaling
Dennis Roop Skin development and disease
Pepper Schedin Stromal-epithelial interactions in mammary gland development, carcinogenesis and breast cancer prevention
Claude Selitrennikoff Mechanisms of fungal wall assembly; development of antifungal therapy
Alexander Sorkin Molecular basis of endocytosis and trafficking of growth factor receptors
Trevor Williams Transcriptional regulation of mouse embryonic development and the role of transcription factors in mammary gland development and breast cancer
Virginia Winn Human Placental Development, Preeclampsia Pathogenesis

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