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.
| Name |
Research Interests |
| Kristin
Artinger |
Molecular, genetic and developmental
mechanisms involved in the patterning of the early spinal cord
(neural plate) during vertebrate embryogenesis |
| 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 |
Visual system development
and function using 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 |
| 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 |
| Robert
Garcea |
Molecular and structural
approaches to polyomavirus assembly |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mary
Reyland |
Role of protein kinase C signaling
in programmed cell death |
| 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 |
