Faculty
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Assistant Professor, Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Assistant Professor of Brain Science, Department of Neuroscience
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Neurogenetics; Protein DynamicsResearch interests: Protein engineering, fluorescence imaging, and advanced genetic approaches to visualize and study the brain.
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Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Sidney Frank Hall, Room 252/235 (lab)
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch Interests: Mechanisms underlying heart and skeletal muscle diseases, with a primary focus on the role of RNA-binding proteins in regulating the expression of pathologic genes during stress challenges.
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Professor, Molecular, Cellular Biology Biochemistry
+1 401 863 3116
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch Interests: Pathogenesis of the human polyomaviruses, JC Virus (JCV) and BK Virus (BKV)
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Professor of Surgery (Research), Department of Surgery
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Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
+1 401 863 3478
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch interests: Molecular mechanisms of mammalian metal homeostasis
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Associate Professor , Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
+401 863 5954
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch interests: Metabolic and genetic responses of the microbiome to antimicrobial medicines
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Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
401-863-6341
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Development; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch Interests: Biology of the human pathogen Candida albicans; mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis
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Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Sidney Frank Hall, Room 265
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch Interests:By employing rigorous integrative approaches, the Chellappa Lab seeks to understand the dynamic role of metabolism in driving complex phenotypes such as aging. Her lab also investigates the cross-kingdom chemical communications between the host and the trillions of co-existing microorganisms in mammals.
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Professor, Department of Orthopedics
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch interests: Cartilage and bone development; orthopedics.
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Professor of Medical Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
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Assistant Professor, Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: Her group studies cell biophysical properties that regulate cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in cancer. Her current work is largely focused on studying the role of aging and therapy induced changes in the tumor microenvironment on cancer progression.
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Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch Interests: The mechanisms protozoan parasites employ to generate the wide variety of cellular morphologies these organisms use to survive within their hosts.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Computational Biology; Protein DynamicsResearch Interests: DNA repair in cells
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Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: Gaining insight into the functions of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), an enzyme that performs important roles in phosphorylation circuits governing growth, morphogenesis and cell fate.
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Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: Understanding mechanisms of neonatal lung injury and repair
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Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Development; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neurological disease, sensory signaling, sleep, and fatigue.
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Professor of Medical Science
Research Area(s): Cell SignalingResearch Interests: The understanding of the structure and function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and of the neurotoxins that target these important receptors.
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Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
401-863-9775
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Computational Biology; Host-Pathogen InteractionsMy lab is interested in the interplay of multiple simultaneous innate immune responses at a systemic, cellular, and molecular level.
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Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Development; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of brain wiring
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Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Protein DynamicsResearch Interests: We use X-ray crystallography as our main research tool (together with biochemical and biophysical approaches) to study the structure and function of proteins and macromolecular complexes such as the ribosome.
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Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: Mark's laboratory is focused on understanding the molecular basis for cellular communication. They focus on flowering plant reproduction because this process is essential for agricultural productivity and because it relies on an elaborate dialogue between experimentally tractable cells.
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Professor, Department of Medicine
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: My research program is aimed at the understanding of the pathogenesis of cardiac arrhythmias.
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Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
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Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Development; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch Interest: My role in basic and clinical research has largely derived from my position as Director of the Molecular Biology Core in the Section of Pulmonary Medicine.
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Assistant Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Host-Pathogen InteractionsResearch interest: Host-Virus interaction in cells and animals. Immune responses controlling viral infection and viral counteractions.
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Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: I study the expression, regulation, and function of voltage-gated calcium ion channels in different regions of the nervous system. I am also interested in their role in chronic pain and psychiatric disorders.
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Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Development; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: Basic and translational research on pediatric epilepsy
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Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Sidney Frank Hall 168/171
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: Neurodevelopmental disorders with a focus on autism.
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Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: Mechanisms of immune-mediate vascular remodeling focusing of areas where macrophages direct the biologic processes of arteriogenesis, vascular calcification, and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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Mencoff Family Professor of Biology , Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Professor of Brain Science, Carney Institute for Brain Science
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Development; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: Normal molecular mechanisms of brain development, and genetic perturbations that underlie disorders of human cognitive development.
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Associate Professor of Medical Science, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: Understanding signal transduction events using fluorescent microscopy in living cells.
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Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Development; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: How neurons build synaptic connections that reliably control behavior while maintaining the ability to modulate their function over a lifetime of new experiences and environments.
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Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; Development; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: We are interested in evolution of brain function and behavior. Our primary model system is Drosophila, the fruit fly, for its powerful traditional and molecular genetics. Our main question is - how do genomes encode and regulate proteins involved in rapid electrical and chemical signaling in the brain, normally and in disease?
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Professor of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Computational Biology; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Protein DynamicsResearch Interests: Elucidation of signaling networks relevant to human disease and exploring perturbations in phosphorylation patterns induced by pharmacological agents. Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis by mass spectrometry is a technique that allows efficient profiling of tens of thousands of phosphorylation sites over time from cells and tissues.
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Professor of Biology, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR, CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: Understanding the biology of aging at the cellular level: the epigenetic regulation of cellular senescence, genome-wide surveillance of transposable elements, and the role of c-Myc in aging.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell Signaling; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: How internal and external signals induce molecular and cellular mechanisms to promote longevity and impact age-related diseases and whether these conditions (positive or negative) can be transmitted to subsequent generations.
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Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Computational BiologyResearch Interests: Professor Weinreich is a theoretical population geneticist who uses a combination of experimental, analytic and simulation techniques to further understanding of the general principles of biological adaptation.
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Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: Molecular Mechanisms of Reproduction
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Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; Development; NeurogeneticsResearch Interests: How signaling molecules facilitate the communication between cells.
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Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (Research)
Research Area(s): Cell Signaling; DevelopmentResearch Interests: The functional contributions of germ line molecules in the somatic lineages during the process of developmental reprogramming and regeneration.
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Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Research Area(s): Biology of Aging; Cell SignalingResearch Interests: Cellular stress responses that control activity of accurate and mutagenic DNA repair processes and cell fate decisions following DNA damage by carcinogenic chemicals and anticancer drugs.