Main Areas of Interest:
Regulation of Gene Expression and Protein Dynamics
Transcription and Chromatin Structure
Translation
Christopher Hellen, Tatyana Pestova
Epigenetics
Protein Dynamics
The Cardiovascular System
Lipid metabolism
M. Mahmood Hussain, Xiang-Chen Jiang
Molecular Biology and Biomechanics of cardiovascular development
William Chirico, Michael Wagner
Ion pumps and channels; role of ions in cardiovascular disease
Mohamed Boutjdir, Gregory Gick
Blood cells and cardiovascular inflammation/disease
Jonathan Marmur
The Immune Response
Antigen Receptor Gene Diversification
Lymphocyte development and the adaptive immune response
Innate immunity
Inflammation
Eva Cramer, Maja Nowakowski, Peter J. Bergold
Autoimmunity
Edward V. Quadros, Ming Zhang, Christopher A. J. Roman, Allen J. Norin
Neuroimmunology
Leukemia and Lymphoma
Olcay Batuman
Viruses and other Infectious Disease agents
Christopher U. Hellen, Steven M. Carleton
Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics
Allen J. Norin, Edward Quadros
Cancer Biology
Functions of oncogenes and tumor suppressors
Matthew Pincus, Christopher A. J. Roman
Immune surveillance and tumor immunity
Biomarkers, detection, therapeutic targets, and treatments
Edward Quadros, Henri Tiedge, Matthew R. Pincus, Randall Barbour
Angiogenic factors in tumor growth
William Chirico, Olcay Batuman
DNA dynamics, mutation, and repair
Christopher S. Lange
Metabolic Organ System Development and Disease
Pancreas, diabetes, and obesity
Gladys N. Teitelman, John G. Kral
Liver development and disease
Molecular Biology of the Neuromuscular System and the Brain
Pain, anxiety, epilepsy
Regulation of gene expression in muscle and neurons
Learning and Memory
Neurogenesis and Development of the visual system
Stroke and Neurodegenerative Diseases