Major Research Areas

Cancer

Students and faculty contribute to significant, well-funded cancer research at the basic and clinical levels. These research projects reflect a single, goal-oriented approach that cuts across academic departments. In addition to basic science investigations in such areas as tumor cell invasion, oncogenes, immunotherapy and genetic inheritance, our scientists and physicians participate in national cancer trials.

David Amberg, Ph.D. Professor Regulation of actin dynamics and analysis of genomic influences on actin function.	Russell Matthews, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Role of glycoproteins in oncogenesis and brain development
Edward Berry, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biological energy transduction by membrane protein complexes, with emphasis on oxidative phosphorylation and photosynthesis.	Michael Miller, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Factors that regulate the proliferation, migration, and survival/death of neurons in the developing brain; models of fetal alcohol syndrome, autism, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Scott Blystone, Ph.D. Associate Professor Actin Cytoskeletal Dynamics in the leukocyte inflammatory phenotype.	M Golam Mohi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Molecular mechanism of leukemia; study the effect of oncogenic mutations in pathogenesis of leukemia using mouse model.
Gregory Canute, M.D. Associate Professor Genetics and Gene Therapy of Brain Tumors	Andras Perl, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Genes and Viruses Predisposing to Autoimmunity, Genetics, Apoptosis, Endogenous Retroviruses, Transaldolase
Xin Jie Chen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Mitochondrial biogenesis and inheritance, aging and aging-related degenerative diseases.	Francesca Pignoni, Ph.D. Associate Professor Neurogenesis; Retinal Progenitor Cells Specification and Proliferation; Genetic Control of Stem Cell Identity and Maintenance; Genetic Pathways in RPE Formation; Disease Genes Analysis in Drosophila
Timothy Damron, M.D. Professor Radioprotectant strategies: pediatric growth plate. Treatment of Fractures in Pathology Bone, Reconstructive Alternatives: Limb-Sparing Sarcoma Surgery, Genetics of Pagetoid Osteosarcoma	Dawn Post, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Cancer treatment using oncolytic viruses and gene therapy
Gerold Feuer, Ph.D. Associate Professor HTLV pathogenesis and Tax function; Humanized SCID mouse models of hematopoiesis; lentivirus vectors; KSHV/HHV-8 infection and pathogenesis; SCID-hu immune responses against HIV envelope	Michael Princiotta, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Antigen processing and presentation; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to viral and bacterial infections
Eileen Friedman, Ph.D. Professor The role of the serine/theonine kinase Mirk/dyrk1B in cancers of the pancreas, ovary and colon.	Rosemary Rochford, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Etiology of viral-associated malignancies, gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis.
Ying Huang, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Oncogenic signaling in cellular transformation and apoptosis; tumor suppressor genes.	Mark Schmitt, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ribonucleoprotein assembly and biogenesis; mitochondrial RNA import, mRNA degradation, cell cycle control
Ziwei Huang, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Discovery and mechanism of action of new pharmacological agents for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegeneration, infectious disease, and stem cell-based regenerative medicine.	M Saeed Sheikh, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Apoptotic signal transduction and cancer biology.
Patricia Kane, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Vacuolar H+ATPases (structure, function, assembly and regulation), cellular pH homeostasis, cellular stress responses, protein sorting, genomics, yeast as a model system	Edward Shillitoe, Ph.D. Professor Gene therapy for cancer.
William Kerr, Ph.D. Professor Transplant immunology and stem cell biology.	Vladimir Sirotkin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Mechanisms of the actin cytoskeleton assembly and role of myosin-1 during endocytosis in fission yeast.
Dilip Kittur, M.D. Professor Xenotransplantation, Endothelial cell dysfunction, Use of herbal products in transplant biology	Steven Taffet, Ph.D. Professor Regulation of intercellular communication in the heart, gene expression during macrophage activation
Barry Knox, Ph.D. Professor Visual transduction, Gene Expression, Membrane proteins	Christopher Turner, Ph.D. Professor Regulation of cell migration by focal adhesion adapter proteins and their role in cancer cell metastasis.
Mira Krendel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Physiological functions of myosin motors and their roles in diabetic kidney disease and cancer	Richard Veenstra, Ph.D. Professor Regulation of connexin-specific-gap-junctions; gap junction channel biophysics.
Andrzej Krol, Ph.D. Associate Professor Molecular and dynamic imaging. Image registration and fusion. Tomographic reconstruction. Ultrafast laser-based x-ray source. Brain deformation quantification between mutant and normal mouse.	Stephan Wilkens, Ph.D. Associate Professor Structure and Mechanism of Membrane Bound Transport Proteins
Stewart Loh, Ph.D. Professor Mechanism and kinetics of protein folding; protein-based molecular switches; protein engineering and design; structure and function of the p53 tumor suppressor.	Richard JH Wojcikiewicz, Ph.D. Professor Intracellular signaling via InsP3 receptors and the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway.
Kenneth Mann, Ph.D. Professor Micro-mechanics of implant interfaces; damage evolution of joint replacements and biomaterials; in vivo models of tumor osteolysis and prediction of fracture risk; general orthopedic biomechanics.

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Steven Goodman, PhD, Dean,
College of Graduate Studies,
Vice President for Research

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Steven L. Youngentob, PhD, Associate Dean,
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