Cell Signaling Program Members

David L. Brautigan, Ph.D., Program Leader

Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Internal Medicine and Director, Center for Cell Signaling

Protein Phosphatases and Phosphorylation in Cell Signaling

Amy H. Bouton, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Microbiology

Protein tyrosine kinases in the regulation of growth control and pathogenesis

J. David Castle, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Molecular and cellular analysis of protein sorting and membrane trafficking

Jason J. Chruma, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry 

The development of selective molecular alternatives toward the treatment of viral infections, as well as medical crises currently addressed primarily by invasive surgical intervention 

Jeffrey Corwin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Otolaryngology and Neurosciences

Regulation of epithelia growth and differentiation 

Carl E. Creutz, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Calcium-dependent membrane-binding proteins and exocytosis

Janet V. Cross, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention and Anti-Inflammatory Benefits of Dietary Nutrient Compounds

Cassandra L. Fraser, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Synthesis and biomedical applications of polymeric metal complexes

Zheng "John" Fu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology

 

James C. Garrison, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology

Mechanisms of hormone receptor signal transduction by G proteins

H. Mario Geysen, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Combinatorial Chemistry. Synthesis, Screening, Analysis

Erik L. Hewlett, M.D.

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine & Pharmacology

Structure and function of bacterial toxins as probes of cell signaling

Kevin A. Janes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Our group develops experimental and computational techniques for quantitatively monitoring signaling networks as they become activated by diverse stimuli and perturbations.

Andrei V. Khokhlatchev, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

Signaling in the Ras pathway regulating growth and apoptosis

Keith G. Kozminski, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Biology and Cell Biology

Regulation of polarized morphogenesis by small G proteins

Deborah A. Lannigan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology

MAP and RSK kinases, estrogen receptor and drug discovery

Jeh-Ping (Serena) Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

FGFs, Hox genes and cell differentiation

Xiaowei Lu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Cell Biology 

Developmental regulation of planar cell polarity in the mammalian nervous system

Kevin R. Lynch, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Molecular pharmacology of lipid mediators and their receptors

Ian G. Macara, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Microbiology

Small GTPases in nuclear transport and cell polarity

Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Synthetic organic and bioorganic medicinal chemistry

Jun Mi, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

 

Roy C. Ogle, Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Plastic Surgery

Receptors for FGF in morphogenesis and development

Mark D. Okusa, M.D.

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Alpha2-adrenergic receptors in regeneration and carcinogenesis

Jason A. Papin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Systems biology, infectious disease, cancer

Sarah J. Parsons, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Microbiology

The Src proto-oncogene and EGF Receptor in breast and prostate cancer

K. Kevin Pfister, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Structure, function and regulation of unidirectional microtubule based motor proteins

David Rekosh, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Microbiology
Director, Thaler Center for HIV and Human Retrovirus Research.

Functions of HIV accessory genes

Julianne J. Sando, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Protein Kinase C in control of gene expression, growth and differentiation

Jill Slack-Davis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology

Cell-cell signaling in ovarian cancer

Thomas W. Sturgill, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Pharmacology.

Signaling through the MAP kinase pathway

Dennis J. Templeton, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology

Mechanisms of physical stress and inflammatory cytokine signaling

Scott Vande Pol, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology

Papillomavirus oncoproteins and the development of cancer

Michael J. Weber, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Microbiology
Director, Cancer Center

Signal transduction by serine/threonine kinases

Member list current as of October 2008