Cell Signaling/Signal Transduction Faculty
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Paula  Q.  Barrett,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Regulation of low-voltage activated T-type Ca2+ channel activity by kinases and heterotrimeric G-proteins and their roles in physiological responses.
Douglas  A.  Bayliss,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor and Chair of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Neuromodulation in Central Neurons
James  P.  Bennett,  Jr.,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Neurology

Research Interests:
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Brett  R.  Blackman,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:
Endothelial Cell Signaling, Mechanotransduction 2. Vascular remodeling and cardiovascular disease 3. Mechanobiology - Cellular transduction pathways sensitive to the biomechanical environment
Amy  H.  Bouton,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Signaling Pathways that Regulate Tumor Growth, Metastasis, and Response to Anticancer Agents; Adhesion Signaling In Macrophages; Bacteria-Host Cell Interactions
Thomas  J.  Braciale,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pathology

Research Interests:
T Lymphocyte Responses To Virus Infection
David  L.  Brautigan,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Protein Ser/Thr Phosphatases in Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle
J.  David  Castle,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Regulation of Membrane Recycling and Protein Secretion
Steven  M.  Cohn,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Research Interests:
Communication between the Immune System and Epithelium in Chronic Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases.
James  C.  Garrison,  II,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Role of the G protein &alpha and &beta&gamma Subunits in Cell Signaling
Adam  N.  Goldfarb,  M.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology

Research Interests:
Hematopathology and Understanding the Molecular Basis of Hematopoiesis and Leukemogenesis
R.  Ariel  Gomez,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pediatrics

Research Interests:
Ontogeny of renin-angiotensis system, differentiation of the JG cell.
Richard  L.  Guerrant,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and International Health

Research Interests:
Recognition, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Impact, Treatment and Prevention of Enteric Infections; Global Health and Tropical Infectious Diseases
Barry  M.  Gumbiner,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor and Chair of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Cell Adhesion and Morphogenesis; Wnt Signaling; Cadherins and Catenins; Development and Cancer
Marie-Louise  Hammarskjold,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Post Transcriptional Gene Regulation and the Molecular Biology of Human Retroviruses
Catherine  C. "Lynn"  Hedrick,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Research Interests:
Atherogenesis; hyperglycemia and insulin resistance
Erik  L.  Hewlett,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and International Health

Research Interests:
Structure and Function of Bacterial Toxins: Roles in Microbial Pathogenesis and Uses in Biomedical Research
Alan  F. "Rick"  Horwitz,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Synapse Formation and Cell Migration in Normal and Pathobiology-Adhesion, Signaling, Imaging and Proteomics
Donald  F.  Hunt,  Ph.D.    [more information]
University Professor of Chemistry

Research Interests:
Analytical Biochemistry
Isa  M.  Hussaini,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology

Research Interests:
The Roles of PKC-eta and LRP in Glioblastoma Invasive Growth
Brant  Isakson,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Research Interests:
Intercellular communication in normal and disease state vasculature.
Keith  G.  Kozminski,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biology

Research Interests:
Regulation of Polarized Morphogenesis by Small G Proteins
Victor  E.  Laubach,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Research of Surgery

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Compensatory Lung Growth and Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Norbert  Leitinger,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Role of lipid oxidation products in inflammation and vascular immunology in atherosclerosis and diabetes.
Joel  M.  Linden,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor and Vice Chairman of Research of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Interests:
Adenosine Signaling in Inflammation and Diabetes
Ulrike  M.  Lorenz,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Involvement of the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in signal transduction pathways
Kevin  R.  Lynch,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Molecular Pharmacology of Lysophospholipid Mediators
Ian  G.  Macara,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Cell Polarity Establishment and Nuclear Transport
Barbara  J.  Mann,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and International Health

Research Interests:
Pathogenicity of Francisella tularensis and the human parasite Entamoeba histolytica, vaccines
Coleen  A.  McNamara,  M.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Interests:
Role of Id3 and Id3a in Regulating the Smooth Muscle Cell Response to Vascular Injury Gene Delivery
Christopher  A.  Moskaluk,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology

Research Interests:
Molecular pathogenesis and genomic analysis of human cancers
Robert  K.  Nakamoto,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Research Interests:
Structure-Function of Active Transporters
Jason  A.  Papin,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:
Systems biology, infectious disease, cancer
Bryce  M.  Paschal,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Research Interests:
Nuclear Transport, Signaling, and Cancer
Lucy  F.  Pemberton,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Nuclear Transport in Chromatin Assembly and Transcriptional Regulation
Edward  Perez-Reyes,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Molecular Pharmacology of Voltage-gated Calcium Channels
Kodi  S.  Ravichandran,  B.V.Sc., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Intracecellular signaling in lymphocytes and phagocytes
Julianne  J.  Sando,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Anesthesiology

Research Interests:
Structure and Activation of Protein Kinase C (PKC) Isozymes and Roles of PKCs in Signal Transaduction
W.  Michael  Scheld,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and International Health

Research Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, sepsis/septic shock, adenosine receptors, inflammation, innate immunity, anthrax, vaccines
Martin  A.  Schwartz,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology

Research Interests:
Integrin Signaling and Its Relevance to Mechanotransduction, Cancer and Vascular Disease
Weibin  Shi,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Radiology

Research Interests:
Cellular and genetic determinants of atherosclerosis and restenosis.
Margaret  A.  Shupnik,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Research Interests:
Hypothalamic peptide and steroid regulation of pituitary gene transcription; Estrogen action in neuroendocrine and reproductive tissues; Estrogen action in breast cancer
Corinne  M.  Silva,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Research Interests:
STAT5b signaling in tyrosine kinase-dependent and anti-estrogen resistant breast cancers
Avril  V.  Somlyo,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

Research Interests:
Signaling pathways that regulate contractility in smooth muscle tissues and migrating cells in normal and disease states such an coronary artery disease, asthma and hypertension. Structure function studies of the intercalated disk in the heart.
P.  Todd  Stukenberg,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of mitotic regulation
Thomas  W.  Sturgill,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Regulation of MAP Kinase Activity
Dan  Theodorescu,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Urology

Research Interests:
Cell Signaling in Tumor Invasion and Metastasis, Metastasis Suppressor genes, Biomarkers, Translational Research in Prostate and Bladder Cancer.
Christine  I.  Thisse,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Patterning of the zebrafish embryo
Jeremy  B.  Tuttle,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Neuroscience

Research Interests:
Neurodegenerative and Aging Dysfunction at the Cellular Level
Brian  R.  Wamhoff,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Interests:
Atherosclerosis/Restenosis; Excitation Transcription Coupling; Biomedical Models of Vascular Disease.
Judith  M.  White,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Virus Entry Into Cells; ADAMs in Early Development
David  Wotton,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Research Interests:
Regulation of Gene Expression and Development by Transcriptional Repressors
Jing  Yu,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology

Research Interests:
Mammalian kidney development
J.  Julius  Zhu,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Mental Retardation