Research Interests

Below are a few of the research interests in the Department of Pathology. For more complete information see individual faculty listings.

  • Growth factors and proteinases regulating cellular growth and differentiation
  • Role of genes and gene products in breast, prostate, and salivary gland cancers
  • Medical automation, robotics and artificial intelligence in managing the laboratory
  • Defining conditions for RBC, platelet and progenitor cell collection and preservation
  • Biology of cancer-associated molecules such as the metastasis suppressor KAI I
  • Alterations in genetic markers or specific genes that may be used as markers of diagnosis and/or prognosis for patients with cancer
  • Mechanisms of glial neoplastic transformation
  • Mechanisms of megakaryocytic differentiation
  • Biochemistry and molecular biology of surface hydrophobic protein expression of medically important fungi, especially Candida
  • Structure-function relation in recognition of self peptide by T and B cells