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Faculty participating in the Cellular & Molecular Biosciences Program
- Bogi Andersen, bogi@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Transcriptional regulation in the developmental biology of epidermis and mammary gland
- Hoda Anton-Culver, hantoncu@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Cancer and genetic epidemiology, statistical and molecular genetics, medical informatics
- Ruslan Aphasizhev, ruslan@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Molecular biology of trypanosome RNA editing and template-independent nucleotide recognition and transfer
- Kavita Arora, karora@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Drosophila development; TGF-b signal transduction; cell signaling
- Dana W. Aswad, dwaswad@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Regulation of protein function by covalent modification
- Kenneth M. Baldwin, kmbaldwi@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Activity and hormonal factors regulating striated muscle plasticity
- Alan G. Barbour, abarbour@uci.edu, M.D., Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Infectious Diseases
Molecular pathogenesis and immunology of vector-borne infections
- Lee Bardwell, bardwell@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
Intracellular signalling in development and disease
- Hans Ulrich Bernard, hbernard@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Gene expression of papillomaviruses; progression of cervical cancer
- Michael W. Berns, mwberns@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology and Surgery
Laser microsurgery of cells, embryos, and tissues
- Bruce Blumberg, blumberg@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
Gene regulation by nuclear hormone receptors in vertebrate development and adult physiology
- Emiliana Borrelli, borrelli@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Pharmacology
Dopaminergic system, with particular focus on dopamine D2 receptors
- Peter J. Bryant, pjbryant@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Tumor-suppressor genes of Drosophila and humans
- Susan V. Bryant, svbryant@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Molecular basis of limb development and regeneration
- Michael J. Buchmeier, m.buchmeier@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Medicine
Viral biology and pathogenesis, structural and functional proteomics of viruses, and biodefense related pathobiology
- Michael D. Cahalan, mcahalan@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Ion channels in the nervous and immune systems
- Vincent Caiozzo, vjcaiozz@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Skeletal muscle adaptation, sarcomeric proteins, contractile properties, rehabilitation
- Paolo Casali, pcasali@uci.edu, M.D., Donald L. Bren Professor of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry & Medicine
Human immune response to cancer and viral diseases
- Jefferson Y. Chan, jchan@uci.edu, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology
Regulation of genes associated with oxidative stress
- K. George Chandy, gchandy@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Molecular biology and structure of ion channels; novel therapeutic agents
- Phang Lang Chen, plchen@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
Critical role of tumor suppressor genes in the genesis and progression of cancer
- Ken W.-Y. Cho, kwcho@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Molecular mechanisms of axis specification in Xenopus
- Olivier Cinquin, olivier.cinquin@uci.edu , Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Stem Systems biology of cell differentiation
- Olivier Civelli, ocivelli@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Developmental & Cell Biology
Molecular neurobiology, G protein-coupled receptors, peptide neurotransmitters
- Melanie Cocco, mcocco@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
NMR spectroscopy, DNA-binding proteins, membrane proteins, cancer
- Xing Dai, xdai@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Role of the regulatory proteins Ovo in germ cell and epidermal differentiation
- Michael Demetriou, mdemetri@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Molecular biology and glycobiology of T cell dysfunction in autoimmune demyelinating disease
- Peter Donovan, pdonovan@uci.edu, Ph.D., Co-Director, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center Department of Biological Chemistry, Department of Developmental & Cell Biology
Molecular genetics of germ cell and stem cell development
- Aimee Edinger, aedinger@uci.edu, VM.D./Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
Apoptosis, cancer, intracellular trafficking
- Robert Edwards, redwards@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology
Development of colitis and colon cancer using a G-protein mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease
- Hung Fan, hyfan@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Molecular biology and pathogenesis of mouse and human retroviruses
- Mark J. Fisher, mfisher@uci.edu, M.D., Professor and Chair of Neurology, Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Mechanisms of cerebrovascular stroke
- Lisa Flanagan, lflanaga@uci.edu, Ph.D, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Pathology
Neural stem proliferation, differentiation, and neurogenesis
- John Fruehauf, jfruehau@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Mechanisms of drug action and resistance as related to cancer treatments
- David A. Fruman, dfruman@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Signal transduction in lymphocytes
- Anand Ganesan, aganesan@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Identify the key molecular regulators of melanin production, melanoma cell survival, and melanoma chemoresistance in human cells
- David Gardiner, dmgardin@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Limb regeneration, stem cells, and toxicology
- J. Jay Gargus, jjgargus@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and Pediatrics
Molecular analysis of membrane signaling proteins
- Paul Gershon, pgershon@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
mRNA transcription and modification
- Charles G. Glabe, cglabe@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Amyloid Ab peptide in Alzheimer's pathogenesis; gamete recognition
- Alan L. Goldin, agoldin@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Molecular analysis of ion channel function
- Celia Goulding, celia.goulding@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Structural and biochemical studies of molecular assemblies in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Steven Gross, sgross@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Laser tweezers; in vivo study of molecular motors
- Harry T. Haigler, hhaigler@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Growth factor signal transduction; annexin calcium-binding proteins
- James E. Hall, jhall@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Biophysics of membrane channels
- Klemens Hertel, khertel@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Regulation of gene expression by alternative splicing
- Todd Holmes, tholmes@uci.edu, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Human neurodegenerative disease mechanisms in transgenic animals
- Lan Huang, lanhuang@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and Development & Cell Biology
Proteomics/mass spectrometry, signaling networks, posttranslational modifications, biomarkers in cancer
- Taosheng Huang, huangts@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Medicine
Molecular basis of genetic diseases in human
- Christopher C.W. Hughes, cchughes@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Molecular biology of developmental and tumor angiogenesis
- Anthony A. James, aajames@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Malaria parasite development; genetic manipulation of insect vectors
- Frances A. Jurnak, jurnak@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Macromolecular crystallography of biological systems
- Peter Kaiser, pkaiser@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Cell cycle control; regulation of proteins by ubiquitination
- John J. Krolewski, jkrolews@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Biological Chemistry
Cell signaling mechanisms regulating proliferation and apoptosis
- Arthur D. Lander, adlander@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology and Pharmacology
Mechanisms of growth factor action; extracellular matrix; developmental neurobiology; systems biology
- Thomas Lane, tlane@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Viral immunology
- Janos K. Lanyi, jklanyi@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Structure and function in bacterial rhodopsins
- Eva Y.-H. P. Lee, elee@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry and Developmental & Cell Biology
Cell cycle checkpoint pathways and molecular genetic studies of breast cancer using mouse models
- Wen-Hwa Lee, whlee@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Department of Biological Chemistry
Tumor-suppressor genes and why the repair mechanisms for DNA can fail and cause subsequent accumulations of cancer-promoting mutations
- Robert Leonard, rleonard@uci.edu, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor or Anatomy and Neurobiology
Clinical anatomy education
- Leonid Lerner, llerner@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Molecular Biology
Pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies for management of degenerative and age related diseases affecting vision
- Frances M. Leslie, fmleslie@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Anatomy & Neurobiology
Pharmacology of drugs of abuse and developmental neuropharmacology
- Ellis Levin, elevin@uci.edu, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Estrogen receptor and its effects on the biology of estrogen action
- Haoping Liu, h4liu@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry
MAP kinase signal transduction; dimorphic regulation in yeast
- Leslie Locke, llock@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Human and mouse pluripotent stem cells in development and disease
- Melissa Lodoen, mlodoen@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Immune evasion by Toxoplasma gondii
- Ulrike Luderer, uluderer@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine and Developmental & Cell Biology
Regulation of glutathione synthesis and its roles in ovarian follicular development
- Hartmut "Hudel" Luecke, hudel@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Biochemistry and macromolecular crystallography of membrane proteins
- Ray Luo, rluo@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Computational biology, protein structure prediction and folding mechanisms, protein-protein interactions
- Andrej Luptak, aluptak@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry
RNA biology and chemistry
- Grant MacGregor, gmacg@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology
Gametogenesis in the mouse
- J. Lawrence Marsh, jlmarsh@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Molecular genetics of development in Drosophila and humans
- Rachel Martin, rachel.martin@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Solid state NMR, protein structure, membrane proteins, physical chemistry, chemical biology
- Alexander McPherson, amcphers@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular structure of biological materials
- Dan Mercola, dmercola@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology
Translational research in prostatic cancer
- Ronald L. Meyer, rlmeyer@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Development of nerve connections, nerve injury and regeneration
- Frank Meyskens, flmeyske@uci.edu, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Effects of oxidative stress on gene expression; cancer chemoprevention
- Edwin S. Monuki, emonuki@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology
Cerebral cortex development and disease
- Naomi Morrissette, nmorrriss@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Genetic, cell biological and structure-function studies of tubulin and microbutules in Apicomplexan parasites
- R. Michael Mulligan, rmmullig@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
RNA editing in plant mitochondria and chloroplast
- Edward L. Nelson, enelson@uci.edu, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Tumor immunology, dendritic cell biology, and anti-tumor immunotherapeutics
- Diane K. O'Dowd, dkodowd@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology and Anatomy & Neurobiology
Electrical excitability and synaptic connectivity during development
- Daniele Piomelli, piomelli@uci.edu, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Department of Biological Chemistry, Louise Turner Arnold Chair in the Neurosciences, Center for Drug Discovery
Function of lipid-derived messengers, development of therapeutic agents that target anandamide and 2-arachidonylglycerol metabolism.
- Thomas L. Poulos, poulos@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Physiology & Biophysics
Protein engineering and crystallography
- Manuela Raffatellu, manuelar@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Rainer K. Reinscheid, rreinsch@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
GPCRs involved in stress, emotional behavior, sleep and wakefulness, and memory functions
- Markus Ribbe, mribbe@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Fundamental biochemical processes in microbial systems
- W. Edward Robinson, ewrobins@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Lentivirus (HIV and SIV) integration, replication, and pathogenesis
- Ingrid K. Ruf, iruf@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Molecular mechanisms of Epstein-Barr Virus latency and pathogenesis
- Suzanne B. Sandmeyer, sbsandme@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry
Molecular genetics of a position-specific yeast retrovirus-like element
- Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin, rmsandri@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Regulatory functions of a post-transcriptionally acting herpes virus protein
- Paolo Sassone-Corsi, psc@uci.edu, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
Mechanisms of signal transduction able to modulate nuclear functions and, in particular gene expression, chromatin remodeling and epigenetic control
- Tom Schilling, tschilli@uci.edu, Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Skeletal and neural patterning; mutational analysis and molecular genetics in the zebrafish
- Bert L. Semler, blsemler@uci.edu, Ph.D, Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Replication of picornavirus RNAs; RNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
- Donald F. Senear, dfsenear@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Interactions of proteins and DNA in transcriptional regulation
- Yongsheng Shi, yongshes@uci.edu,
The mechanisms and regulation of mRNA processing, including splicing and polyadenylation, on a systems level
- Martin A. Smith, masmith@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Anotomy and Neurobiology
Synaptogenesis: regulation of gene expression and RNA splicing
- Ivan Soltesz, isoltesz@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Physiology & Biophysics
Function and modulation of synaptic GABAA receptor
- Eric J. Stanbridge, ejstanbr@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes in human cancer
- Robert E. Steele, resteele@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry,
Molecular biology of Hydra development
- Christine Suetterlin, suetterc@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Golgi dynamics during mitosis, sumoylation
- Ming Tan, mingt@uci.edu, M.D./Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Infectious Diseases
Gene expression and pathogenesis in Chlamydia trachomatis
- Andrea J. Tenner, atenner@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Molecular basis of modulation of human leukocyte function; Alzheimer's disease
- Leslie M. Thompson, lmthomps@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biological Chemistry, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior
Molecular and biochemical mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and therapeutic approaches to human neurodegenerative disease
- Francesco Tombola, ftombola@uci.edu, Ph.D, Assistant Professor Physiology & Biophysics
Electrical and chemical sensing in excitable cells, VSD-containing ion channels and enzymes
- Sheryl Tsai, sctsai@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Drug design and crystallography of protein complexes
- Larry E. Vickery, lvickery@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular chaperones and protein folding
- Luis P. Villarreal, lpvillar@uci.edu, Ph.D, Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Tissue-specific viral and cellular gene expression; viral vectors
- Doug Wallace, dwallace@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Human mitochondrial genetics and molecular medicine
- Craig Walsh, cwalsh@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Apoptotic mechanisms in immune development and homeostasis
- Ping Wang, phwang@uci.edu, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Biological Chemistry and Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular hormone actions in the normal and diseased heart
- Rahul Warrior, rwarrior@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Development & Cell Biology
Nuclear migration in development and disease; Transcriptional response to growth factor signaling
- Marian L. Waterman, mlwaterm@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Regulation of gene expression in development and cancer
- Steven L. Wechsler, wechsler@uci.edu, Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology Research and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Herpes simplex virus latency, reactivation and recurrent disease
- Gregory Weiss, gweiss@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Bioorganic chemistry, chemical biology, protein engineering, molecular biology and biochemistry
- Stephen H. White, shwhite@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Protein folding in membranes
- Tau-Mu Yi, tmy@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
G-protein signal transduction; cell polarization; Systems Biology
- Kyoko Yokomori, kyokomor@uci.edu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry,
Chromatin Structure Regulation in Human ES Cells
Gene expression and chromatin structure
- Yi-Hong Zhou, yihongz@uci.edu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, and Biological Chemistry, Genetics and biology of brain cancer
- Albert Zlotnick, azlotnik@uci.edu, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Chemokines, cancer metastasis, gene array analysis of human diseases and bioinformatics in immunology
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