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Cell Biology and BiochemistryJohn Cox, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular Sciences, jcox@uthsc.edu Secondary Appointments: Cancer Biology and Developmental Biology Regulation of the endocytosis and intracellular trafficking of membrane
Secondary Appointments: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling Adipokine release by adipose tissue from obese humans.
Secondary Appointments: Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics Molecular structure and physiological function of ion channels.
Secondary Appointments: Cancer Biology and Developmental Biology
Secondary Appointments: Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Physiology Second messenger signalling pathways in the heart.
Secondary Appointments: Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics Mechanism of eukaryotic transcriptional regulation.
Secondary Appointments: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling Biochemical pathways in cytokine receptor signal transduction; Roles of the Jak family of kinases and the Stat family of transcription factors.
Secondary Appointments: Microbial Pathogenesis, Immunology and Inflammation Roles of phospholipid synthesis in cellular functions; Regulation of coenzyme A as a determinant of metabolic switching.
Secondary Appointments: N/A The molecular basis of cell adhesion and cell growth facilitated by cell surface integrins and tetraspanins Leonard Johnson, Ph.D., Thomas A. Gerwin Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physiology, ljohn@physio1.uthsc.edu Secondary Appointments: Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Physiology The role of polyamines in growth and migration of intestinal epithelial cells.
Secondary Appointment: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling Abbas Kitabchi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Medicine, akitabchi@uthsc.edu Secondary Appointments: Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Physiology Role of hyperglycemia on oxidative stress and signal transduction in T lymphocytes.
Secondary Appointments: Cancer Biology and Developmental Biology Kinetochore and cell cycle progression.
Protein-protein interactions that regulate Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) function.
Secondary Appointments: Cancer Biology and Developmental Biology Bone formation, calcification and mechanisms to regulate bone mass.
Secondary Appointment: Cancer and Developmental Biology Contribution of the RNAi pathway in promoting genomic stability by establishing and propagating centromeric heterochromatin.
Secondary Appointments: Cancer Biology and Developmental Biology Role of matrix metalloproteinases in glioma and arthritis; Targeting glioma by anti-MMP inhibitors.
Secondary Appointments: Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Physiology Role of eicosanoids in vessel wall remodeling; Role of NFATs in vessel wall remodeling.
Secondary Appointments: Cancer Biology and Developmental Biology Regulation of epithelial tight junctions by signal transduction and cytoskeleton.
Secondary Appointment: Molecular, Cellular and Systems Physiology Role of ABC transporters in response to chemotherapy, Biological function of ABC transporters and Regulation of ABC transporters Brenda Schulman, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Dept. of Structural Biology and Genetics/Tumor Cell Biology, brenda.schulman@stjude.org Secondary Appointment: Genetics, Functioanl Genomics, and Proteomics Molecular basis for posttranslational modification by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins.
Secondary Appointments: Neuroscience Molecular determinants of D2 Dopamine Receptor/G protein specificity.
Secondary Appointments: Cancer Biology and Developmental Biology Solomon Solomon, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Medicine, ssolomon@uthsc.edu Secondary Appointments: Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics Pathogenessis of diabetic ketoacidosis; Mechanisms of insulin action in reversing the DKA.
Secondary Appointments: Microbial Pathogenesis, Immunology and Inflammation TCR:CD3 cell biology, signal transduction and function; Regulation of T cell function and homeostasis; T cell specificity and function in type 1 diabetes.
Secondary Appointments: Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics Structural studies by X-ray crystallography on biological macromolecules with emphasis on fatty acid synthesis, protein-DNA and protein-RNA interactions, and structure-assisted drug design
Secondary Appointments: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling Structural biology of the Wnt signaling pathway; Molecular basis of focal adhesion kinase. Revised 18 August 2008 |
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