Faculty
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Baker, Mary Ann Emeritus |
Understanding the neural and hormonal factors controlling body temperature in mammals expecially in conditions of heat, exercise and water stress. |
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Binder, Devin K. |
To apply new discoveries from the basic sciences of glial-neuronal interactions and neurophotonics to create new ways to diagnose and treat neurological diseases. |
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Byus, Craig V. | Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation, particularly as this process relates to cancer. |
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Carson, Monica | The role of microglia in the healthy and diseased central nervous system. |
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Defea, Kathryn |
Signaling by protease activated receptors and beta-arrestin-dependent regulation of actin dynamics. |
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Ethell, Iryna | Molecular and cellular mechanisms of synapse development and plasticity. |
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Johnson, David A. | The development and the use of quantitative fluorescence spectroscopic methods to understand at a molecular level how drugs and proteins work. |
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Lo, David |
Study of the basic developmental biology of mucosal immune tissue, CD4 T cell homeostatic regulation, and the role of relB in the regulation of NF-kappaB activity and cellular differentiation. |
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Luben, Richard A. Emeritus |
Studies of hormone responsiveness in bone cells. Signal transduction mechanisms in bone and connective tissue. Gene expression in bone cells. Effects of electromagnetic fields on hormone responses. |
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Lytle, Christian Y. | Gastrointestinal fluid and electrolyte transport in health and disease. |
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Norman, Anthony W. Emeritus |
Mechanism of action of steroid hormones, in particular, cholecalciferol (vitamin D); calcium and phosphorus homeostasis; molecular endocrinology. |
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Quinton, Paul | Abnormalities of fluid transport expressed in the genetic disease, cystic fibrosis. |
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Schiller, Neal L. | Analysis of the microbial physiology, genetics, immunobiology and pathogenesis of several bacterial agents. |
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Shyy, John | To elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which fluid shear stress and mechanical stretch activate gene expression in cells in the cardiovascular system. |
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Stemerman, Michael B. Emeritus |
Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of atherosclerosis. |
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Straus, Daniel S. | Molecular mechanisms for regulation of mammalian gene expression. |
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Walker, Ameae | Cancer-promoting effects of prolactin. Role of milk T cells in the development of offspring thymocytes. |
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Wilson, Emma | Mechanism of inflammation in the CNS. |
