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CESAR
ARENAS-MENA, Ph.D., Universitat de Barcelona (1995). Assistant
Professor of Biology. Evolution of developmental processes.
Marine invertebrate embryos. Genomic regulatory networks.
SANFORD I. BERNSTEIN, Ph.D., Wesleyan University (1979).
Professor of Biology. Molecular analysis of gene expression
during Drosophila muscle development; molecular and ultrastructural
defects of Drosophila muscle mutants; function of muscle proteins
isoforms; mechanism of alternative RNA splicing.
RICHARD
BIZZOCO, Ph.D., Indiana University (1972). Professor of
Biology. Discovery/isolation of new Archaea; membrane fusion
in single cell algae.
ROGER
A. DAVIS, Ph.D., Washington State University (1971). Professor
of Biology. Gene therapy, molecular mechanisms of protein
secretion and molecular genetics of atherosclerosis.
KELLY
S. DORAN, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1998).
Assistant Professor of Biology. Pathogenesis of bacterial
meningitis. Molecular mechanisms of blood-brain barrier invasion
by Group B Streptococcus and characterization of
the host innate immune response. Role of bacterial pili in
disease progression. MS and PhD student mentor.
ROBERT EDWARDS,
Ph.D. University of Sussex, England (1994). Assistant Professor
of Computer Science. Annotation of microbial genomes; bioinformatics
of random community genomes (metagenomes).
RALPH FEUER,
Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno (1999). Assistant Professor
of Biology. Autoimmune diseases associated with a previous
viral infection. Mechanisms of enteroviral persistence and
pathogenesis. Susceptibility of stem cells to virus infection
and coxsackievirus-associated neonatal disease.
TERRENCE G. FREY,
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (1975). Professor of Biology.
Structure of biological macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies; membranes
and membrane proteins; bioenergetics; electron microscopy; image processing.
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PETER van der GEER,
Ph.D., University of Amsterdam (1993). Assistant Professor
of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Molecular, biological and biochemical
analysis of signal transduction by protein-tyrosine kinases.
CHRISTOPHER
GLEMBOTSKI, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
(1979). Associate Dean of the Graduate Division and Professor
of Biology. Regulation of cardiac-specific gene expression;
mechanisms of cardiac myocyte derived hormone secretion.
ROBERTA
A. GOTTLIEB, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine (1984). Professor of Biology, and Director of the
BioScience Center. Myocardial ischemia and programmed cell
death; mitochondrial alterations,bioenergetics, autophagy,
calpains; role of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in ischemia/reperfusion
injury; studies at the organismal, isolated organ, primary
cells, and molecular levels; live cell fluorescence microscopy,
TAT-mediated protein transduction.
GREG
L. HARRIS, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill (1981). Professor of Biology. Molecular and physiological
analysis of phototransduction in Drosophila; biophysical analysis
of ion channel function; isolation of neuron- specific genes.
TOM
HUXFORD, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (2001).
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Structural
biology of proteins and protein complexes involved in signaling
to NF-kappaB.
SCOTT
T. KELLEY, Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998). Assistant
Professor of Biology. Phylogenetic approaches to RNA structure
prediction, DNA and protein motif pattern recognition, and
genome sequence analysis. Molecular systematics studies of
insect and microbial communities.
DAVID A. LIPSON, Ph.D., University of
Colorado (1998). Assistant Professor of Biology. Soil microbial
ecology; plant-microbe interactions; biogeochemistry; linking
microbial diversity to ecosystem processes.
JOHN LOVE, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
(1998). Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Protein Engineering: Driving novel protein/protein associations
by computational and experimental design.
STANLEY
MALOY, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine (1981).
Dean, College of Sciences and Professor of Biology.
Research focuses on Salmonella, using a combination of genetic,
molecular, biochemical, and genomic approaches
to answer questions about general biological processes, and
questions that relate to the evolution of pathogenesis.
KATHLEEN
MCGUIRE, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School (1985). Professor of Biology. Interleukin 2 stimulation
of primary and HTLV-1 infected human T lymphocytes; Mimicking
natural products to develop novel cancer and immunosuppressive
drugs.
PAUL J. PAOLINI,
Ph.D., University of California, Davis (1968). Professor of Biology. Physiology
and mechanics of cardiac and skeletal muscle cells: biophysical methods,
including video-enhanced and automated light microscopy, optic diffractometry,
digital image analysis and x-ray microscopy; muscle cell ultrastructure;
computer applications to biological research.
JACQUES
PERRAULT, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1972).
Professor of Biology. Molecular genetics of eukaryotic RNA
viruses; gene expression in vesicular stomatitis virus and
measles virus; defective interfering virus particles and virus
persistence; evolution of RNA viruses. MS and PhD student
mentor.
FOREST ROHWER,
PhD. San Diego State University. (1997). Associate
Professor of Biology. Genomic analysis of marine phage, opportunistic
infections and coral disease, diversity of coral-associated
bacteria.
ROGER
A. SABBADINI, Ph.D., University of California, Davis (1974). Professor
of Biology. Functional biochemistry and structure of transverse tubules
and sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes isolated from striated muscle cells;
the role of protein kinases and lipid second messengers in modulating calcium
release channels; involvement of the sarcotubular membranes in skeletal
and heart disease.
THOMAS SCOTT, Ph.D.,
Duke University (1970). Vice President for Research, Graduate
and Research Affairs and Professor of Psychology. Neural coding
of taste activity and the neural bases of eating and reward,
using single neuron recording techniques to investigate the
nature of the neural code by which taste stimuli are identified
in rodents and primates.
ANCA
SEGALL, Ph.D., University of Utah (1987). Professor of
Biology. DNA recombination and chromosome structure.
WILLIAM
E. STUMPH, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1979).
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Regulation of transcription
in eukaryotic cells; characterization of genes encoding the
small nuclear RNAs U1, U2, and U4; identification and characterization
of cis-acting and trans-acting factors; sequence-specific
protein-DNA interactions and assembly of the transcriptional
complex.
MARK
A. SUSSMAN, Ph.D., University of Southern California (1989).
Professor of Biology. Mechanisms which regulate the assembly,
organization, and degeneration of myofibrils. In addition
to these studies of myofibril structure in the myocardium,
my research also extends to examination of focal adhesion
complex regulation, apoptotic signaling in heart failure,
and the potentiation of stem cells to retard cardiac aging.
MS and PhD student mentor.
CONSTANTINE
D. TSOUKAS, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
(1975). Professor of Biology. Proteins involved in differentiation
and function of lymphocytes with special emphasis on human
T-cells and thymocytes; use of monoclonal antibodies and hybridization
techniques to study T-cell development.
ELIZABETH
WATERS, Ph.D. Washington University (1993). Assistant
Professor of Biology. Plant evolution. The origin of Land
Plants. Molecular evolution
ROLAND
WOLKOWICZ, PhD. The Weizmann Institute of Science (1998).
Assistant Professor of Biology. Use of random peptide libraries
and other chemical genetics approaches for the study of viral
pathogenesis and the search of antiviral factors. Main focus
on HIV-1.
RICARDO M. ZAYAS, Ph.D. Tufts University (2003). Assistant
Professor of Biology. Stem cell biology. Molecular mechanisms
underlying regeneration of the nervous system in planarians.
Email.
ROBERT
W. ZELLER, , Ph.D., California Institute of Technology,
1995. Associate Professor of Biology. The developmental biology
of ascidians; the evolution of developmental gene regulatory
networks in primitive chordates.
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