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CSD Graduate Program
 

Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development

Faculty Members


CSD Faculty - Bruce Appel


Bruce Appel

Research Interest: Development and repair of the vertebrate nervous system
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Kristin Artinger


Kristin Artinger

Research Interest: Molecular, genetic and developmental mechanisms involved in the patterning of the early spinal cord (neural plate) during vertebrate embryogenesis


CSD Faculty - Vivek Balasubramaniam


Vivek Balasubramaniam

Research Interest: Pulmonary development and injury
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Linda Barlow


Linda Barlow

Research Interest: Developmental neurobiology; patterning and formation of sensory organs
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students



CSD Faculty - Brad Bendiak


Brad Bendiak

Research Interest: Structural analysis of protein glycosylation using NMR and mass spectrometry
 


CSD Faculty - Steve Britt


Steve Britt

Research Interest: Molecular genetics of eye development and vision
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Joseph Brzezinski


Joseph Brzezinski

Research Interest: Development of the mammalian retina
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - John Caldwell


John Caldwell

Research Interest: Functional regulation of ion channels in plasma membranes and Golgi membranes using electrophysiology and molecular biology
 


CSD Faculty - David Clouthier


David Clouthier

Research Interest: Signaling pathways regulating craniofacial and cardiovascular development
- Available for Rotations, Maybe Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Richard Davis

Richard Davis

Research Interest: Chromatin diminution as mechanism of gene regulation and soma/germline differentiation; Small RNAs and post-transcriptional gene regulation during nematode gametogenesis and early development
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Stijn De Langhe


Stijn De Langhe

Research Interest: Lung development and regeneration


CSD Faculty - Brian Doctor


Brian Doctor

Research Interest: Molecular interactions of actin cytoskeleton and membranes in mammalian hepatobiliary system
 


CSD Faculty - Tobias Eckle


Tobias Eckle

Research Interest: The role of circadian rhythm proteins in cellular adaptation to hypoxia and ischemia
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Holger Eltzschig


Holger Eltzschig

Research Interest: Center for Hypoxia and Ischemia Research (CHaIR)
- Available for Rotations


CSD Faculty - Thomas Evans


Tom Evans

Research Interest: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of early embryonic development in C. elegans using genetic and biochemical approaches
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Thomas Finger


Thomas Finger

Research Interest: Development and organization of taste and smell
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Jim Hagman


Jim Hagman

Research Interest: Regulation of B lymphocyte - specific transcription and differentiation


CSD Faculty - Joan Hooper


Joan Hooper

Research Interest: Cell determination, developmental patterning and hedgehog signaling in drosophila


CSD Faculty - Karen King


Karen King

Research Interest: Cellular response to mechanical loading in skeletal tissues; diabetes co-morbidity in orthopaedics
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Peter Koch


Peter Koch

Research Interest: Cell adhesion molecules in embryonic development and diseases
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Maranke Koster


Maranke Koster

Research Interest: Signaling pathways that control epidermal development and differentiation
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Amanda Law


Amanda Law

Research Interest: Molecular, cellular and genetic basis of neurodevelopmental mechanisms involved in risk for schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Shi-Long Lu


Shi-Long Lu

Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies for squamous cell carcinomas
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Wendy Macklin


Wendy Macklin

Research Interest: Oligodendrocyte development and disease
- Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Jim McManaman


Jim McManaman

Research Interest: Mechanisms of lipid droplet synthesis
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Michael McMurray


Michael McMurray

Research Interest: Mechanisms of assembly and inheritance of dynamic macromolecular structures: Higher-order septin assemblies in budding yeast
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Jeffrey Moore


Jeffrey Moore

Research Interest:  Molecular regulation of the microtubule network in cell division and disease
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Lee Niswander


Lee Niswander

Research Interest: Genetic mechanisms of limb, lung, and neural development
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Chad Pearson


Chad Pearson

Research Interest: Cell biology of the cytoskeleton: Centriole assembly and function
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Karl Pfenninger


Karl Pfenninger

Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of neurite growth and pathfinding; mechanisms involved in neurodevelopmental disorders
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Rytis Prekeris


Rytis Prekeris

Research Interest: The role of cell polarity during cell division, epithelial tissue morphogenesis and cancer cell metastasis
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Yosef Refaeli


Yosef Refaeli

Research Interest: The role of MYC in the regulation of hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal, proliferation, differentiation and survival
 


CSD Faculty - Tania Reis


Tânia Reis

Research Interest: The Genetic Basis of Obesity and Neuronal Control of Energy Balance in Drosophila melanogaster
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Diego Restrepo


Diego Restrepo

Research Interest: Olfactory signal transduction and olfactory sensory coding using electrophysiological, morphological and molecular techniques
- Available for Rotations


CSD Faculty - Jane Reusch


Jane Reusch

Research Interest: Diabetes mediated changes in cardiovascular gene expression and functional exercise capacity: molecular to clinical
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Mary Reyland


Mary Reyland

Research Interest: Role of protein kinase C in cell proliferation, apoptosis and cancer
- Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Susan Reynolds


Susan Reynolds

Research Interest: Lung stem cell function: roles for Wnt signaling
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Dennis Roop


Dennis Roop

Research Interest: Skin development and disease
- Available for Rotations


CSD Faculty - Pepper Schedin


Pepper Schedin

Research Interest: Stromal-epithelial interactions in mammary gland development, carcinogenesis and breast cancer prevention


CSD Faculty - Xiao-Jing Wang


Xiao-Jing Wang

Research Interest: TGFbeta signaling in cancer and skin development
- Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Trevor Williams


Trevor Williams

Research Interest: Gene expression, the control of mammalian development, and genetic models of human birth defects
- Available for Rotations, Taking Students


CSD Faculty - Virginia Winn


Virginia Winn

Research Interest: Human Placental Development, Preeclampsia Pathogenesis, Cytotrophoblast Invasion
- Available for Rotations, Maybe Taking Students


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