| Faculty | Research | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Arteaga, Carlos | Signal transduction in mammary development/transformation and breast cancer progression | Medicine |
| Aune, Thomas | Molecular mechanisms regulating interferon gamma gene transcription and the role of gene copy number variation in diabetes | Medicine |
| Blind, Ray | Regulation of transcription and metabolism by nuclear receptors | Medicine |
| Boothby, Mark | How immunity is influenced by signaling and gene regulation by transcription factors, chromatin modifications, & epigenetic mechanisms | Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology |
| Carter, Bruce | Molecular mechanisms of neurotrophin signaling | Biochemistry |
| Cherrington, Alan | Hormonal regulation of liver metabolism |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Colbran, Roger | Structure, function and subcellular targeting of Ca2+/calmodulindependent protein kinase II in health and disease | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Emeson, Ronald | Molecular regulation of RNA editing | Pharmacology |
| Galli, Aurelio | Trafficking and biophysics of neurotransmitter transporters with an emphasis on regulation of dopamine signaling by insulin and the connection with obesity | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Gannon, Maureen | Molecular and cell biology of pancreas development and function | Medicine |
| Hamm, Heidi | Structure, function and interactions of G-protein coupled receptors and molecular mechanisms of signal transduction | Pharmacology |
| Harris, Raymond | Role of cycylooxygenase-2 in renal development and function; role of growth factors in recovery from acute renal injury; role of reninangiotensin system in regulation of epithelial cell function | Medicine |
| Hasty, Alyssa | The molecular mechanisms whereby obesity-related increases in adipose tissue macrophages lead to inflammation and insulin resistancee | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Jacobson, David | The regulation of islet electrical activity by CaV channel phosphorylation & the modulation of islet membrane potential by K2P potassium channels | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Karakas, Erkan | Structural Biology of Calcium Signaling and Transport through Biological Membranes | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Lee, Ethan | Understanding the basic mechanism by which a Wnt signal is propagated and how this information can be used in regenerative medicine and in the treatment of obesity and cancer | Cell and Developmental Biology |
| Magnuson, Mark | New therapies for type 1 diabetes thorough the reprogramming, regeneration and replacement of pancreatic beta cells | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Matusik, Robert | Androgen regulation of gene expression | Urologic Surgery |
| McGuinness, Owen | Regulation of metabolic responses to inflammation: Interaction with nutrition | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Niswender, Kevin |
The connection between hormone action in the central nervous system and obesity |
Medicine |
| O'Brien, Richard | Regulation of insulin secretion and glucose metabolism by G6PC2 and ZnT8 | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Powers, Alvin | Pancreatic islet biology, specifically studies on vascularization, development and imaging and the potential for regeneration as a cure for type 1 diabetes | Medicine |
| Stafford, John | The regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism and the molecular changes associated with diabetes | Medicine |
| Stein, Roland | Identification of transcriptional factors controlling the expression of Pdx-1 and MafA and their influence on beta cell formation and function | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Sweatt, David | Effect of obesity on epigenetic mechanisms controlling learning and memory | Pharmacology |
| Venters, Bryan | Gene regulatory mechanisms governing erythropoietin-induced terminal erythroid differentiation | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Wadzinski, Brian | Structure, function, & regulation of protein serine/threonine phosphatases | Pharmacology |
| Wasserman, David | Defining mechanisms that control muscle glucose uptake in normal physiology, in insulin resistant states and during exercise | Pharmacology |
| Weil, P. Anthony | Molecular mechanisms of transcriptional regulation | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Winder, Danny | Regulation of feeding behavior and obesity by glutamatergic synaptic transmission | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Wright, Christopher | Understanding molecular mechanisms controlling the embryonic development of pancreatic islets | Cell and Developmental Biology |