Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
PRIMARY FACULTY
Michele A. Battle, PhD
Transcriptional control of liver and gut development and physiology
Joseph C. Besharse, PhD (Department Chairman)
Cellular and molecular basis of circadian rhythmicity; the cellular basis of membrane turnover in retinal photoreceptors
David L. Bolender, PhD
Tissue interactions in embryonic heart development/curriculum development
Lisa Ann Cirillo, PhD
Molecular mechanisms underlying liver development and function, with a particular focus on the role played chromatin structure in the transcriptional regulation of liver genes
Stephen A. Duncan, D Phil (Department Vice-Chairman)
Molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian development
Allison D. Ebert, PhD
neurodegenerative diseases, both understanding the molecular basis for the disease progression and finding effective experimental therapies
Nashaat Gerges, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity
Todd M. Hoagland, PhD
Medical education, Clinical anatomy, Gross anatomy and Instructional methodology
Milan Joksimovic, PhD
Molecular mechanisms governing development of the mammalian central nervous system
Gary L. Kolesari, MD, PhD
Mechanisms of action responsible for cardiovascular birth defects
Beth B. Krippendorf, PhD
Comprehensive teaching in Clinical Human Anatomy, Cell and Tissue Biology and Integrated Medical Neuroscience
Brian Link, PhD
Genetics and cell biology of ocular development and disease
John W. Lough, PhD
Cell and molecular biology of early heart development
Danny A. Riley, PhD
The effects of actual and simulated spaceflight unloading on neuromuscular structure and function and understanding vibration injury of tissues
Michael Schellpfeffer, MD, MS
Obstetrics and Gynecology
D.J. Sidjanin, PhD
Molecular genetics of hereditary eye diseases
Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD
Molecules that sense touch and pain
Marvin Wagner, MD
Human anatomy with special reference to segmental anatomy and its applications to clinical medicine
Margaret Wong-Riley, PhD
Coupling of neuronal activity and energy metabolism at the cellular and molecular levels. Critical period of neurochemical and metabolic development in brain stem respiratory neurons. Photobiomodulation of neurons functionally inactivated by toxins
SECONDARY FACULTY
Arshak R. Alexanian, PhD, VMD
Stem cell plasticity and regeneration of the central nervous system
Janice M. Burke, PhD
Morphogenesis and cellular aging of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)
Joseph Carroll, PhD
High-resolution retinal imaging & structure-function relationships in the human retina
Edgar DeYoe, PhD
Functional neuroimaging (FMRI) of brain systems responsible for sensory perception, especially vision, and brain-related sensory pathology
Carol Everson, PhD
The physical health effects of sleep deprivation with a focus on neuroendocrine and immune systems
Aleksandra Glavaski-Joksimovic, PhD
Therapeutic potential of adult stem cells in brain injury and disease
Rolf Herrmann, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the processing of visual information in the retina
Shekar Kurpad, MD, PhD
Translational applications of neural and mesenchymal stem cells in neurotrauma and neurooncology
Vivian Lee, PhD
Neural crest development, peripheral nervous system, craniofacial development, enteric nervous system, cell migration cell differentiation
Alan Mast, MD, PhD
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor
Peter J. Newman, PhD
Cell and molecular biology of adhesion receptors, vascular biology, and signal transduction
Frank A. Pintar, PhD
The biomechanics of brain and spinal cord injury, mechanics of spine surgical techniques, military and motor vehicle crash trauma
Paul Popper, PhD
Study of the distribution and function of estrogen receptors in the vestibular periphery
Ramani Ramchandran, PhD
Blood vessel patterning in vertebrates and its application to human disease
Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD
Transcriptional regulation of stem cells
Elena Semina, PhD
Discovery of genes underlying complex developmental disorders with an emphasis on developmental glaucoma
Katherine Shim, PhD
Genetic control of mammalian inner ear development
Fritz Sieber, PhD
[a] Photochemotherapy (development of new agents, mechanism of action, preclinical and clinical evaluation as anti-cancer agents) [b] Biological properties of proteinated nano- and subnanoparticles of elemental selenium and their applications in the treatment of cancer and the mitigation of
radiation injury
Roy L. Silverstein, MD
Molecular and cellular pathogenesis of thrombosis, atherosclerosis and angiogenesis with focus on role of the type 2 scavenger receptor CD36
Jennifer L. Strande, MD, PhD
Using induced pluripotent stem cells to study dystrophic cardiomyopathy
Leah Solberg-Woods, PhD
Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes
George A. Wilkinson, PhD
Angiogenesis, developmental biology, mouse genetics, signal transduction