Faculty
Joseph C. Besharse, PhD (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
Janice M. Burke, PhD
Morphogenesis and cellular aging of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)
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
Maria J. Crowe, PhD
Behavioral, cellular and molecular analysis of spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury
Edgar DeYoe, PhD
Functional neuroimaging (FMRI) of brain systems responsible for sensory perception, especially vision, and brain-related sensory pathology
Stephen A. Duncan, D Phil
Molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian development
Carol Everson, PhD
The physical health effects of sleep deprivation with a focus on neuroendocrine and immune systems
Nashaat Gerges, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity
Claudia S. Huettner, PhD
Leukemogenesis by BCR/ABL; gene regulation
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
Shekar Kurpad, MD, PhD
Translational applications of neural and mesenchymal stem cells in neurotrauma and neurooncology
Alexandra F. Lerch-Gaggl, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of mammalian development; regulatory effects of circadian regulated genes on metabolism
Vivian Lee, PhD
Neural crest development, peripheral nervous system, craniofacial development, enteric nervous system, cell migration cell differentiation
Brian Link, PhD
Genetics and cell biology of ocular development and disease
John W. Lough, PhD
Cell and molecular biology of early heart development
Alan Mast, MD, PhD
Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor
Alan N. Mayer, MD, PhD
Molecular genetics of digestive organ development
Jay Neitz, PhD
The biological basis of visual perception; molecular biology and genetics of the retina, its evolution and development; vision testing and vision screening
Maureen Neitz, PhD
The biological basis of visual perception; molecular biology and genetics of the retina, its evolution and development; vision testing and vision screening
Peter J. Newman, PhD
Cell and molecular biology of adhesion receptors, vascular biology, and signal transduction
Ramani Ramchandran, PhD
Blood vessel patterning in vertebrates and its application to human disease
Danny A. Riley, PhD
The effects of actual and simulated spaceflight unloading on neuromuscular structure and function and understanding vibration injury of tissues
Elena Semina, PhD
Discovery of genes underlying complex developmental disorders with an emphasis on developmental glaucoma
D.J. Sidjanin, PhD
Molecular genetics of hereditary eye diseases
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 Visit my lab page
Maya Sieber-Blum, PhD
Neural crest stem cells. Neuroepithelial stem cells. Role of stem cell factor signaling in neural crest stem cell differentiation. Role of norepinephrine transporter action in neural crest stem cell differentiation
Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying pain
Marvin Wagner, MD
Human anatomy with special reference to segmental anatomy and its applications to clinical medicine
Margaret Wong-Riley, PhD
Metabolic and neurochemical plasticity in the adult primate visual system. Cytochrome oxidase as a metabolic marker for neuronal activity. Regulation of cytochrome oxidase at the activity, protein, and intergenomic molecular levels. Photobiomodulation of neurons functionally inactivated by toxins. Critical period of neurochemical and metabolic development in brain stem respiratory neurons
Retired Faculty
Robin L. Curtis, PhD
Stanley Kaplan, PhD
William P. Maher, DDS