Faculty Directory with Research Interests

Name

Research interests

Alder, Janet

Molecular mechanisms of trophic regulation of neuronal development, synaptic activity and psychiatric disorders

Crockett, David

Spinal cord injury and repair; oligodendrocyte function; neurotropin receptors; cell cycle and neural and glial progenitors; anatomy of hte somatosensory system; development and maintenance of sensory maps

DiCicco-Bloom, Emanuel

Cell cycle regulation by mitogenic and trophic signals during peripheral and central neurogenesis. Studies examine regulation by growth factors and neuropeptides in cell culture and in in vivo model systems, as well as after genetic manipulation by transfection, electroporation and gene deletion

Dreyfus, Cheryl F.

Regulation of brain development and repair. In particular the role of the trophic factors and glial cells are being examined

Hayes, Nancy

Genetic regulation of cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the developing and adult CNS; cell cycle; neural genetics of behavior

Hitchcock-DeGregori, Sarah

Regulation of muscle contraction and cellular movement. Actin dynamics. Structure-function relationships in cytoskeletal proteins, protein structure and folding, coiled coils

Kostyukova, Alla

Regulation of the pointed end of the actin filament by actin-binding proteins

Matise, Michael

Transcriptional regulation of patterning and of cell fate specification in the developing CNS

McAuliffe, W. Geoffrey

Response of glial cells to injury of the CNS; light and electron microscopy

Millonig, James

Genetic and developmental basis of human disease including autism and neural tube defects

Moorman, Stephen

Effects of microgravity on the development of the zebrafish vestibular system

Mulheron, George

Ovarian follicle development

Nowakowski, Richard

Cell proliferation, cell cycle, neurogenesis and neuronal migration in the developing and adult CNS of normal and mutant mice. Systems biology and genomic analysis of neurostem cells. Mathematical models and computer simulations of developing systems

Pintar, John E.

Production and analysis of gene-targeted mice with disruptions of neural and growth factor genes

Rasin, Mladen-Roko

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neocortical circuit formation

Seiden, David

Electron microscopy of skeletal and cardiac muscle; cardiac hypertrophy. Medical education.

Thakker-Varia, Smita

Role of trophic factors in models of learning and depression: effect of trophins and neuropeptides on neurogenesis and synaptogenesis. Transcriptional regulation during learning and neurodegenerative disorders

Wilson, Frank J.

Role of matrix proteins, cytoskeletal proteins and mast cells in lung tissue remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

Woodbury, Dale

Stem cell plasticity

Part-Time Faculty

Crystal, Raymond

Diseases of the colon and rectum

Grunwerg, Barry

Orofacial pain pathways

Emeritus Faculty

M. David Egger, George Krauthamer, Gordon McDonald