Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Faculty
Kermit Carraway, Ph.D.
Professor Signal transduction by growth factors and the contributions of receptor signaling to development processes and tumor progression. |
Hongwu Chen, Ph.D.
Professor Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Gene Expression, Cell Cycle
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Youngran Chung, Ph.D.Adjunct Professor |
Wenbin Deng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
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Paramita M. Ghosh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Signal transduction pathways leading to the development of androgen-independent prostate cancer |
Paul J. Hagerman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Molecular biology/genetics with particular focus on the neurodevelopmental disorder, fragile X syndrome, and the neurodegenerative disorder, fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). |
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John Hershey, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus Molecular biology and protein synthesis. Structure/function of translation initiation factors and mechanisms of translational control. |
Yoshihiro Izumiya, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Dr. Izumiya's laboratory studies epigenetic gene regulation by using herpesvirus reactivation as a model system. |
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Thomas Jue, Ph.D.
Professor In vivo NMR imaging and spectroscopy investigation of metabolic regulation, bioenergetics, protein structure-function in the cell, lipoprotein interaction, and hypoxemia adaptation in marine organisms. |
George A. Kaysen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Roles of nutrition and inflammation in establishing plasma protein composition and body composition in humans. Albumin metabolism in nephrotic syndrome; regulation of hepatic gene express. |
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Hsing-Jien Kung, Ph.D.
Professor Genetic and epigenetic targets of cancer. |
Kit S. Lam, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Chair Dr. Lam is an expert in combinatorial chemistry, chemical biology, drug development, molecular imaging, nanotherapeutics and medical oncology |
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Carlito Lebrilla, Ph.D.
Professor Mass Spectrometry applied to the analysis of biological compounds. Analysis of proteins and glyconjugates as markers for diseases including cancer and infection. |
Ruiwu Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Chemist Dr. Liu’s research focus has been in methods development for combinatory chemistry and applying combinatory chemistry for drug discovery. |
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Su Hao Lo, Ph.D.
Professor |
Randen Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
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Michael Saxton, Ph.D.
Research Chemist |
David Segal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Engineering zinc finger DNA-binding proteins for diagnostics and gene therapy |
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Justin Siegel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Michael F. Seldin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Genetics and genomics of complex diseases. |
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Colleen Sweeney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Role of receptor tyrosine kinases in the genesis and progression of breast tumors; tumor suppressor proteins and their mechanisms of action, mechanisms of therapeutic resistance to targeted agents, role of ZNF217 transcription factor in breast tumor initiation and progression. |
Flora Tassone, Ph.D.
Research Professor In-Residence A molecular geneticist with a specialty in transcriptional and translational regulation of the fragile X (FMR1) gene. |
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Yoshikazu Takada, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor |
Clifford Tepper, Ph.D.
Associate Research Biochemist |
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Lin Tian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Invents new molecular tools for analyzing and engineering functional neural circuits. Leveraging these tools, combined with optical imaging techniques, studies molecular mechanisms of neurological disorders at system levels to search for novel therapeutic treatments. |
Frederic Troy, Ph.D.
Professor Emertius Glycobiology-The Polysialic Acid Glycotope: Structure, Function, Synthesis and Glycopathology. Role of the Polysialic Glycotopein Human Cancer Metastasis. |
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John Voss, Ph.D.
Professor |
Wenwu Xiao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher |
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Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |

