Faculty research groups

Morton Bradbury, Ph.D.	DNA damage and its repair in the context of its nucleosomal and higher order chromatin structure.
Kermit Carraway, Ph.D.	Signal transduction by growth factors and the contributions of receptor signaling to development processes and tumor progression.
Hongwu Chen, Ph.D.	Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Gene Expression, Cell Cycle
Paul Hagerman, M.D, Ph.D.	Molecular biology/genetics with particular focus on the neurodevelopmental disorder, fragile X syndrome, and the neurodegenerative disorder, fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS).
John Hershey, Ph.D.	Molecular biology and protein synthesis. Structure/function of translation initiation factors and mechanisms of translational control.
Michael Holland, Ph.D.
Thomas Jue, Ph.D.
George Kaysen, M.D., Ph.D.	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.
Carlitto Lebrilla, Ph.D.	Mass Spectrometry applied to the analysis of biological compounds. Analysis of proteins and glyconjugates as markers for diseases including cancer and infection.
Hsing-Jien Kung, Ph.D.
Su Hao Lo, Ph.D.	Molecular mechanisms that underlie the structure and functions of focal adhesions.
Michael Seldin, M.D., Ph.D.	Genetics and genomics of complex diseases.
Colleen Sweeney, Ph.D.	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.
Fredrick Troy, Ph.D.	Glycobiology-The PolysialicAcid Glycotope: Structure, Function, Synthesis and Glycopathology. Role of the PolysialicGlycotopein Human Cancer Metastasis.
John Voss, Ph.D.	Molecular mechanismsof protein function using electron paramagnetic resonance.