Pharmacology Faculty Members
Donald M. Bers, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Cellular and molecular factors involved in the control of cardiac muscle contraction. |
Julie Bossuyt, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor In-Residence
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiac plasticity and disease. |
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Chao-Yin Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor In-Residence
Central neuroplasticity in cardiovascular regulation. |
Ye Chen-Izu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of heart disease and biophysics of the cardiac mucscle excitation contraction coupling. |
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Colleen E. Clancy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Computational approaches to reveal mechanisms of excitability in the heart and brain |
Florin Despa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cardiotoxicity of hyperamylinemia, amyloid structure, function, and molecular mechanisms. |
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Sanda Despa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Na regulation in the heart and its role in cardiac muscle contraction in health and disease. |
Elva Diaz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Functional genomics of nervous system development. |
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Angela Gelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Virulence determinants of fungal pathogenesis. |
Johannes W. Hell, Ph.D.
Professor Molecular Basis of Synaptic Plasticity and the Role of Signaling Complexes |
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Mary Horne, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor (530) 752-7723
Unconventional cyclin function during cellular growth, differentiation and stress responses. |
Leighton Izu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dynamics and stability of the cardiac control system. |
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Anne Knowlton, M.D.
Professor
Function and regulation of heat shock protein. |
Manuel Navedo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanisms of excitation - contraction and excitation - transcription coupling in arterial myocytes. |
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Crystal Ripplinger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias; Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging. |
David Segal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Engineering zinc finger DNA-binding proteins for diagnostics and gene therapy. |
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Heike Wulff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Potassium channel modulators for the treatment of autoimmune and cardiovascular disease. |
Yang K. Xiang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Neurohormonal regulation of GPCR signaling in heart failure and Alzheimer's diseases. |

