Student Affairs Officer
Enika Tumanov
310-825-0237
Hershey Hall, Room 220B
Director
Utpal Banerjee
Associate director and program Administrator
Ira Clark
310-267-5679
Hershey Hall, Room 220C
Instructors
Ira Clark
Cory J. Evans
Rafael Romero
Kirsten Turlo
The Faculty Advisory Committee
Participating Faculty
Biological Chemistry
| Eddy De Robertis |
Molecular Biology of Development in Mice and Frogs |
| Mike Carey |
Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Gene Regulation and Crosstalk Among Chromatin Remodeling Machines and Co-Activators |
| John Colicelli |
Signal Transduction in Cancer and Neurobiology |
| David Eisenberg |
Protein Structure, folding and design |
| Feng Guo |
Molecular mechanism of miRNA biogenesis |
| Reid Johnson |
Gene expression and chromosome biology in bacteria and yeast |
| Timothy Lane |
Tumor genetics, microenvironment and endothelial stem cell recruitment, in breast and ovarian cancer. |
| Kelsey Martin |
Cell Biology of Learning-related Synaptic Plasticity |
| Greg Payne |
Genetics and cell biology of intracellular protein transport |
| Kathrin Plath |
Epigenetic regulation of stem cell self-renewal, differentiation, and cancer. |
| Gabriel Travis |
Biochemistry of Vertebrate Photoreceptors. |
| Gerry Weinmaster |
Notch Signaling in Mammalian Cells |
| James Wohlschlegel |
Proteomic Studies of Ubiquitin and SUMO-regulated Protein Networks |
| Larry Zipursky |
The Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Connection Specificity |
Chemistry and Biochemistry
| Albert Courey |
Spatial Control of Transcription in Development |
| Yung Ya Lin |
Optimization of magnetic resonance imaging of biological samples |
MCDB
| Utpal Banerjee |
Signal Transduction and transcriptional control of Neuronal and Hematopoietic Development |
| Jau-Nian Chen |
Development of Vertebrate Cardiovascular System |
| Amander Clark |
Molecular Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cell and Germ Cell Biology |
| Andrew Diener |
Molecular interactions between a fungal pathogen and its plant host |
| Volker Hartentein |
Brain Development in Drosophila |
| Ann Hirsch |
Molecular Analysis of Plant-Microbe Interactions; Role of Flavonoids and Other Plant Compounds in Human Health |
| Luisa Iruela-Arispe |
Vascular Biology / Angiogenesis |
| Steve Jacobsen |
Mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation by DNA methylation |
| Frank Laski |
Regulation of Development in Drosophila |
| William Lowry |
Stem Cell Self-renewal and Differentiation |
| Karen Lyons |
Growth Factor Signaling in Mammalian Development and Disease |
| Hanna Mikkola |
Molecular regulation of hematopoietic stem cell development |
| Matteo Pellegrini |
Computational methods to interpret genomic data |
| Alvaro Sagasti |
Development of complex cell shapes in zebrafish touch-sensing neurons |
Medicine-Nephrology
| Ira Kurtz |
Structure and function of ion transporters |
MIMG
| Doug Black |
The Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression through Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing |
| Ben Bonavida |
Resistance and the induction of apoptosis in tumor cells |
| Ken Bradley |
Anthrax Toxin |
| Peter Bradley |
Host cell invasion and host-pathogen interaction in Toxoplasma gondii. |
| Genhong Cheng |
Host Immune and Inflammatory Responses to Infections, Cancers and Metabolic Challenges |
| Asim Dasgupta |
Molecular Biology of Small Mammalian RNA Viruses |
| Rob Gunsalus |
Regulation of Cellular Respiratory Functions in Microorganisms |
| Kent Hill |
Mechanism and Biology of Cell Motility in African Trypanosomes |
| Patricia Johnson |
Evolution, pathogenesis & cell biology of a human parasite |
| Beth Lazazzera |
Mechanisms of Multicellular Behavior in Bacteria |
| Benhur Lee |
Viral Attachment and Entry, HIV and Emerging Viruses, Glycobiology |
| Aldons J. Lusis |
The analysis of complex genetic diseases |
| Jeff F. Miller |
Sensory Transduction in the Control of Bacterial Virulence |
| Jeffrey H. Miller |
Study of Mutagenesis and Antibiotic Action |
| Robert Modlin |
Innate and adaptive immune responses to microbial infection |
| April Pyle |
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Survival, Transformation and Cell Fate Decisions |
| Wenyuan Shi |
Biology and Biotechnology of Bacterial Pathogenesis |
| Steve Smale |
Transcriptional Regulation in the Immune System |
| Fuyu Tamanoi |
Signal Transduction involving the Ras-sperfamily G-proteins, protein farnesylation and anti-cancer drugs |
| Jerome Zack |
Pathogenic processes of HIV-1 infection |
Nursing
| Karen Gylys |
Synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease |
Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute
| Debora Farber |
Retinal biochemistry, Molecular biology, and Genetics of retinal degenerations |
Orthopaedic Surgery
| Susan Krum |
Estrogen signaling and bone maintenance |
Pharmacology
| Ren Sun |
Systems Biology of viral infection: Integration of Biology, Nanotechology and Medical Application |
| Yi Sun |
The Molecular Control of Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation |
| Hong Wu |
Molecular Biology of Cancer and Stem Cells |
Psychiatry
| Mirella Dapretto |
Neural imaging approaches to language, cognition and developmental disorders |
| Jennifer Labus |
Pain disorders and stress neurobiology |
| Ellen Carpenter |
Psychiatry Transcription regulators in nervous system development |
