Cancer Biology
| Faculty | Research Area(s) |
 Margaret Bynoe |
Cellular and molecular medicine; infectious diseases; molecular basis of antigen-induced immune suppression; modulation of innate immune system response in immunity against cancer |
 James W. Casey |
Molecular virology; retrovirology |
 Ruth Collins |
Pharmacology; cancer cell biology; small GTPase regulation of intracellular traffic and cellular growth control - lab |
 Scott Coonrod |
Reproductive physiology; molecular and cellular physiology; epigenetic reprogramming during the egg-to-embryo transition; mechanisms by which specific histone modifications are dynamically regulated during hormone-dependent gene transcription in breast cancer cells |
 Brian R. Crane |
Metalloenzym structure and catalysis; protein electron transfer; nitric oxide enzymology; bacterial chemotaxis; circadian clock photo sensors - lab |
 Gerald E. Duhamel |
Mechanisms of infectious diseases with particular emphasis on molecular mechanisms of bacterial infections in animal models of human diseases; host-pathogen relationships |
 Claudia Fischbach-Teschl |
Tissue-engineered model systems for analysis of microenvironmental conditions fundamental to cancer pathogenesis and therapy - lab |
 Kelly Hume |
Cancer biology; veterinary oncology; clinical oncology; molecular oncology; DNA damage; chemosensitivity and novel therapeutics |
 Patricia A. Johnson |
Endocrinology; reproductive biology |
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Aims to better understand the signal transduction events that occur following engagement of the T cell antigen receptor; study more globally the molecular events important for immune cell development, differentiation and function |
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 Natasza Kurpios |
Tissue morphogenesis; cell shape and architecture; organ development; gut morphogenesis; mammary gland biology; breast cancer - lab |
 Cynthia Leifer |
Understanding innate immunity from the receptors that detect microbes to how innate immune cells react to changes in their environment during inflammatory processes - lab |
 Maurine Linder |
Regulation of cell signaling by protein lipidation |
 Sean P. McDonough |
Use of contemporary methods to explore lymphocyte function in spontaneous veterinary disease |
 Andrew Miller |
Anatomic pathology; small and large animal neuropathology; CNS tumorigenesis; disease diagnostics; stem cell pathology - lab |
 Robert Oswald |
Ion channel receptor/ligand interactions; NMR and molecular dynamics; molecular neurobiology and biophysics; neurotransmitter receptors and signal transduction |
 Praveen Sethupathy |
Functional genomics; gene regulation; molecular genetics; gastrointestinal physiology; stem cell biology; metabolic disease - lab |
 Carolyn Sevier |
Signaling of cellular oxidative stress; molecular mechanisms used by cellular pathways that sense and signal redox imbalances within the cell - lab |
 Ankur Singh |
Immune-engineering; cancer engineering; lymphoma and hematological malignancies; biomaterials; vaccine and immunotherapy; stem cell engineering; inflammation; micro-nano-bioengineering; cell mechanobiology - lab |
 Tracy Stokol |
Hematopoietic and hemostatic disorders in animals; mechanisms of cancer metastasis - lab |
 Andrew Yen |
Leukemia; cell growth and differentiation; oncogenes/genetics - lab |
