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Participating Faculty
GCD Faculty
Additional Faculty
Below is a list of faculty who have participated in the past.
As a directed study research student, you are NOT limited to facultly listed below. Also, the listed faculty may not have an opening when you wish to do research.
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GCD Faculty:
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Vivian Bardwell, Ph.D.
612-626-7028
bardw001@umn.edu
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Regulation of gene expression; developmental mechanisms; human genetics: cancer
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Eric Bauer, Ph.D.
612-624-3926
bauer001@umn.edu
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Judith Berman, Ph.D.
612-625-1971
berma003@umn.edu
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Morphogenesis and cell cycle; telomeres, chromatin and senescence in yeasts
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Susan Berry, M.D.
612-624-7144
berry002@umn.edu
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Martin Blumenfeld, Ph.D.
612-624-5635
blume002@umn.edu
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Robert Brooker, Ph.D.
612-624-3053
brook005@umn.edu
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Structure and function of membrane-bound transport proteins. |
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Lihsia Chen, Ph.D.
612-625-1299
chenx260@umn.edu
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Cell adhesion, cytoskeleton, signal transduction, cell migration, nervous system development, embryogenesis
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Duncan Clarke, Ph.D.
612-624-3442
Duncan.J.Clarke-2@tc.umn.edu
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Cell cycle checkpoint mechanisms that maintain genome stability
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Kathleen Conklin, Ph.D.
612-626-0445
kathleen@mail.med.umn.edu
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Stephen Ekker, Ph.D.
612-626-4509
ekker001@umn.edu
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Cell-cell signaling in development; embryonic patterning; transposable elements for gene discovery in vertebrates; functional genomics in zebrafish
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Stan Erlandsen, Ph.D.
612-624-1491
erlan001@umn.edu
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Adhesion of microbes (bacteria, Giardia) to various substrata is studied using ultrastructural and nanotechnological approaches
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David Fan, Ph.D.
612-624-4718
fanxx002@umn.edu
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Cheryl Gale, M.D.
612-624-1982
galex012@umn.edu
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Molecular mycology; cell biological and molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis
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Stuart Goldstein, Ph.D.
612-624-5399
golds004@umn.edu
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Perry Hackett, Ph.D.
612-624-6736
hacke004@umn.edu
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Applications of DNA transposons for human gene therapy and for determining functions of vertebrate genes using the zebrafish model organism
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David Hamilton, Ph.D.
612-624-5054
dwh@umn.edu
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Thomas Hays, Ph.D.
612-626-2949
haysx001@umn.edu
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Cytoskeleton and cell motility; developmental mechanisms
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Robert Herman, Ph.D.
612-624-6203
bob-h@umn.edu
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Genetic basis of animal development and behavior using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism
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Betsy Hirsch, Ph.D.
612-273-4952
birsc003@umn.edu
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Victoria Iwanij, Ph.D.
612-624-4942
iwani001@umn.edu
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Ross Johnson, Ph.D.
612-624-1741
gaplab@tc.umn.edu
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Cell communication mediated by gap junctions; gap junction assembly and its regulation; role of gap junctions in early zebrafish embryos
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Richard King, M.D., Ph.D.
612-624-6657
kingx002@umn.edu
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Catherine Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
612-625-3737
cakirkpa@umn.edu
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Wingless/Wnt signaling, functional roles of aminopeptidases in development
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David Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
612-624-9244
dkirkpat@umn.edu
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Analysis of DNA repair and repetitive DNA stability during meiosis in the yeast S. cerevisiae
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Deanna Koepp, Ph.D.
612-624-4201
koepp015@umn.edu
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The role of ubiquitin and proteolysis in cell cycle regulation and cancer
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Ryoko Kuriyama, Ph.D.
612-624-0471
ryoko@lenti.med.umn.edu
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David Largaespada, Ph.D.
612-626-4979
larga002@umn.edu
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Genetic basis of myeloid leukemia, NF1, mouse genetics, murine leukemia viruses, insertional mutagenesis, transposons
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Bonnie LeRoy, M.S., CGC
612-624-7193
leroy001@umn.edu
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Ethical and professional challenges to the practice of contemporary genetic counseling.
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Richard Linck, Ph.D.
612-624-5179
linck@mail.ahc.umn.edu
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The assembly, motility and sensory functions of cilia and flagella, from Chlamydomonas to humans.
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Paul Magee, Ph.D.
612-624-7280
ptm@biosci.cbs.umn.edu
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Paul Marker, Ph.D.
612-625-4191
marke032@umn.edu
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R. Scott McIvor, Ph.D.
612-626-1497
mcivo001@umn.edu
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Jeffrey Miller, Ph.D.
612-624-7164
mille380@mail.med.umn.edu
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Developmental regulation of cell signaling, migration, and polarity; morphogenesis; organogenesis; cancer biology
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Hiroshi Nakato, Ph.D.
612-625-1727
nakat003@umn.edu
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Function of heparan sulfae proteoglycans in pattern formation
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Thomas Neufeld, Ph.D.
612-625-5158
neufeld@mail.med.umn.edu
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Genetic control of cell growth during development; signal transduction
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Michael O'Connor, Ph.D.
612-626-2642
moconnor@mail.med.umn.edu
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Molecular genetics of development, growth factor signaling and gene regulation
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William Oetting, Ph.D.
612-624-1139
bill@lenti.med.umn.edu
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Harry Orr, Ph.D.
612-625-3647
orrxx002@umn.edu
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Genetics of cerebellar function/dysfunction |
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Anna Petryk, M.D.
612-624-5409
petry005@umn.edu
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Mouse development, organogenesis, birth defects, bone biology |
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Mary Porter, Ph.D.
612-626-1901
porte001@umn.edu
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The function and regulation of dynein motors that are required for the assembly and motility of microtubule based structures of the cytoskeleton.
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Laura Ranum, Ph.D.
612-624-0901
ranum001@umn.edu
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Isolation and modeling of human disease genes that cause neuromuscular disorders including muscular dystrophy and ataxia
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Ann Rougvie, Ph.D.
612-624-4708
rougv001@umn.edu
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Temporal control of development; gene expression; protein-DNA interactions
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Scott Selleck, M.D., Ph.D.*
612-624-4659
selle011@umn.edu
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Regulation of growth factor signaling; role of proteoglycans in morphogen signaling; synapse assembly in Drosophila
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Jocelyn Shaw, Ph.D.
612-625-1912
shawx005@umn.edu
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C. elegans embryonic and neural development, using genetic and molecular techniques
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William Shawlot, Ph.D.
612-625-5171
shawl001@umn.edu
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Genetic and molecular control of mammalian axis formation and organogenesis
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Judson Sheridan D. Phil
612-624-2244
sheri012@umn.edu
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Michael Simmons, Ph.D.
612-624-5354
simmo004@umn.edu
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Genetic and molecular analysis of transposable elements in the genome of Drosophila
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Jeffrey Simon, Ph.D.
612-626-5097
simon004@umn.edu
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Control of gene expression; chromatin structure and function; animal development
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Nikunj Somia, Ph.D.
612-625-6988
somia001@umn.edu
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Robert Sorenson, Ph.D.
612-624-6414
soren001@umn.edu
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Clifford Steer, M.D.
612-624-6648
steer001@umn.edu
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Gene repair of single point mutations; gene therapy using non-viral vectors; mechanisms of apoptosis and bile acids for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Margaret Titus, Ph.D.
612-625-8498
titus004@umn.edu
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Genetic and cell biological analysis of the role of actin-based molecular motors (i.e. myosins) in cell motility, adhesion and endocytosis.
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Brian Van Ness, Ph.D.
612-624-9944
vanne001@umn.edu
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Molecular immunology; gene expression; lymphoid cancers |
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Robin Wright, Ph.D.
612-625-1183
wrightr@umn.edu
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Genetic and molecular mechanisms that determine cell structure |
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David Zarkower, Ph.D.
612-625-9450
zarkower@gene.med.umn.edu
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Genetic and molecular basis of sexual development in C. elegans and mammals
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Additional Faculty:
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Dianne Bartels, RN, MA, Ph.D.
Center for Bioethics
612-624-9672
barte001@umn.edu
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Ethics of genetic counseling, and ethical issues when clients see health care practitioners about genetic concerns
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R. Morton Bolman III, M.D.
Surgery
612-625-3902
bolma001@umn.edu
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Application of stem cell research to acute and chronic myocardial injury
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Robert Brambl, Ph.D.
Plant Biology
612-625-7080
brambl@umn.edu
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Mechanisms of gene expression in mitochondria and the molecular response to physical stress
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Colin Campbell, Ph.D.
Pharmocology
612-625-8986
campb034@umn.edu
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DNA repair; mitochondrial and nuclear genome
instability
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Cathy Carlson, DVM, Ph.D.
Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine
612-625-7717
carls099@umn.edu
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Orthopaedic diseases in animals and humans; osteochondrosis in swine, dogs, and horses; osteoarthritis; osteoporosis; diskospondylitis; pathobiology of cancer
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Agustin Dalmasso, M.D.
Surgery
612-626-4610
dalma001@umn.edu
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Mechanisms of cytoprotection of vascular endothelial cells from immunologic injury
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Scott Fahrenkreu, Ph.D.
Animal Science
612-624-7216
fahren001@umn.edu
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Animal transgenesis, molecular genetics, functional genomics, gene mapping
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Ann Fallon, Ph.D.
Entomology
612-625-3728
fallo002@umn.edu
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Mosquito cell culture, cell cycle, apoptosis, ribosome metabolism,
gene and protein characterization
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Seyyed Hossein Fatemi, M.D., Ph.D.
Psychiatry
612-626-3633
S.Hossein.Faterni-1@tc.umn.edu
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Bill Frey II, Ph.D.
Pharmaceutics
651-254-2743
alzheimr@umn.edu
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Alzheimer's disease, intranasal delivery to the brain, antioxidants, neurotrophins |
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Jennifer Hall, Ph.D.
Medicine
612-625-4144
hallx068@umn.edu
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Defining regulatory genes and networks governing cardiovascular remodeling with a particular focus on vascular remodeling
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Bernhard Hering, M.D.
Surgery
612-626-5697
bhering@umn.edu
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Experimental and clinical islet transplantation for the treatment of diabetes
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Kristin Hogquist
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
612-625-1616
hogqu001@umn.edu
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T lymphocyte development and immune tolerance
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Ann Kapuscinski, Ph.D.
Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
612-624-7719
kapus001@umn.edu
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Lorene Lanier, Ph.D.
Neuroscience
612-626-2399
lanie002@umn.edu
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Cytoskeletal dynamics in growth cone motility and axon guidance |
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Dennis Livingston, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, Molecualr Biology and Biophysics
612-625-1484
livin001@umn.edu
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Stability of CAG repetitions in yeast chromosomes
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Erin Malone, D.V.M, Ph.D
Clinical and Population Sciences
612-625-4762
malon001@umn.edu
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Motility changes in horses and problems in veterinary surgery
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M.David Marks, Ph.D.
Plant Biology
612-625-6737
dmarks@umn.edu
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Molecular control of cell identity and cell differentiation
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Lisa Peterson, Ph.D.
Environmental and Occupational Health
612-626-0164
peter431@umn.edu
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How environmental chemicals cause cancer through the application of bio-organic and analytical chemical methods
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Daniel Ramero, Ph.D.
Pharmacology
612-624-8997
romero@med.umn.edu
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Telomerase, homologous recombination, genome stability, Tetrahymena molecular genetics and development
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Janet L. Schottel
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
612-624-6275
schot002@umn.edu
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Regulation of bacterial gene expression in response to stress
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Yoji Shimizu
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
612-626-6849
shimi002@umn.edu
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Molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion and migration in the immune system
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Amy P.N. Skubitz
Laboratory Medicine
and Pathology
612-625-5920
skubi002@umn.edu
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Cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in ovarian cancer
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Carolyn Stilflow, Ph.D.
Plant Biology
612-624-0729
silfl001@umn.edu
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Molecular/cellular/genetic analysis of basal body positioning in Chlamydomonas;
the molecular basis of resistance to anti-microtubule herbicides in
Chlamydomonas
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Pete Snustad, Ph.D.
Plant Biology
612-624-3499
snust001@umn.edu
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Genetic dissection of the cytoskeleton in Arabidopsis thaliana |
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Patty Tam, Ph.D.
Medicine, Divsion of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases
612-626-6857
tamxx001@umn.edu
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Role of viruses in chronic muscle disease and autoimmune disease |
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Paul Tuite, M.D.
Neurology
612-625-8685
tuite002@umn.edu
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Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders; clinical research relating to the use of medications and surgical therapies for Parkinson's disease as well as genetic, behavioral and imaging studies.
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Jennifer Westendorf, Ph.D.
Orthopeadic Surgery
612-626-3365
weste047@umn.edu
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Transcription factors in bone and cancer
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Sue Wick, Ph.D.
Plant Biology
612-625-4718
swick@umn.edu
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Molecular and cellular biology of plant tubulin genes and tubulins |
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W. Gibson Wood, Ph.D
Pharmacology
612-467-3303
woodx002@umn.edu
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Regulation and function of cholesterol in the brain and its role in Alzheimer's disease |
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Richard Bianco
Surgery
612-625-5914
bianc001@umn.edu
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Basic and applied projects relative to replacement heart valves and other medical devices
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