Areas of Research and List of Faculty by Research Area

Following the first year core curriculum, students specialize in an area of research of their own choosing. Faculty members have a wide variety of research interests that provide students with many projects from which to choose.

Areas of Research:

• Cardiovascular Biology
• Cell and Developmental Biology
• Imaging
• Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
• Molecular and Cellular Immunology
• Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Molecular Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases
• Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Health
• Molecular Virology
• Muscle Biology
• Neurosciences
• Pharmacological Sciences
• Proteomics
• Renal Biology
• Reproductive Biology
• Signal Transduction and Cancer Biology
• Structural Biology

Students are asked to indicate preferences regarding a potential area of research emphasis when completing the Application Form (students are free to change their area of research anytime during the first year).

Cardiovascular Biology Faculty

Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
András Czirók, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Kottarappat Dileepan, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Norberto C. Gonzalez, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Grace Guo, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Partha Krishnamurthy, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Charles D. Little, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Soumen Paul, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Brenda Jean Rongish, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
John G. Wood, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

 

Cell and Developmental Biology Faculty

Susan Abmayr, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Peter Baumann, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Andrei Belousov, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
V. Gustavo Blanco, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Juan Luis Bruses, Anatomy and Cell Biology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Lane K. Christenson, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Du Chunying, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Bryan Lloyd Copple, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
András Czirók, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Patrick Fields, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Joseph D. Fontes, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jennifer Gerton, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Scott Hawley, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Leslie L. Heckert, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Sue L. Jaspersen, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Roy A. Jensen, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Robert E. Krumlauf, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Paul M. Kulesa, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Tunuguntla Rajendra Kumar, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Linheng Li, Pathology - Stowers Affiliate
Rong Li, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Charles D. Little, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Erik A. Lundquist, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Joseph F. Lutkenhaus, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Ho Yi Mak, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Hiroshi Nishimune, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Warren B. Nothnick, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Soumen Paul, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Kenneth R. Peterson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Margaret Greene Petroff, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Olivier Pourquie, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Brenda Jean Rongish, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Michael J. Soares, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Lisa Steno-Bittel, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Joseph S. Tash, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Paul A. Trainor, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Leanne M. Wiedemann, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Stowers Affiliate
Michael W. Wolfe, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Ting Xie, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Thomas M. Yankee, Microbiology
Ron Yu, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Xiaobo Zhong, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Hao Zhu, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

 

Imaging Faculty

Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Jane V. Aldrich, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Ed Auer, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Steven M. Barlow, Neuroscience Graduate Program
William M. Brooks, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Juan Luis Bruses, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jeffrey Burns, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
In-Young Choi, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Mark Cohen, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
András Czirók, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Dianne Durham, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Robert Fiorentino, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Scott Hawley, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
William H. Kinsey, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Paul M. Kulesa, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Alexey Ladokhin, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Charles D. Little, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Sang-Pil Lee, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Arcady R. Mushegian, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology
Hiroshi Nishimune, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Thomas Prisinzano, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Brenda Jean Rongish, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Charlotte M. Vines, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology
Douglas E. Wright, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Ron Yu, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate

 

Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Faculty

Andrei Belousov, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Gerald M. Carlson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
András Czirók, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Aron W. Fenton, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Harvey F. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Todd Holyoak, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Liskin Swint-Kruse, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Alexey Ladokhin, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sang-Pil Lee, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Charles D. Little, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Olivier Pourquie, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
John G. Wood, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Ron Yu, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate

 

Molecular and Cellular Immunology Faculty

Bryan Lloyd Copple, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Kottarappat Dileepan, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Patrick Fields, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Joseph D. Fontes, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Hartmut Jaseschke, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
James Luyendyk, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Michael Parmely, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Margaret Greene Petroff, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Daniel Stechschulte, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Charlotte M. Vines, Microbiology
Leanne M. Wiedemann, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Stowers Affiliate
Thomas M. Yankee, Microbiology
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

 

Molecular Biology and Genetics Faculty

Susan Abmayr, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Peter Baumann, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Indranil Biswas, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Marco Blanchette, Biochemistry - Stowers Afiliate
Juan Luis Bruses, Anatomy and Cell Biology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Lane K. Christenson, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Du Chunying, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Joan Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Afiliate
Ron Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Afiliate
Bryan Lloyd Copple, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Joseph D. Fontes, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jennifer Gerton, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Grace Guo, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Scott Hawley, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Leslie L. Heckert, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Sue L. Jaspersen, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Roy Jensen, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Curtis D. Klaassen, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Partha Krishnamurthy, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Raj Kumar, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Rong Li, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Erik A. Lundquist, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Joe Lutkenhaus, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Ho Yi Mak, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Jackob Moskovitz, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Arcady R. Mushegian, Microbiology - Stowers Affiliate
Christophe P. Nicot, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Hiroshi Nishimune, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Soumen Paul, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Kenneth R. Peterson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Margaret Greene Petroff, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jianming Qiu, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Michael J. Soares, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Russell Swerdlow, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Paul A. Trainor, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Leanne M. Wiedemann, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Stowers Affiliate
Ting Xie, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Ron Yu, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Xiaobo Zhong, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Hao Zhu, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Wolfram R. Zückert, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology

 

Molecular Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Faculty

Indranil Biswas, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Kee Jun Kim, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Steven M. LeVine, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Jianming Qiu, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Edward Stephens, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Leanne M. Wiedemann, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Stowers Affiliate
Wolfram R. Zückert, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology

 

Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Health Faculty

David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Bryan Lloyd Copple, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Grace Guo, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Hartmut Jaseschke, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Curtis D. Klaassen, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Partha Krishnamurthy, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
James Luyendyk, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Brian K. Petroff, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Gregory A. Reed, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

 

Molecular Virology Faculty

Arcady R. Mushegian, Microbiology - Stowers Affiliate
Christophe P. Nicot, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Jianming Qiu, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Edward Stephens, Anatomy and Cell Biology

 

Muscle Biology Faculty

Susan Abmayr, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Gerald Carlson, Biochemstry
Paige Christine Geiger, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Douglas E. Wright, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

 

Neurosciences Faculty

Jane V. Aldrich, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Paul Atchley, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Ruth Ann Atchley, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Ed Auer, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Steven Barlow, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Andrei Belousov, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Nancy E. Berman, Anatomy and Cell Biology
William M. Brooks, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Juan Luis Bruses, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Shilpa J. Buch, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Jeffrey Burns, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Paul D. Cheney, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
In-Young Choi, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Rick T. Dobrowsky,, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Dianne Durham, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Robert Fiorentino, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Stephen C. Fowler, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Christopher Gamblin, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Stephen S. Ilardi, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Thomas J. Imig, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Paul T. Kelly, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Kee Jun Kim, Ph.D., Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Robert E. Krumlauf, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Sang-Pil Lee, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Beth Levant, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Steven M. LeVine, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Erik A. Lundquist, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Susan M. Lunte, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Ho Yi Mak, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Kenneth E. McCarson, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Elias K. Michaelis, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Mary L. Michaelis, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Jackob Moskovitz, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Nancy Muma, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Hiroshi Nishimune, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Randolph J. Nudo, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
James A. Orr, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Thomas Prisinzano, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Jeff Radel, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Mabel L. Rice, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Kausik Si, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
John A. Stanford, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Joseph Steinmetz, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Russell Swerdlow, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Paul A. Trainor, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Michael J. Werle, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Douglas E. Wright, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Ting Xie, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Ron Yu, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

 

Pharmacological Sciences Faculty

William M. Brooks, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Mark Cohen, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Bruno Angelo Hagenbuch, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Todd Holyoak, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jane V. Aldrich, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Hartmut Jaseschke, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Curtis D. Klaassen, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Partha Krishnamurthy, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Beth Levant, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
James Luyendyk, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Kenneth E. McCarson, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Nancy Muma, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Gregory A. Reed, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic
G. Sitta Sittampalam, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
John A. Stanford, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Thomas Prisinzano, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Charlotte M. Vines, Microbiology
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Scott Weir, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Xiaobo Zhong, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

 

Proteomics Faculty

Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Gerald M. Carlson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Joan Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Ron Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Afiliate
Rick T. Dobrowsky, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Aaron Fenton, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Todd Holyoak, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Partha Krishnamurthy, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Alexey Ladokhin, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Arcady R. Mushegian, Microbiology - Stowers Affiliate
Kenneth R. Peterson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Liskin Swint-Kruse, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Hao Zhu, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

 

Renal Biology Faculty

Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
V. Gustavo Blanco, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
L. Darryl Quarles, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Anatomy and Cell Biology

 

Reproductive Biology Faculty

David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
V. Gustavo Blanco, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Lane K. Christenson, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Scott Hawley, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Leslie L. Heckert, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
William Kinsey, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Raj Kumar, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Rong Li, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Warren B. Nothnick, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Soumen Paul, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Brian K. Petroff, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Margaret Greene Petroff, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Michael J. Soares, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Joseph S. Tash, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Michael W. Wolfe, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Ting Xie, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

 

Signal Transduction and Cancer Biology Faculty

David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Peter Baumann, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Andrei Belousov, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Indranil Biswas, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gerald Carlson, Biochemstry
Mark Cohen, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Joan Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Ron Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Bryan Lloyd Copple, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Erik A. Lundquist, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Grace Guo, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Roy A. Jensen, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Kee Jun Kim, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Curtis D. Klaassen, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Partha Krishnamurthy, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Tunuguntla Rajendra Kumar, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Benyi Li, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Christophe P. Nicot, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Soumen Paul, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Brian K. Petroff, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Gregory A. Reed, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
G. Sitta Sittampalam, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Charlotte M. Vines, Microbiology
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Michael W. Wolfe, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Thomas M. Yankee, Microbiology
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

 

Structural Biology Faculty

Gerald Carlson, Biochemstry
András Czirók, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Aaron Fenton, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Harvey F. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Todd Holyoak, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Alexey Ladokhin, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Charles D. Little, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Arcady R. Mushegian, Microbiology
Liskin Swint-Kruse, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bao Ting Zhu, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics