Alexander Awgulewitsch, Ph.D. Associate Professor Rheumatology/Immunology Role of Hox genes in cartilage & muscle development and transgenic models for skin and hair defects John E. Baatz, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis Narayan R. Bhat, Ph.D. Professor Department of Neurology Glial cell lineages in nervous system development Maria G. Buse, M.D. Professor, Division of Endocrinology Hormonal and metabolic regulation, the action of insulin, diabetes, mechanisms of insulin resistance Lisa Cunningham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Genes regulating cellular responses to stress in neurons and sensory receptor cells. Maurizio Del Poeta, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Fungal pathogenesis Christopher J. Drake, Ph.D. Professor Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy The developmental biology of de novo blood vessel formation mediated by vasculogenesis Carol Eisenberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy Stem cell diversification Leonard M. Eisenberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy The molecular mechanisms that control the phenotypic direction of differentiating stem cells Gary Gilkeson, M.D. Professor Division of Rheumatology Genetics of autoimmunity and of racial disparity in autoimmunity Robert G. Gourdie, Ph.D. Professor Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy Cardiac cell fate, molecular induction and patterning of the heart Stanley R. Hoffman, Ph.D. Professor Rheumatology/Immunology Function of specific ECM proteins and MMP's in development Tien Hsu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Hollings Cancer Center Signal transduction and gene regulation in embryonic development and oogenesis Michael Kern, Ph.D. Associate Professor Cell Biology & Anatomy Defining the molecular/genetic circuitry of patterning genes in bone, craniofacial, and cardiovascular development. Target genes of homeobox transcription factors: microarrays and beyond.

Steven W. Kubalak, Ph.D. Associate Professor Cell Biology & Anatomy Cardiac development in retinoid x receptor-alpha gene-targeted mice Ioanna Maroulakou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Laboratory of Cancer Genomics Terrence O'Brien, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Cell Biology and Anatomy Molecular biology and developmental regulation of conduction system of cardiomyocytes Makio Ogawa, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Medicine Division of Experimental Hematology Differentiation and proliferation of hemopoietic stem cells Janardan P. Pandey, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Professor Microbiology and Immunology Role of cytokine and immunoglobulin genes in infectious and autoimmune diseases. Swapan K. Ray, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology involvement of calpain, a Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease, in the molecular mechanisms of cell death in disorders and diseases of the central nervous system Baerbel Rohrer, Ph.D. Associate Professor Opthalmology Retinal development and genetics of retinal degeneration Carlos Salinas, D.M.D. Professor Pediatric Dentistry Clinical aspects of birth defects affecting the craniofacial structures, and the oral & dental manifestations of genetic & systemic disorders Clifford W. Schweinfest, Ph.D. Professor Department of Experimental Oncology Genetic basis of colorectal cancer and genome instability in prostate cancer Demetri D. Spyropoulos, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Mammary gland & male urogenital system development, and hematopoiesis Bryan Toole, Ph.D. Professor MCBP Role of hyaluronan and emmprin in limb and cardiocascular development and in epithelial-mesechymal transitions Thomas Walle, Ph.D. Professor Professor of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology Carcinogenesis: prevention and toxicology Gregory W. Warr, Ph.D. Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ecogenomics, function of enhancers Dennis K. Watson, Ph.D. Professor Laboratory of Cancer Genomics Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Effects of gene dosage on development: knockout and transgenic models

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