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

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

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 Pathology & Laboratory Med
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

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

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