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Listed below are some of
the project research areas that
are currently available.
  
  
  
 | William
Welch. Relationship of macromolecular structure and
function; role of cations and anions in modulating protein
conformation and enzymic activity. |
| David
A. Lightner. Molecular recognition; mechanisms of binding,
transport, conjugation and hepatic excretion of bilirubin and its
photoisomers. |
| Iain
L.O. Buxton. Receptor-signal transduction in cardiac and smooth
muscle. cells. Role of receptor-stimulated phosphoinositide metabolism;
agonist-specific regulation of cyclic nucleotide action; role of
adenyl purines in myometrial function and hormonal regulation of
endothelial cell contractile factors. |
| Dorothy
Hudig. Molecular
mechanisms of lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity; role of serine
proteases in granule-mediated lysis. |
| Kenneth
Hunter. Immunoregulation in cancer, infectious and autoimmune
diseases; biosensors and gene microarray technology. |
| Thomas
R. Kozel.Molecular immunology of surface carbohydrate antigens on opportunistic
fungal pathogens and biothreat agents |
| William J. Murphy. Issues in bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and its use for the treatment of cancer and other disease states and means to accelerate immune and hematopoietic reconstitution following BMT.
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| Gregory
Pari. Molecular mechanisms of herpesvirus DNA replication. |
| Chris
A. Pritsos. Characterization of the molecular mechanism of action
of anticancer xenobiotics; effects of side-stream smoke on health. |
| William
E. Courchesne. Molecular regulation of signal transduction and
cell cycle control in the yeast, S. cerevisiae. |
| Gale
L. Craviso. Regulation of catecholamine neurotransmitter
biosynthesis and secretion; cellular and molecular mechanisms
regulating tyrosine hydroxylase expression; effects of electromagnetic
fields on excitable cells. |
| Christine
Cremo. The structural changes that proteins
undergo and how those changes are related to protein function. |
| Cynthia
Mastick. Molecular
mechanisms underlying specificity in signal transduction. |
| Grant
Mastick. Genetic regulation of embryonic brain development; axon
guidance, neuron specification, and transcriptional regulation. |
| Ardythe
McCracken. Genetics and molecular biology of intracellular
protein trafficking in eukaryotes. |
| Gary
J. Blomquist.
Biochemistry and endocrine regulation of insect sex pheromones;
cuticular lipid biochemistry of insects. |
| William
E. Courchesne. Molecular regulation of signal transduction and
cell cycle control in the yeast, S. cerevisiae. |
| Mark
R. Hall. Molecular
biology of human papilloma viruses and bovine Tritrichomonas;
molecular biochemical approaches to vaccine development. |
| Thomas
R. Kozel. Pathogenesis,
immunotherapy and molecular biology of opportunistic fungal infections
with emphasis on yeast infections in patients with AIDS. |
| David
M. Lupan. Regulation of iron transport in pathogenic fungi;
interaction of yeasts with mammalian iron-binding proteins. |
| Sergey
P. Morzunov. Genetic
diversity and evolution of hantaviruses and their rodent hosts. |
| William J. Murphy. Immunotherapy for opportunistic infections in bone marrow transplantation.
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| Gregory
Pari. Molecular mechanisms of herpesvirus DNA replication. |
| Stephen St.
Jeor.
Molecular biology of cytomegalovirus; application of recombinant DNA
technology to study gene expression; DNA analysis of genetic diseases:
epidemiology of the hantaviruses. |
| Iain
L.O. Buxton. Receptor-signal transduction in cardiac and smooth
muscle. cells. Role of receptor-stimulated phosphoinositide metabolism;
agonist-specific regulation of cyclic nucleotide action; role of
adenyl purines in myometrial function and hormonal regulation of
endothelial cell contractile factors. |
| Gale
L. Craviso. Regulation of catecholamine neurotransmitter
biosynthesis and secretion; cellular and molecular mechanisms
regulating tyrosine hydroxylase expression; effects of electromagnetic
fields on excitable cells. |
| William
T. Gerthoffer. Molecular regulation of smooth-muscle
contraction;interaction of calcium, myosin phosphorylation and drugs on mechanisms
of cell motility. |
| John L.
Sutko. Regulation of differentiation and phenotype
selection during development of embryonic skeletal muscle and nerve. |
| Grant
R. Cramer. Elucidating salinity, drought and cold tolerance
mechanisms at the whole plant and molecular levels including
functional genomics of Arabidopsis and wine grapes; helping to
establish a wine industry in northern Nevada. |
| John Cushman. Molecular
genetics of Crassulacean acid metabolism; molecular mechanisms of
signal transduction and adaptive responses to salinity and drought
stress in plants; functional genomics of salinity and drought stress
tolerance. |
| Dave
Shintani. Engineering
of food crops with increased nutritive value.
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