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Listed below are some of
the project research areas that
are currently available.
  
  
  
 | Burton
Horowitz. Molecular regulation and gene expression of mammalian,
Na, K-ATPase; ionic and hormonal regulation Na-pump gene expression. |
| William
T. Gerthoffer. Molecular regulation of smooth-muscle contraction;.
interaction of calcium, myosin phosphorylation and drugs on mechanisms
of cell motility. |
| 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. Pathogenesis,
immunotherapy and molecular biology of opportunistic fungal infections
with emphasis on yeast infections in patients with AIDS. |
| 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. |
| Craig
Beattie. Genome mapping, particularly disease susceptibility,
and regulation of gene expression. |
| 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. |
| Burton
Horowitz. Molecular regulation and gene expression of mammalian,
Na, K-ATPase; ionic and hormonal regulation Na-pump gene expression. |
| 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. |
| Gabriela
Avilés. Epidemiology
and pathogenesis of arboviruses. |
| Ellen Baker. Regulation of
gene expression in eukaryotes; control of mRNA stability and
translation. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Judith A.
Airey. Calcium and it's role
in contraction and cell signaling. |
| 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. |
| David
P. Westfall. Molecular
examinations of neurophysiology; relationship between ATP and
norepinephrine in neurotransmission. |
| 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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