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BioPhysics

William Welch. Relationship of macromolecular structure and function; role of cations and anions in modulating protein conformation and enzymic activity.

Cancer

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.

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.

Cell Biology

Patricia Berninsone, Ph.D. Cell biology and genetics of protein glycosylation

William E. Courchesne. Molecular regulation of signal transduction and cell cycle control in the yeast, S. cerevisiae.

Scott Clark, PhD. Biology, Molecular Genetics of axon guidance and neuronal polarity

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.

Chi-Yun Pai, Ph.D. Biology, chromatin organization in cell nucleus, regulation of gene expression

Insect Biochemistry

Gary J. Blomquist. Biochemistry and endocrine regulation of insect sex pheromones; cuticular lipid biochemistry of insects.

Microbiology

William E. Courchesne. Molecular regulation of signal transduction and cell cycle control in the yeast, S. cerevisiae.

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.

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.

Immunology

Graça Almeida-Porada,M.D.,Ph.D.Stem cell biology and tissue engineering. Stem cell expansion and modulation.

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.

William J. Murphy. Immunobiology of Bone Marrow Transplantation.

Esmail D. Zanjani.  Hematopoietic Stem Cell Biology and Transdifferentiation, In Utero Gene Therapy, In Utero Stem Cell Transplantation, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Biology.

Pharmacology

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.

John L. Sutko. Regulation of differentiation and phenotype selection during development of embryonic skeletal muscle and nerve.

Plant Biology

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.