Signal transduction
Associate Dean, Research-Agriculture and Life Sciences, Associate Vice President for Research, Agriculture - Life and Veterinary Sciences / Cooperative Extension, Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Faculty Director, Vertically Integrated Projects, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience - GIDP, Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute, Member of the General Faculty, Member of the Graduate Faculty
We study how neuronal axons and their terminals respond to stress and damage, and how the molecules activated by stress and damage execute decisions about whether to repair themselves or self-destruct. We hope to identify target molecules that could be used to prevent axon and nerve terminal loss in diseases ranging from diabetic neuropathy to Alzheimer's disease.
Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci, Associate Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Specialist, Embryonic Stem Cell Culture, Member of the General Faculty
I am investigating a human connective tissue disorder in mice. I am also investigating the role of gut bacteria in colon cancer risk in both a mouse model of colon cancer and in humans with colon cancer.
Professor, Physiology, Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP, Director, Aribi Institute, Associate Director, Shared Resources, Professor, BIO5 Institute
Precise diagnosis and treatment of disease requires an ability to target agents to specific tissues and cell types within those tissues. We are developing agents that exhibit cell type specificity for these purposes.