Faculty

Diana C. Bartelt, Associate Professor, A.B., Ph.D.Calmodulin-regulated protein kinases. Calcium-dependent cellular signal transduction.

Christopher W. Bazinet, Associate Professor, B.A., Ph.D.Genetics of biological assemblies; role of clathrin in development of Drosophila melanogaster.

Frank R. Cantelmo, Associate Professor, B.S., Ph.D. Physiological ecology of estuarine invertebrates.

Timothy H. Carter, Professor, A.B., Ph.D. Regulation of mammalian gene expression. Cell response to injury. Nutritional chemoprevention and therapy of cancer.

Anne M. Dranginis, Associate Professor of Biology, B.S.,Ph.D. Regulation of gene transcription; Molecular control of development in yeast.

Dipak Haldar, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, B.S., M.S., D. Phil., Ph.D.Cell Biology and biochemistry. Mitochondria:structure, synthetic processes and biogenesis.

Jaya Haldar, Professor, B.S., M.Sc., Ph.D. Neurobiology. Regulation of synthesis and release of spinal cord oxytocin.

Irvin N. Hirshfield, Associate Professor, B.S., Ph.D. Molecular microbiology and microbial physiology and genetics. Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes in response to environmental stress with special emphasis on acid stress responses; microbial pathogenesis.

Yue J. Lin, Associate Professor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Cytology and Cytogenetics. Spontaneous and induced abnormalities in chromosomes. Sister chromatid exchange.

Richard A. Lockshin, Professor, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Developmental cell physiology, gerontology. Mechanisms of cell death and homeostatic down-regulation; mechanisms of proteolysis.
 
Rajendra Rana, Associate Professor, B.S., Ph.D. Phosphoinositides-metabolism, signaling and regulation in the context of stimulus-response coupling.

Laura M. Schramm, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Gene expression in eukaryotes, mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in human cells.

Richard Stalter, Professor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Ecology of coastal plant communities. Rare and endangered plants.

Louis Trombetta, Professor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D Electron microscopy cytology, pathology, and cytochemistry. The effects of drugs in metabolism and cell degeneration, particularly in the CNS.

Ales Vancura, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Chromosome segregation, chromatin structure, and regulation of transcription. Signal transduction.

Jay A. Zimmerman, Associate Professor and Chair, A.B., Ph.D. Experimental gerontology; nutritional aspects of lifespan extension.