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T32 Training Program in Cellular, Biochemical, & Molecular Sciences

Leadership

Diane Merry, PhD
  • Co-Director, T32 Training Program in Cellular, Biochemical, & Molecular Sciences
  • Professor
Philip Wedegaertner, PhD
Co-Director, T32 Training Program in Cellular, Biochemical, & Molecular Sciences

Contact

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

233 S. 10th Street
Bluemle Life Sciences Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Faculty Mentors

MentorSKMC Department Research Interest
Alnemri, EmadBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyBasic mechanisms of cell death and inflammasome activation
Aplin, Andrew E.Pharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer BiologyKinase Signaling and the tumor immune microenvironment in melanoma
Benovic, Jeffrey L. Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyRegulation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling
Bussard, KarenPharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer BiologyOsteoblasts in the tumor niche of bone metastatic cancer
Capparelli, ClaudiaMedical OncologyTumor heterogeneity and cell plasticity in melanoma
Covarrubias, ManuelNeuroscienceMolecular physiology and pharmacology of ion channels
Debler, ErikBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyStructure and mechanism of macromolecular machines
Eischen, ChristinePharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer BiologyMolecular mechanisms of tumor initiation
Grabocka, EldaPharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer BiologyKRAS-driven pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Guo, LinBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyProtein function. aggregation, and phase transition
Haeusler, AaronNeuroscienceRole of nucleotide repeat expansions in neurodegeneration
Hickok, NoreenOrthopaedic SurgeryBacterial adhesion, aggregation and host interface
Hou, Ya-MingBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyChanges of RNA epigenetic modifications in neuron health and disease
Iacovitti, LorraineNeuroscienceStem cell therapy. regenerative medicine, neuroregeneration
Ibrahim, FadiaBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyMolecular mechanisms of RNA decay “Ribothrypsis” & RNA dysregulation in ALS pathogenesis 
Iozzo, Renato V.Pathology & Genomic MedicineMatrix biology, tumor biology, angiogenesis, autophagy
Kirino, YoheiBiochemistry & Molecular BiologySmall RNA biology in cancer, asthma, and infectious disease
Languino, Lucia R.Pharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer BiologyIntegrin signaling in cancer progression
Lepore, AngeloNeuroscienceSpin cord injury, ALS, axon regeneration, cell transplants
Ma, LeNeuroscienceNeural development
Mahoney, MyDermatology & Cutaneous BiologyMolecular and cellular biology of skin cancer
Martinez-Outschoorn, UbaldoMedical OncologyCancer metabolism
Mazo, AlexanderBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyEpigenetics of cell cycle. Differentiation therapy in cancer
McMahon, Steven B.Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyReprogramming of gene expression pathways in cancer
Menko, A. SuePathology & Genomic MedicineWound healing and fibrosis
Merry, DianeBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyMolecular and biochemical mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Meyer, SaraPharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer BiologyLeukemia, eipigenetics
Mishra, AnjaliMedical OncologyMolecular mechanisms underlying cytokine-driven lymphoid leukemias and their response to cancer therapies
Mosca, TimNeuroscienceMolecular and cellular neurobiology
Naik, UlhasCardeza Center for Vascular BiologyCell-cell communication
Pasinelli, PieraNeuroscienceNeuro-Degeneration, ALS-FTD, MN biology
Paumet, FabienneMicrobiology & ImmunologyStudy of chlamydia/host interaction at the molecular level
Philp, NancyPathology & Genomic MedicineRetinal and cancer metabolism
Pluciennik, AnnaBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDNA repair mechanisms in neurodegeneration
Pomerantz, RichardBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDNA repair, drug development, DNA/RNA biotechnology
Ramage, HollyMicrobiology & ImmunologyPositive-strand RNA virus infection
Ruan, ZhengBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyStructural biology in cell signaling
Schnell, Matthias J.Microbiology & ImmunologyVaccines development, viral pathogenesis
Sigal, LuisMicrobiology & ImmunologyIntrinsic and induced mechanisms of resistance to viruses
Smeyne, RichardNeuroscienceCell biology of parkinsonism, effects of isolation on brain
Snook, AdamPharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer BiologyColorectal cancer biology, cancer immunotherapy
Soniat, MichaelBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyMolecular Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance
Temiakov, DmitryBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyMitrochondrial replication and gene expression
Tigano, MarcoPathology & Genomic MedicineMitochondrial-Driven Mechanisms of Innate Immunity and Their Implications in Human Disease
Trotti, DavideNeuroscienceMechanisms of neurodegeneration in ALS
Waldman, Scott A. Pharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer BiologyNovel diagnostics and therapeutics for GI cancers
Wedegaertner, PhilipBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyMechanisms of cell signaling by heterotrimeric G proteins
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