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Primary Faculty

Arthur Allen, Professor, Ph.D., Temple, 1956. Interrelationships between carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.

Carol L. Beck, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 1993. Voltage-gated ion channel pharmacology and physiology; Molecular genetic basis of ion channel diseases; Skeletal muscle voltage-gated chloride channels. View Dr. Beck's Laboratory Staff.

Edgar Davidson, Research Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Glasgow, 1981.
Human mitochondrial genetics; DNA mutations in disease; biochemistry and molecular genetics of respiratory chain enzymes, mitochondrial tRNA synthetases. (Research)

Ya-Ming Hou, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Berkeley, 1986. Structural and functional analysis of tRNA mutants; molecular biology of protein-RNA interaction; genetic screening and in vitro mutagenesis, design and creation of novel RNA molecules that function in vivo and in vitro. View Dr. Hou's Laboratory Staff.

Erica S. Johnson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.I.T., 1992. The ubiquitin-related protein Smt3/SUMO; its conjugation pathway and function in yeast. View Dr. Johnson's Laboratory Staff.

Hideko Kaji, Professor, Ph.D., Purdue, 1958. Molecular mechanisms/function of oncogenes in cellular aging; biochemical pharm. human anti-retroviral drugs. View Dr. Kaji's Laboratory Staff.

George F. Kalf, Professor, Ph.D., Yale, 1957. Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs.

Madhu P. Kalia, Professor, Ph.D., Delhi, 1968. Brain stem mechanisms involved in the control of breathing, cardiovascular control and gastrointestinal function. Pharmacologic aspects used in antiobesity therapy.

Michael P. King, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cal. Tech., 1987. Mammalian mitochondrial biogenesis; molecular genetics of mtDNA mutations in human disease; mitochondrial transformation; post-transcriptional modification of mitochondrial RNAs; motor neuron development. View Dr. King's Laboratory Staff.

Diane E. Merry, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Penn, 1991. Molecular pathogenesis of Kennedy's disease and other polyglutamine expansion diseases; protein folding and misfolding in neurodegenerative disease; mouse models of neurologic disease; role of androgens in motor neuron function and survival. View Dr. Merry's Laboratory Staff.

Rodney B. Murray, Assisant Professor, Ph.D., Temple, 1979. Pharmacokinetics, receptor theory, computer-based learning.

Peter Ronner, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1978.  Control of insulin and glucagon release; regulation of ATP-sensitive K-channels and voltage-dependent Ca-channels; role of cellular metabolism in signal transduction.

Eric Wickstrom, Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1972. View Dr. Wickstrom's Laboratory Staff.

Edward P. Winter, Associate Professor, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1984. 
Meiotic development; chromosome structure and function; MAP kinase signaling pathways in yeast. View Dr. Winter's Laboratory Staff.

Allen R. Zeiger, Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1967. Opioid receptors and immune function; opiate metabolism. View Dr. Zeiger's Laboratory Staff.




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