Thomas W. Abrams,
Ph.D. 
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synaptic changes during learning.
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Eugene Albrecht,
Ph.D.
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Research: Pregnancy, placental and fetal development, reproductive endocrinology
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Edson X. Albuquerque,
M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Effects of endogenous substances, toxins and clinically relevant drugs on nicotinic receptor function and expression, synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity in the brain.
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Bradley E. Alger,
Ph.D.
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research: We study the 'brain's own marijuana', the endogenous system that uses the same receptors that marijuana affects, to regulate neuronal communication in the hippocampus. Our current focus is on LTP, LTD and theta rhythms.
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Manickavasagom Alkondon,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Nicotine addiction research; Patch-clamp techniques using brain slices (rat and human); Physiology of nicotinic receptor-dependent neurocircuitries; Pharmacological characterization of brain nicotinic receptor subtypes
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Toni M. Antalis,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Molecular biology of angiogenesis and cancer; membrane serine proteases and their inhibitors; regulation of transcription factors by serpins; plasminogen activation and extracellular matrix remodeling in vascular biology
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Laure Aurelian,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Ongoing studies are focused on understanding the molecular mechanism of H11 induced apoptosis, its regulation and its role in melanoma development.
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Nicholas R. Bachur,
M.D., Ph.D.
Research: My clinical and research interests continue to center on DNA interactive molecules.
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Eileen Barry,
Ph.D.
Department of Medicine/Center for Vaccine Development
Research: The research in my laboratory is focused on the development of live, attenuated bacterial strains which can be used as vaccines delivered by the oral route.
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Patrik Bavoil,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research: Chlamydia genomics; Molecular pathogenesis of Chlamydia species and chlamydiaphages
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Alexey Belkin,
Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Cell-matrix interactions, cell migration, integrins, transglutaminases
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Christopher T. Bever,
M.D.
Neurology
Research: Biochemical mechanisms of myelin damage in multiple sclerosis, particularly the role of macrophage proteinases and their modulation by interferons and other agents
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Lindsay W. Black,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Mechanism of viral DNA packaging, and phage display for protein interactions and vaccine development.
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Thomas Blanpied,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Protein trafficking mechanisms underlying synaptic function and synapse plasticity.
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Mordecai P. Blaustein,
M.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: My research concerns the regulation of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration and its role in normal and pathological cell signaling, especially in vascular smooth muscle (with a focus on the pathogenesis of salt-dependent hypertension) and in the nervous system.
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Mimi Blitzer,
Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Research: Biochemical and metabolic genetic disorders
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Robert J. Bloch,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Membrane Domains and Membrane Organization in Nerve and Muscle; Postsynaptic Membrane Domains; Organization of Intracellular Membranes; Organization of the Sarcolemma into Costameres; The Role of Obscurin in Striated Muscle; Studies of Muscular Dystrophy
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Jacob Blumenthal,
M.D.
Medicine
Research: the effects of aging and obesity on cytokine production by adipose tissue and their relationship to systemic levels and constituents of the metabolic syndrome, as well as examine the effect(s) of weight loss and aerobic exercise training in an older subset of subjects.
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Meredith Bond,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Beta-adrenergic signaling pathways in heart failure; role of A-kinase Anchoring Proteins (AKAPs) in protein kinase A (PKA) targeting. Gene expression signatures of heart failure.
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Angela Brodie,
Ph.D.
Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Molecular Mechanism Involved in the Response of Breast and Prostate Cancer to Endocrine Treatment: Development and Optimization of Novel Therapies.
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Neville Brookes,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our laboratory studies how brain cells integrate and coordinate the various membrane transport activities controlling the fluxes and compartmentation of amino acid neurotransmitters and their metabolic precursors.
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James Campbell,
Pediatrics
Research:
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Nicholas Carbonetti,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Bordetella pertussis infection of the respiratory tract and the role of pertussis toxin in immunosuppression and virulence
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Drew E. Carlson,
Ph.D.
Department of Surgery and Physiology
Research: Integrative Responses to Sepsis and Trauma
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William T. Carpenter,
M.D.
Psychiatry
Research: Etiology, pathophysiology, and anatomy of schizophrenia
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France Carrier,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Molecular Studies to counter carcinogenesis; the role of stress-activated RNA-binding proteins (RBP) in the genotoxic stress response; interactions of stress-activated proteins with chromatin DNA as a potential mechanism to increase the efficiency of anticancer drugs.
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Charles Chaffin,
Ph.D.
OB/GYN & Reproductive Sciences
Research: Ovarian physiology; regulation of granulosa cell proliferation and differentiation; cell cycle control during follicular maturation and corpus luteum formation; steriod regulation of ovarian cancer
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Yen-Pei Chang,
Ph.D.
Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine
Research: My research currently focuses on identifying susceptibility loci of common, complex diseases and modifier genes of monogenic diseases.
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Meenakshi Chellaiah,
Ph.D.
Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences
Research: Signaling mechanisms involved in bone remodeling and cancer cell progression. role of actin and actin-binding proteins in cell shape changes and migration. Focus is on osteoclasts (bone cells), human melanoma cells, and prostate cancer cells
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Feng Chen,
Ph.D.
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Microbial Ecology and Physiology
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Curt Civin,
M.D.
Pediatrics
Research: Once he had isolated stem cells, Dr. Civin hypothesized they might have a unique property on its surface, called an antigen. To identify this antigen, he developed an antibody, or cellular defense mechanism, that would target the antigen when it was introduced into the cell.
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Coleen Damcott,
PHD
Medicine
Research: molecular basis and genetics of complex diseases in humans.
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Shiladitya DasSarma,
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Research: Archaeal genomics, post-genomics and biotechnology
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Louis J. DeTolla,
V.M.D., Ph.D.
Pathology
Research: Animal Models - Oncology; Animal Models - Tranplantation; Animal Models - Infectious Diseases
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Michael Donnenberg,
M.D.
Department of Medicine
Research: Molecular Pathogenesis of E. coli Infections
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Thomas Donner,
Medicine
Research:
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Alex Drohat,
Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: We study the structure and mechanism of enzymes involved in DNA repair and transcriptional regulation, which are implicated in cancer and other diseases, using a broad range of experimental approaches
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Jim Shaojun Du,
Ph.D.
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Research: Muscular dystrophies and skeletal diseases. Molecular regulation of muscle and bone development and myofibril assembly.
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Richard L. Eckert,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Alan Faden,
M.D.
Research: Traumatic brain injury causes cognitive impairment. We examine the mechanisms of cell death associated with cognitive impairment after focal or diffuse brain injury in rodents and compare with MRI changes – including perfusion and diffusion imaging and lesion volumes. Novel neuroprotective strategies are assessed in both adult and developmental models.
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Shengyun Fang,
M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Biotechnology Center
Research: The ubiquitin proteasome pathway; Protein quality control in normal and disease conditions
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Iain Farrance,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Regulation of transcription in cardiac and skeletal muscle.
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Alessio Fasano,
M.D.
Pediatrics
Research: pathogenesis of autoimmune disease; Pathophysiology of intestinal peremeability; Molecular biology of cell-cell interaction at the epithelial and endothelial level; Intercellular tight junctions
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Ricardo Feldman,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Molecular mechanisms regulating the self-renewal, mobilization and tissue regeneration properties of adult and embryonic stem cells
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Pei Feng,
M.D., Ph.D.
Biomedical Sciences
Research: Prostate Cancer Research; Zinc and Hormone related Signal Transduction Pathways in Cancer Research
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Paul Fishman,
M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Research: Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson's Diseases and Related Neurodegenerative Diseases; Botulinum Toxin Treatments; Experimental Therapy Development; Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
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Gary Fiskum,
Ph.D.
Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our research focuses on the molecular mechanisms responsible for neurodegeneration with emphasis on ischemic and traumatic brain injury and Parkinson's Disease.
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Martin Flajnik,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My work is centered on the evolution of the immune system, with the major goal being to understand the origins of adaptive immunity.
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Nancy Fossett,
Ph.D.
Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases/Pathology
Research: We are interested how multi-cellular organisms develop from a single cell or fertilized oocyte. We accomplish this goal by studying how evolutionarily conserved factors regulate blood and heart cell development in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.
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Renty Franklin,
Ph.D.
Biomedical Sciences
Research: Hormone regulation of gene expression in the prostate and prostate cancer; zinc induction of apoptosis in prostate cancer cells
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Mathew B. Frieman,
PhD
Microbiology & Immunology
Research: The interaction between the SARS-CoV and the host during infection
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Douglas O. Frost,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Anesthesiology
Research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying normal neural development and the perturbation of these mechanisms in disease states or by drugs. We also study how these mechanisms can be harnessed for brain repair.
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Amy Fulton,
Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
Research: Breast cancer; mechanisms of metastasis; immune therapy; biological response modifiers
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Ronald Gartenhaus,
M.D.
Department of Medicine
Research: Lymphomagenesis; Molecular Genetics; Translational regulation
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Averell Gnatt,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
Research: Eukaryotic transcription; mammalian transcription; cancer
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Simeon Goldblum,
MD
Department of Medicine
Research: Endothelial cell biology; adherens junctions or zonula adherens; tyrosine phophorylation signaling events; endotoxin and Toll-like receptor signaling; protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases
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Lawrence Goldman,
PhD
Physiology
Research:
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Vera Golovina,
Ph.D.
Physiology
Research: My research program focuses on understanding the mechanisms of regulation of Ca2+ signaling in glial and vascular smooth muscle cells and its role in physiological and pathophysiological processes. There are two major areas of active research.
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Da-Wei Gong,
M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Research: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of obesity and diabetes.
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Todd Gould,
M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Research: My research uses molecular, cellular, and behavioral approaches to study the pharmacology of psychotropic medications and the underlying pathophysiology of mood disorders.
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Anne Hamburger,
Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
Research: ErbR receptors in breast and prostate cancer
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John Hamlyn,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: In contemporary thinking, our research might be termed: OUABAINOMICS.
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Bret Hassel,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My laboratory studies two pathways of interferon action that are involved in the antiviral and tumor suppressive activities of interferon.
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Russell Hill,
Ph.D.
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Marine Microbiology and the Discovery of New Drugs
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Arif Hussain,
M.D.
Medicine
Research: (1) Pre-clinical studies in animal xenografts for prostate cancer; (2) Calcium regulation/calcium pumps; (3) Drug resistance
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Rosemary Jagus,
Ph.D.
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Molecular Biology of Translational Control
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Anil Jaiswal,
Ph.D.
Pharmocology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our research interests include 'Oxidative Stress Signaling, Cell Survival and Death, Chemoprevention, Oncogenesis and Bioreductive Drug Activation and Drug Development'.
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Laundette Jones,
Ph.D.
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Genetic and Environmental Modifiers of Breast Cancer risk; Environmental Toxicology; Mechanisms of Chemical Carcinogenesis
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Dhan Kalvakolanu,
M.S.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: The major research interests of Dr. Kalvakolanu's lab are regulation of gene transcription and signal transduction by cytokines; Tumor cell growth control; and Regulation of novel Cell death-activating genes.
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Joseph Kao,
Ph.D.
Medical Biotechnology Center and Department of Physiology
Research: Developing Molecular Probes for Physiology and Neuroscience Research;
Calcium Regulation of Neuronal Excitability;
In Vivo Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging (EPRI)
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James Kaper,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Research in my laboratory focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of enteric bacterial pathogens.
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Achsah Keegan,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: The major goal of our lab is to gain an understanding of the molecular mechanism by which IL-4 mediates its diverse array of biological effects with the future goal of developing rational strategies for manipulating immune responses.
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Tami Kingsbury,
Ph.D.
Research:
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Thorsten Kirsch,
Ph.D.
Orthopedics
Research: Growth plate and articular cartilage biology, Osteoarthritis; Cell differentiation; Physiological and pathological mineralization of skeletal and other tissues; Calcium and phosphate homeostasis
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Steven Kittner,
M.D.
Neurology
Research: Stroke genetics
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Robert Koos,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Angiogenesis and other Developmental Processes in the Ovary and Uterus
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Willem Kop,
Research:
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Bruce K. Krueger,
Ph.D.
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research: The principal research interests of this laboratory are the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie brain development and cognitive behavior.
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H. Moo Kwon,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Medicine
Research: Osmotic regulation of transcription in the kidney.
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W. Jonathan Lederer,
M.D., Ph.D.
and Department of Physiology
Research: Ca2+ signaling in living cells.
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Steve Liggett,
M.D.
Medicine
Research:
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Erik P. Lillehoj,
Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Research: Expression, structure, and function of MUC1 mucin by respiratory epithelial cells; Avian coccidiosis vaccines
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Iris Lindberg,
Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Protein Structure-Function Efforts; The Cell Biology of the Convertase-binding Protein Interaction; Proteomics of Neuropeptide Production
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David Litwack,
Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Neurogenesis, cell migration, and axon guidance during development of the pontine nuclei
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Richard Lovering,
PhD
Research: My research focuses skeletal muscle contraction-induced injury, specifically how the sarcolemma and cytoskeleton are affected by injury and how they are altered during recovery.
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A-Lien Lu-Chang,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: DNA repair of oxidatively damaged lesions and cell cycle checkpoints.
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Paul W. Luther,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: How nerve and muscle cells form the synaptic membranes that enable them to communicate
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Dean Mann,
M.D.
Department of Pathology
Research: Human Immunology, with an emphasis on the genetic control of the immune response as related to disease pathogenesis and treatment
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Stuart1 Martin,
Ph.D.
Program in Oncology and Department of Physiology
Research: Breast tumor metastasis; apoptotic cell death; cytoskeleton and cell motility
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Donald (Rick) Matteson,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Role of Ion Channels and Transporters in Smooth Muscle Cell Function; Role of Smooth Muscle Cell Ion Channels and Transporters in the Regulation of Blood Pressure
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Margaret M. McCarthy,
Ph.D.
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research:
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John C. McLenithan,
Ph.D.
Departments of Medicine and Physiology
Research: Molecular and cellular basis of diabetes and obesity
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Andrei Medvedev,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My research focuses on mechanisms of signal transduction by innate sensors of microbial pathogens, Toll-like receptors, and their dysregulation in endotoxin tolerance and tolerance-like states.
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Gregory Melikian,
Ph.D.
Institute of Human Virology
Research: The main focus of our group is the molecular mechanism by which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Rous sarcoma virus induce membrane fusion that leads to virus entry.
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Andrea Meredith,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Contribution of specific ion channels to information encoding in the brain and physiology. In my lab, we combine the genetic manipulation of ion channels with electrophysiology and systems physiology.
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Sarah Michel,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research: The role of metal ions in biology, particularly the roles of metal ions in homeostasis and toxicity.
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Braxton D. Mitchell,
MPH
Department of Medicine
Research: Genetic epidemiology of common complex diseases.
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Archibald James (Jim) Mixson,
M.D.
Department of Pathology
Research: Drug delivery, siRNA, Gene therapy
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Jessica Mong,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: My laboratory is interested in the effects of gonadal steroids on neuronal-glial interactions in the developing and adult brain
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Mervyn J. Monteiro,
Ph.D.
Medical Biotechnology Center & Neurology
Research: Molecular genetics of proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases.
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William F. Morgan,
Ph.D.
Radiation Oncology
Research:
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Steven D. Munger,
Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Molecular basis of odor and taste transduction; structure/function of odor and taste receptors
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Yi Ning,
Ph.D.
Department of Pathology: Cytogenetics
Research: Our clinical laboratory offers cytogenetic diagnosis for both constitutional and acquired chromosome abnormalities.
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Diana Oram,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research: Gram positive bacterial pathogenesis
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Heidi Ortmeyer,
PHD
Research:
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Thomas Pallone,
M.D.
Medicine
Research: Microvascular transport in the renal medulla, Vasomotor control of descending vasa recta, Ouabain and descending vasa recta Ca2+ signaling
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Zeev Pancer,
Ph.D.
Center of Marine Biotechnology, UMBI
Research: Comparative Immunology; Origin of vertebrate adaptive immunity - Rearranging antigen receptors of jawless vertebrates - Molecular mechanisms of invertebrate and vertebrate immunity.
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Antonio Passaniti,
Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
Research: Tumor angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation of blood vessel formation, therapeutic applications of anti-angiogenesis agents
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Raymond Penn,
PhD
Department of Medicine
Research: To identify cellular and molecular mechanisms by which G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate important functions in airway cells
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Edna F. R. Pereira,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Nicotinic cholinergic systems in the developing and mature brain of male and female rodents: Effects of toxicants, drugs of abuse, and drugs clinically used to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
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Richard Pierson,
M.D.
Surgery
Research: Dr. Pierson's laboratory specializes in basic and translation research related to transplant immunology
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Silvia A. Pineiro,
Ph.D.
Medical and Research Technology
Research: The general research interest in my lab is focused on the broad fields of genomics, functional genomics, taxomony and ecology of a unique predatory group of bacteria, the Bdellovibrio and like-organisms (BALOs),
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Allen R. Place,
Ph.D.
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that permit organisms to adapt to unique diets, environemnts, and interactions (symbiosis), molecular basis of sex determination
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Christopher Plowe,
M.D, M.P.H.
Department of Medicine
Research: Malaria drug resistance, clinical trials of malaria drugs and vaccines, molecular epidemiology, malaria pathogenesis, malaria-HIV interactions
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Toni I. Pollin,
Ph.D.
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition
Research: Genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics of complex diseases, particularly diabetes mellitus and related phenotypes; translation of human genetics research findings to clinical settings
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Elizabeth Powell,
Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Forebrain development and the roles of inhibitory neurons in cognition and behavior, particularly epilepsy and autism
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Yun Qiu,
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: protein phosphorylation and coupled post-translational modifications, mechanisms of drug resistance and tumor metastasis, cancer stem cells, mouse models of prostate cancer
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William Randall,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Gene expression, molecular neurobiology of cholinergic proteins, synapse formation, synaptic protein targeting, synaptic protein turnover, cytoskeletal assembly of synaptic proteins, transcriptional control of acetylcholinesterase.
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Feyruz Rassool,
Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Research: Cancer Biology and the role of Genomic Instability, in particular DNA damage and Repair, in Cancer and Leukemia disease progression. Studies involve mouse models of human myeloid malignancies
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Mark Rizzo,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Our group studies regulation of insulin secretion by G-protein coupled receptors, and release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum. We also use a structural biology-based approach for rational bioengineering of novel fluorescent proteins.
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Frank T. Robb,
Ph.D.
Research: gene regulation and cell-to-cell communication by carbon monoxide
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Terry B. Rogers,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: We study the fundamental properties of heart cells and the impact of intracellular signaling mechanisms on the regulation of cardiac myocyte function.
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Maria Salvato,
Ph.D.
Institute of Human Virology
Research: Pathogenesis of arenavirus hemorrhagic fever and arenavirus vaccines. Mechanisms of virus-mediated cell death in AIDS. Use of animal models, and genomic/proteomic approaches to analyze virus/host interactions.
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Edward A. Sausville,
M.D.
Research: My clinical research interests at U. Maryland are directed at early phase clinical trials of new drugs for cancer treatment.
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Martin F. Schneider,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Generation of the Ca2+ transient in skeletal muscle; Molecular basis of skeletal muscle fiber types;Calcium signalling in neurons; Calcium homeostasis in dystrophic muscle fibers
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Dan Schulze,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My laboratory has developed an interest in molecular characterization of membrane transport molecules that regulate calcium (Ca) in cells.
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Adil Shamoo,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Bioethics, Clinical Trials, Regulatory Compliance
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Terez Shea-Donohue,
Ph.D.
Physiology
Research: Dr. Shea-Donohue's research is focused on immune-based alterations in gastrointestinal function.
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Paul D. Shepard,
Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Research: Our research focuses on the physiological properties of midbrain dopamine neurons and their role in psychiatric and neurological disorders.
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Mark Shirtliff,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research: My laboratory is presently using 2D gel electrophoresis, microarray analysis, reporter systems, and knockouts to identify biofilm specific genes and their products in Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus mirabilis.
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Alan Shuldiner,
M.D.
Department of Medicine
Research: Genetics of complex disease and traits; diagetes/obesity; cardiovascular disease; osteoporosis; pharmacogenomics
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J. Marc Simard,
M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurosurgery
Research: The laboratory is dedicated to studying the regulation of ion channels in the two major systems that support central neuronal function: astrocytes and cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells.
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Katherine Squibb,
Ph.D.
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Human health effects of ambient air particles in urban and rural areas and biological mechanisms that control metal target organ toxicity and carcinogenicity.
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William Stanley,
Ph.D.
Medicine
Research: Our lab addresses questions regarding the role of substrate metabolism and diet in the pathophysiology of heart failure and acute ischemic events using broad systems approach.
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Nanette Steinle,
M.D.
Medicine
Research: Genetics of complex disease, Taste receptors and metabolic disorders, Genetics of blood-pressure regulation
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O. Colin Stine,
Ph.D.
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: The genetics of early onset stroke; The genetics of Vibrio cholerae; The genetics of antibiotic resistant and pathogenic bacteria; Genetic analysis of colonic bacteria and their possible association with colon cancer
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Dudley Strickland,
Ph.D.
Departments of Surgery and Physiology
Research: Lipoprotein & protease receptors, cell migration, Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular biology, PDGF receptor, macrophages and their role in inflammation.
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Scott1 Strome,
M.D.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Research: Dr. Strome's research program is focused on the study of mechanisms to harness the immune response to squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) for purposes of diagnoses/monitoring and therapy.
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Carol Tacket,
M.D.
Medicine
Research:
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Naoko Takebe,
M.D., Ph.D.
Medicine and Pathology
Research: Expansion of hematopoietic stem cell and in vivo animal transplant model, differentiation therapy using adult stem cells and in vivo model, leukemia and myeloma experimental therapeutics.
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Loren Thompson,
Ph.D.
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Research: Fetal Physiology; Effect of intrauterine stress on the fetal cardiovascular function - adaptive response to chronic hypoxia
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Scott M.1 Thompson,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: We study synaptic transmission in the CNS, including both its normal regulation and its alteration under pathological conditions, such as epilepsy, depression and chronic pain.
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Alan Tomkinson,
Ph.D.
Radiation Oncology
Research: DNA replication, DNA repair and genetic recombination
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Eric A. Toth,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: My research centers on the structure and function of protein complexes crucial to chromosomal integrity and RNA processing.
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Matthew Trudeau,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: My lab investigates the molecular specializations underlying ion channel function in potassium channels activated by voltage and cation channels activated by intracellular cyclic nucleotides.
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Bruce E. Vogel,
Ph.D.
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and Department of Physiology
Research: Cell & Developmental Biology of extracellular and cytoskeletal proteins
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Stefanie Vogel,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Dr. Vogel’s research is focused on the capacity of macrophages to respond to bacterial products such as the endotoxic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram negative bacteria.
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James B. Wade,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research:
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Jian-Ying Wang,
M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Surgery and Pathology
Research: Studies in my laboratory are to define biological functions of cellular polyamines, especially roles of polyamines in regulation of gut epithelial cell renewal, migration, apoptosis, and cell-cell interactions.
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Jordan E. Warnick,
Ph.D.
Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Medical Education, Pharmacology, Toxicology
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David Weber,
Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: Biochemistry, molecular biology, and structural biology techniques such as NMR are used to discover how the tumor suppressor protein, p53, is down-regulated in cancer via other cellular proteins (i.e. hdm2, S100B).
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Edward Weinman,
M.D.
Medicine
Research: We have isolated and cloned two members of a protein family called the Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger Regulatory Factor (NHERF-1 and NHERF-2).
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Daniel Weinreich,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our research goal is to understand how the immune and nervous systems communicate with each other at the cellular level.
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Paul A. Welling,
M.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Molecular Physiology and Genetics of Electrolyte Transport Disorders & Ion Channels
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Withrow Gil Wier,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Vascular biology; calcium signaling in smooth muscle; alpha adrenoceptors in smooth muscle; purinergic receptors in smooth muscle
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Mark Williams,
Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: The major focus of my lab is to investigate the mechanisms by which reactive oxygen or nitrogen species affect the immune system.
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Gerald M. Wilson,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Post-transcriptional regulation of genes contributing to tumor development and heart disease
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Jeff Winkles,
Ph.D.
Departments of Surgery and Physiology
Research: Tumor growth, invasion, and angiogenesis; cytokine signaling; inflammation
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Sztalryd - Carole Woodle,
Phd
Medicine
Research: The study and characterization of lipid droplet surface proteins and their role in regulating the fat storage compartment in adipose tissues as well as in non-adipose tissues (liver, muscle and heart).
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Austin Yang,
Ph.D.
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: The primary interest of my laboratory is to understand the molecular and biochemical events leading to pathological aging and the early development of cancer.
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Paul J. Yarowsky,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Interests of this laboratory are concerned with understanding how cognitive and neurodegeneration disorders such as Down syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer's disease may result from abnormal brain development and increased apoptosis.
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Steven Zhan,
Ph.D.
Research: Molecular mechanics of cell invasion and tumor metastasis
Physiological functions of the actin cytoskeleton associated proteins
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Li Zhang,
Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Research: Biology of leukocyte integrins, especially the CD18 integrin subfamily, and their roles in physiological and pathological processes
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Richard Zhao,
Ph.D.
Departments of Pathology, Microbiology-Immunology
Research: Virus-host interactions and their roles in cell cycle G2/M regulation, apoptosis and host innate antiviral responses; HIV-1 Vpr; Human biology and virology; Fission yeast genetics |