Our faculty conduct cutting edge research in Cancer, Neuroscience, and Obesity/Metabolism with the goal of providing a new understanding of how natural and synthetic drug molecules work normally and in disease. Further explore the research interests of our faculty:
Cancer
Calvin Carter, PhD
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Mapping the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, studying how fields interact with biology, and exploring how fields may be harnessed to remotely control cellular physiology
Songhai Chen, PhD
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Exploring molecular mechanisms in tumor development and therapy resistance and uncovering novel therapeutic targets
Dawn Quelle, PhD
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Defining druggable mechanisms that promote cancer and working with clinicians to translate those findings into new therapies for cancer patients
Metabolism/ Obesity
Deniz Atasoy, PhD
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Investigating how brain circuits control appetite and glucose homeostasis
Calvin Carter, PhD
Research Interests:
Mapping the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, studying how fields interact with biology, and exploring how fields may be harnessed to remotely control cellular physiology
Kamal Rahmouni, PhD
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Understanding how obesity develops in people and how this condition drives life-threatening illnesses like cardiovascular diseases
Jon Resch, PhD
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Studying hormones, particularly how they affect behavior
Adele Stewart, PhD
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Elucidating the neural substrates within the monoaminergic neurotransmitter systems that determine sex-based trajectories of neuropsychiatric disorders
Seth Tomchik, PhD
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Dissecting the molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms of learning and memory, as well as diseases that impact brain function, such as neurofibromatosis type 1
Neuroscience
Ted Abel, PhD
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Studying the molecular mechanisms of long-term memory storage and seeking to identify how these processes go awry in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders
Deniz Atasoy, PhD
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Investigating how brain circuits control appetite and glucose homeostasis
Snehajyoti Chatterjee, PhD
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Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying long-term memory impairments in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia
Rory Fisher, PhD
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Understanding the critical roles of Regulator of G Protein Signaling 6 (RGS6), originally cloned in the Fisher lab, in neuropsychiatric/ neurodegenerative disease, heart disease, and cancer
Kelly Mulfaul, PhD
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Understanding the role of immune signaling in retinal degenerative disease in an effort to restore homeostasis and protect against vision loss
Kamal Rahmouni, PhD
Research Interests:
Understanding how obesity develops in people and how this condition drives life-threatening illnesses like cardiovascular diseases
Jon Resch, PhD
Research Interests:
Studying hormones, particularly how they affect behavior
Adele Stewart, PhD
Research Interests:
Elucidating the neural substrates within the monoaminergic neurotransmitter systems that determine sex-based trajectories of neuropsychiatric disorders
Stefan Strack, PhD
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Identifying mechanisms by which mutations in signaling enzymes cause neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease
Seth Tomchik, PhD
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Dissecting the molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms of learning and memory, as well as diseases that impact brain function, such as neurofibromatosis type 1
Yuriy Usachev, PhD
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Understanding the molecular and cellular neurobiology of chronic pain, epilepsy, and neurodegeneration, and defining new molecular targets for treating these neurological disorders
Pharmacology Education
Katelin Dannen, PhD
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Identifying and testing innovative techniques for teaching Pharmacology