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Immunology |
| Vladimir Badovinac Ph.D. |
Regulation of antigen-specific T cell homeostasis after infection or vaccination |
| Robert Cook M.D., Ph.D. |
Suppressive effects of ethanol on the immune system
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| Jonathan Heusel M.D. Ph.D. |
Natural killer cell responses in viral infection and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
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| Kevin Legge Ph.D. |
Dendritic cell maturation, dendritic cell activation of T cells, dendritic cell -respiratory virus interaction
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| Annette Schlueter M.D. Ph.D |
Development of dendritic cell subsets, effects of cord blood infusion on neonatal hematopoietic and immunologic development
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| Thomas Waldschmidt Ph.D. |
Role of B lymphocyte subsets in humoral immunity, germinal center biology, effect of chronic ethanol on B cell function |
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Inflammation and Vascular Biology |
| Gary Baumbach M.D. |
Effects of hypertension on cerebral blood vessels, interactions between vascular cells and extracellular matrix |
| Thomas Raife M.D. |
Mechanisms of endothelial cell injury and microvascular thrombosis in thrombotic microangiopathy syndromes |
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Microbiology |
| Dan Diekema M.D. |
Epidemiology and prevention of hospital-acquired fungal infections, surveillance of antifungal resistance |
| Gary Doern Ph.D. |
Epidemiology, mechanisms and laboratory detection of antibiotic resistance |
| J. Stacy Klutts M.D. Ph.D. |
Mechanisms of fungal cell wall synthesis and drug target identification, development and application of novel fungal diagnostics |
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Neuroscience |
| Steven Moore M.D. Ph.D. |
Function of brain dystroglycan, genetic mouse models of muscular dystrophy |
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Signaling and Cell Death |
| Michael Cohen M.D. |
Neoplastic progression of prostate cancer, regulation of apoptosis in prostate tumor cells by TNF family members |
| Fiorenza Ianzini Ph.D. |
Mitotic catastrophe and its role in cell death and tumor progression |
| Michael Knudson M.D., Ph.D. |
Role of BCL2 family members in cell cycle control and apoptosis, role of BAX in genomic instability |
| Tomomi Kuwana M.D., Ph.D. |
Regulation of mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis by BCL2 family members |
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Stem Cells |
| Jackie Bickenbach, Ph.D. |
Role of epidermal stem cells in de-differentiation, development of potential cell-based therapies |
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Tumor Biology and Cancer |
| Hasem Habelhah, Ph.D. |
Role of TRAF2 in oncogene- and stress- induced NF-κB activation and resistance to apoptosis in cancer cells |
| Michael Henry Ph.D. |
Molecular basis of organ site-specific tumor metastasis |
| Toshika Itoh M.D., Ph.D. |
Induction of cancer caused by abnormalities in tumor suppressor genes involved in DNA repair, damage signaling and apoptosis |
| Siegfried Janz M.D. |
Molecular genetics of B cell and plasma cell neoplasms
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| Peter Nagy M.D., Ph.D. |
Role of methyltransferases in the differentiation of hematopoietic lineages, role of methyltransferase mutations in malignant transformation |
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Virology |
| Thomas Haugen M.D., Ph.D. |
Regulation of human papillomavirus gene expression by viral and cellular factors |
| Lubomir Turek M.D. |
Human papillomavirus transcriptional regulators in cell transformation and cancer |
