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Tatjana Abaffy, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Olfaction, olfactory receptors and ligands
Cancer cell biology and metabolism |
305-243-4468 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building 6140A
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Becky Adkins, Ph.D.
Professor Microbiology and Immunology
"We study the developmental regulation of the immune system in a pediatric murine model. Our studies focus on cytokine production, inflammation, infectious diseases, epigenetics, and both the systemic and intestinal immune systems."
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305-243-5560 (ph)
305-243-4623 (fax)
Room 3152, Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building
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Julio C. Barredo, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Toppel Family Professor of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Oncology, Bone arrow and stem cell transplantation, Childhood brain and spinal tumors, Pediatric sickle cell disease.
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305-585-5635 (ph)
305-325-8387 (fax)
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Antoni Barrientos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
We are interested in the basic processes underlying the biogenesis of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) and how they bear on human neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders.
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(305) 243-8683 (ph)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building - 2067
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Mary Bartlett Bunge, Ph.D.
Christine E. Lynn Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience, Professor, Cell Biology and Anatomy, Neurological Surgery, and Neurology
Development of combination strategies to repair the injured spinal cord
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(305) 243-4596 (ph)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 5-18
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Lisa Baumbach-Reardon, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor, Department of Pediatrics
We have two major projects in our laboratory. The first project involves the discovery earlier this year of the disease gene for a rare infantile neurodegenerative disorder, X-linked spinal muscular atrophy. The second project focuses on the genetic basis of breast cancer in women of African ancestry.
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305-243-3997 (ph)
Room 6020, Mailman Center for Child Development
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John R. Bethea, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
The primary focus of my laboratory is the neuroimunological basis of disease or injury to the central nervous system. To achieve this goal we focus primarily on the role of astrocytes in health and disease and how modulating the activation of the NF-kB family of transcription factors alters neuroimmune responses.
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(305) 243-3804 (ph)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 3-21
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Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Neuroproteomics, posttranslational modification of deimination, local protein synthesis in neuronal dendrites
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(305) 482-4103 (ph)
McKnight Vision Research Center - 7th Floor
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Laura Bianchi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
sensory perception and neurodegeneration
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305-243-1887 (ph)
305-243-5931 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building - 5133
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Nanette Bishopric, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
"Cardiac myocyte growth and death, transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of cell growth"
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305-243-6775 (ph)
305-243-6082 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6038
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John Bixby, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, and Director, UM Neuroscience Center
Research in the lab is focused on axon growth and guidance during development and regeneration
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305-243-4874 (ph)
305-243-3921 (fax)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 4-17
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Karoline Briegel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Braman Breast Cancer Institute.
"Transcription factors in normal and cancerous stem cell development with focus on cardiogenesis, mammogenesis and breast cancer."
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(305) 243-4770 (ph)
(305) 243-9249 (fax)
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Kerry Burnstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Graduate Program Director
"My lab studies steroid hormone action in endocrine cancers. In particular, we focus on androgen and vitamin D regulation of oncogenesis in the prostate."
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305-243-5732 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6160
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Anthony J. Capobianco, Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Oncology Research Program, Division of Surgical Oncology
Molecular mechanisms of Tumorigenesis. Notch Signaling, mouse models of tumorigenesis. Cancer stem cells and pathway cross talk.
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(305) 243-6308 (ph)
Room 1019B, Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building
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Coralie Carraway, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"Molecular mechanisms for the regulation of normal cell differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis/ survival and their aberrancies in disease states, primarily cancer"
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(305) 243-5759 (ph)
Papanicolau Building - 311
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Nirupa Chaudhari, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
We study mechanisms of transduction and cellular communication in sensory and other cells. We develop transgenic mouse models and fluorescent reporters to visualize cell function in real time. We also analyze patterns of gene expression in complex tissues to understand the roles and differentiation of diverse cell types.
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305-243-3427 (ph)
305-243-5931 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building - 4062
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Zhibin Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Our research program focuses on mechanisms of immune tolerance and its application to type 1 diabetes and islet transplantations.
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305-243-8348 (ph)
305-243-5522 (fax)
Room 3035 (Office), 3039A (Lab) Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building
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Akira Chiba, Ph.D.
Professor, Biology
We study the cell biological bases of brain development by using various imaging and genetic technologies.
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(305) 284-3510 (ph)
Cox Science Center - 229
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Gregory E. Conner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy Director of Research
"Research projects are focused on basic epithelial cell biology especially as it applies to the respiratory tract. Projects include studies on epithelial host defense responses, secretion, ciliary beating and reactive oxygen species metabolism."
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305-243-6926 (ph)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building - 7061B
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Gennaro D'Urso, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology; Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics faculty member
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology; Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics faculty member |
305-243-3105 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, 7151A
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Dorraya El-Ashry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Mechanisms underlying the etiology of ER-negative vs ER-positive breast cancer and studies aimed at re-expressing ER in ER-negative tumors leading to clinical trials.
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(305) 243-4721 (ph)
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Amjad Farooq, Ph.D. DIC
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Structural Energetics & Kinetics |
305-243-2429 (ph)
305-243-2429 (fax)
Gautier Building 214
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Christian Faul, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine/Nephrology
The Synaptopodin family of actin binding proteins and its role in signal transduction in renal podocytes and cardiac myocytes
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(305)243-3206 (ph)
(305)243-3209 (fax)
Batchelor Bldg 6th Fl Room #628
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Ken Fields, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
"We focus on identification and characterization of anti-host proteins secreted by the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis. Specifically, we are interested in how these protiens modulate eukaryotic cell biology and host immune responses."
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(305) 243-6711 (ph)
(305) 243-4623 (fax)
Room 3033 (office) / 3084 (lab), Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building
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Elizabeth J. Franzmann, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
"Our lab is investigating methods to better detect and treat head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. We are using molecular biology techniques to develop a simple and inexpensive early detection test and are investigating how the stem cell marker, CD44, is involved in HNSCC progression."
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(305) 243-5955 (ph)
Room 1513, Clinical Research Building
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Nevis L. Fregien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Control of Cell Differentiation Regulation of Gene Expression |
(305) 243-6941 (ph)
(305) 545-7166 (fax)
RMSB, Room 4110
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Jeffrey Goldberg, M.D.,Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
"We study survival and regeneration in the developing and adult nervous system, bridging molecular, cellular, and in vivo approaches. Additional projects focus on the use of stem cells and nanotechnology."
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(305) 547-3720 (ph)
McKnight Vision Research Center - 4th Floor
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James D. Guest, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
Glial cell transplantation to repair long tract injury in primates. Dedifferentiation of neuroblastoma in reponse to hypoxia
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305-243-6946 (ph)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 5-17
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Abigail Hackam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Cellular mechanisms of photoreceptor degeneration and survival; Signaling pathways regulating ocular tumorigenesis and tumor stem cell proliferation.
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(305) 243-9270 (ph)
(305) 243-3955 (fax)
McKnight Vision Research Center - 407
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Joshua M. Hare, M.D.
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology, Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
Cardiac cell regeneration
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305-243-1998 (ph)
Clinical Research Building, Room 1124, 1120 NW 14th St. Miami, FL 33136
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(T. K.) Thomas K. Harris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Understand mechanisms of action and regulation of multi-domain protein kinases |
(305) 243-3358 (ph)
(305) 243-3955 (fax)
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Guy A. Howard, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell and molecular biology of bone; cell and molecular biology of aging; stem cells and reparative medicine
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Bingren Hu, M.D.,Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology
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(305) 243-4854 (ph)
Parkinson Building - 4th Floor
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Roland Jurecic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
"The research in the laboratory focuses on the study of: (1) molecular pathways that regulate self-renewal, activation and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors, (2) molecular pathways supporting self-renewal and differentiation of cancer stem cells, and (3) stem cell transformation and leukemogenesis."
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305- 243-6002 (ph)
305-243-4409 (fax)
Room 314, Papanicolaou Building
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Michael S. Kapiloff, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics and. Director, Cardiac Signal Transduction and Cellular Biology Laboratory
"The Cardiac Signal Transduction and Cellular Biology Laboratory at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is committed to the elucidation of the signal transduction pathways of the cardiac myocyte. In particular, we are interested in the role that multimolecular signaling complexes play is the regulation of myocyte function."
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305-243-7863 (ph)
305-243-3906 (fax)
Biomedical Research Building, Room 810
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Robert Keane, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
"My research focuses on the initiation of inflammation, autophagy and apoptosis in the CNS after traumatic brain and spinal cord injury."
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305-243-5726 (ph)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building Room - 5058
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Norma Sue Kenyon, Ph.D.
Martin Kleiman Professor of Surgery, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research
Immunology of islet transplantation in pre-clinical models and in clinical subjects; immunology of clinical type 1 diabetes.
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305-243-5346 (ph)
305-243-1042 (fax)
Room 6032, Diabetes Research Institute
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Wasif Khan, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
"We study molecular mechanisms of normal and abnormal growth and survival of B lymphocytes, which is important for understanding lymphocyte development and causes of autoimmune diseases and lymphomagenesis. Our studies include immune responses, BCR, BAFF-R, TLR signal transduction as well as role of cytoskeleton in immunoreceptor signaling and lymphocyte activation." |
305-243-5694 (ph)
305-243-4623 (fax)
Room 3147A, Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building
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Michael Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate dendrite morphogenesis and neural connectivity.
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305-243-1690 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, RMSB 6056
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Mary Lou King, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Cell fate determination in the early Xenopus embryo with special emphasis on genetic mechanisms that preserve stem (germ) cell totipotency and promote cell migration.
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(305)243-5643 (ph)
(305)243-5837 (fax)
RMSB room 4008
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Theodore J. Lampidis, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy & Member of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cellular Pharmocology, Cardiotoxicity, Anticancer drugs
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(305) 243-4846 (ph)
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Ralf Landgraf, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular control and manipulation of cell surface receptor signaling with a focus on ERBB2 and ERBB3 receptors. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the macromolecular context in which signaling occurs, its organizing principles and consequences of and opportunities for perturbation.
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(305) 243-5815 (ph)
(305) 243-3955 (fax)
Gautier 316
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Sandra K. Lemmon, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and Director, MD/PhD Program.
Membrane Traffic: Sorting and regulation of protein transport in the endocytic and secretory pathways.
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305-243-5758 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6165
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Vance Lemmon, Ph.D.
Walter G. Ross Distinguished Chair in Developmental Neuroscience
Our lab studies axon regeneration in vitro and in vivo. A major goal is to identify and characterize genes that enhance axon regeneration using high content screening.
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Robert B. Levy, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
We are interested in understanding how T lymphocytes: a) control the process of hematopoietic progenitor cell engraftment following marrow / blood transplantation and b) mediate anti-tumor immunity against malignancies in individuals post-transplant.
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305-243-4542 (ph)
305-243-8595 (fax)
Room 720, McKnight Building
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Mathias G. Lichtenheld, M.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
We are interested in the signals and mechanisms of gene regulation that are critical for killer lymphocytes to defeat pathogens. |
305-243-3301 (ph)
305- 243-7211 (fax)
Room 738 (office), Room 708 (lab), Batchelor Children's Research Institute
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Daniel Liebl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
Research in the lab focuses on axon growth and guidance in the developing and regenerating nervous systems. Neural stem/progenitor cell biology in both native neurogenesis and following CNS trauma using endogenous and transplantation strategies
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(305) 243-7143 (ph)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 3-16
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Joy Lincoln, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Graduate Faculty: Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
My lab focuses on embryonic heart development. Our goal is to determine the molecular and cellular regulatory mechanisms of heart valve formation using in vitro and in vivo model systems.
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305-243-9613 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6048
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Irene Litosch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology.
"We study how intracellular mediators interact to regulate signal output by G protein coupled receptors (GPCR). Understanding how GPCR signaling is regulated, in health and disease, can lead to new therapeutic strategies."
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305-243-5862 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6088
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Bal Lokeshwar, Ph.D.
Professor/Co-Director Urology Research
"Functions of chemokines and pro-inflammatory factors in tumor progression, hormone-independence and metastasis. Development of natrually occuring compounds in herbs and spices for chemoprevention and therapy."
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(305) 243-6591 (ph)
Dominion Tower, 5th fl.
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Vinata B. Lokeshwar, Ph.D.
Professor of Urology and Cell Biology & Anatomy
Basic and Translational Research in Cancer: Biomarkers and Therapeutics
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(305)243-6321 (ph)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Bldg., Room 8096
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Izidore Lossos, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Director Lymphoma Program
We are studying pathogenesis of lymphoma and biological processes in normal B cells
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305-243-6787 (ph)
305-243-4785 (fax)
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, D8-4
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Thomas R. Malek, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Microbiology and Immunology
We study basic mechanisms controlling T lymphocyte development and function as they relate to autoimmunity, tumor immunotherapy, and immune memory.
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305-243-5626 (ph)
305-243-6903 (fax)
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Ian McNiece, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
The primary focus of our research is the use of cellular therapies to repair diseased tissues and organs. We are exploring conditions for in vitro generation of cellular products for use in patients.
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305-243-7256 (ph)
Room 1124, Clinical Research Building
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Enrique A. Mesri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
"Molecular, cellular and genetic mechanisms of viral carcinogenesis of Kaposi sarcoma. Activation of tumor angiogenesis and genetic instability by the Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/ KSHV."
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305-243-5659 (ph)
305-243-8309 (fax)
Room 109 (office) Papanicolaou Building
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Carlos T. Moraes, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Human Genetics; Molecular pathogenesis of disease-related mitochondrial DNA mutations
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(305)243-5858 (ph)
(305)243-3914 (fax)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 3-17
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Peter Mundel, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology & Anatomy; Chief, Division of Molecular Medicine; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
- The synaptopodin family of actin-associated proteins in health and disease
- Cell biology and pathology of kidney podocytes |
(305) 243-2360 (ph)
(305) 243-4338 (fax)
Batchelor Bldg. 6th Fl, Room 626
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Amanda Myers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
function of non-coding DNA variation within the human cortex with specific focus on the pathogenomic processes underlying late onset Alzheimer's disease
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(305) 243-3522 (ph)
Batchelor Children's Building - 609
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Richard S. Myers, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Understand the mechanisms of steroid hormone receptor and coactivator action in normal and cancerous tissues. |
(305) 243-2056 (ph)
(305) 243-3065 (fax)
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Zafar Nawaz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Understand the mechanisms of steroid hormone receptor and coactivator action in normal and cancerous tissues.
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(305) 243-1456 (ph)
Room 425, Batchelor Children's Research Institute
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Ricardo Pastori, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Immunology, and Microbiology
My research is focused on beta-cell function and responses to inflammation in the context of pancreatic islet transplantation and type 1 diabetes development.
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305-243-5349 (ph)
Room 1070, Diabetes Research Institute
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Damien Pearse, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery
"My laboratory focuses on several key aspects of CNS injury repair: 1) preventing progressive tissue damage following the initial mechanical trauma through the application of pharmacological or biological neuroprotectants, 2) overcoming the physical impediment of the injury cyst through the implantation of exogenous cells or by harnessing endogenous cellular repair mechanisms and, 3) the promotion of axon regeneration by the stimulation of intracellular signaling pathways that are important in the initiation and/or maintainence of axon growth."
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(305) 243-7139 (ph)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 5-15
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Miquel A. Perez-Pinzon, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology
CNS injury: pathophysiological mechanisms of cell death and neuroprotective strategies; special emphasis on cerebral ischemia, mitochondrial physiology, and neurodegenerative diseases
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305-243-5830 (ph)
Parkinson Building - 3017
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Priyamvada Rai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Modulation of cellular redox status to enhance activation of tumor suppressor pathways in cancer cells
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(305) 575-3388 (ph)
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Richard L. Riley, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
"The research in the Riley laboratory focuses upon the molecular and cellular regulation of B lymphocyte development. In particular, the processes that down-regulate immune functions in old age and other conditions of immunodeficiency are under study."
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305-243-2644 (ph)
305-243-8595 (fax)
Room 727, McKnight Building
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Stephen D Roper, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
"I study the molecular and cellular physiology of sensory organs. Specifically, my research focuses on signal transduction and signal processing in taste buds. I use functional imaging with voltage-, pH-, and ion-sensitive fluorescent dyes, confocal microscopy, and electrophysiology."
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305-243-6769 (ph)
305-243-5931 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building - 4065
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Richard L. Rotundo, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Physiology and Biophysics, and Member, Neurosciences Program
Membrane protein biogensis and localization; signal transduction; gene expression and regulation; nerves and muscle
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(305)243-6940 (ph)
(305)545-7166 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building - 4168
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Jacqueline Sagen, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Our laboratory is exploring the potential for cell transplantation and/or gene therapy to alleviate chronic pain.
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(305) 243-5618 (ph)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 5-14
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Pedro Salas, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology and Anatomy
Polarization in epithelial cells; Role of the cytoskeleton and exocytis transport of membrane proteins |
305-243-6977 (ph)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 4090
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Matthias A Salathe, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, and Professor of Medicine and Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
"Research focuses on innate host defenses of the airways including mucociliary clearance, mucus secretion, ciliary beating and lactoperoxidase system and recovery from insults."
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305-585-7340 (ph)
305-243-6992 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, 7063A
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Niramol Savaraj, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
"mTOR signaling, autophagy and drug resistance in lung cancer. The second project is on arginine deprivation as targeted therapy in tumors which do not express argininosuccinate synthetase."
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(305) 575-3143 (ph)
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Kurt Schesser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Genetic and cellular based analysis of microbial virulence factor activity.
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305-243-4760 (ph)
305-243-4623 (fax)
Room 3037, Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building
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Paul Schiller, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Medicine
"Marrow-isolated adult mutilineage inducible (MIAMI) stem cells: molecular mechanisms of self-renewal, proliferation and differentiation; and their use in regenerative medicine."
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Michael S. Schmale, Ph.D.
Professor, Marine Biology and Fisheries
"Development and study of aquatic animal models of disease processes, with an emphasis on cancer. Current research programs include: (1) studies of a unique virus-like agent which causes peripheral nervous system and pigment cell tumors in bicolor damselfish on Florida reefs, (2) vector design and optimization of transgenesis in zebrafish, (3) investigation of the effects of toxins from harmful agal blooms using zebrafish and (4) health and husbandry of California sea hares, Aplysia californica, used in neurobiological research."
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305-421-4140 (ph)
305-421-4600 (fax)
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
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Sean Scully, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Orthopaedics , Chief of Joint Replacement
The focus of our research is on the cell matrix interaction and how this impacts on cancer metastasis. Specifically there are project on integrin mediated Smad signaling and collagenase mediated tumor cell egress
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305-325-4683 (ph)
305-325-4784 (fax)
UM Hospital, 4th Floor
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Vladlen Z. Slepak, Ph.D.
Professor and Program Director, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
"Novel mechanisms of signal transduction, with a focus on heterotrimeric G proteins and Ca2+ binding proteins. Structure-function aspects and subcellular localization of signaling proteins"
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305-243-3430 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6130
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Joyce M. Slingerland, MD, PhD
Director, Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute, UMSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Professor of Medicine
Breast cancer, molecular mechanisms, molecular genetics, epidemiology, cell cycle, and estrogen receptors
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305-243-4909 (ph)
305-243-4975 (fax)
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Geoffrey W. Stone, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Group Leader, HIV Program, Dodson Interdisciplinary Immunotherapy Institute
HIV Vaccines and Molecular Adjuvants to Enhance Immune Memory Responses |
305-243-2189 (ph)
305-243-7211 (fax)
Room 743, Batchelor Children's Research Institute
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Marta Torroella-Kouri, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
"My research interests pertain to the role of the innate immune system, particularly of macrophages/monocytes, in the immune suppression observed in mice bearing advanced tumors. Peritoneal and tumor-associated macrophages and their precursors, monocytes in the circulation, represent and exhibit different levels of local and systemic immune suppression in the host. We have found that transcripition factors NFkB, STAT1 and STAT3 are differentially expressed in these cells, resulting in altered cell signaling pathways and cytokine gene expression patterns."
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305-243-6260 (ph)
305-243-4623 (fax)
Room 3123A, Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building
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Pantelis Tsoulfas, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
"Our areas of research center on the development of the nervous system, neurotrophin signaling in neural cells and repair of the CNS after spinal cord injury. For the development of nervous system we try to understand how mitogenic factors influence cell numbers and how cell fates are linked to specific transcriptional networks. We use live fluorescent imaging techniques to study neurotrophin signaling. For spinal cord injury repair strategies, we utilize modified neurotrophins and grafting of CNS derived cells. We integrate several approaches including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Imaging techniques."
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(305) 243 3433 (ph)
(305) 243 3434 (fax)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 5-13
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Fulvia Verde, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics Miami Yeast Group member
Control of cell morphogenesis in fission yeast
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305-243-3106 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6130
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Gaofeng Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
Molecular genetics of Parkinson disease and age-related macular degeneration.
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(305) 243-6177 (ph)
(305) 243-2396 (fax)
Room 525, Biomedical Research Building
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Keith Webster, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology; Director of the Vascular Biology Institute; Walter G. Ross Chair of Vascular Biology
Myocardial ischemia, Apoptosis, Gene and Stem Cell Therapy
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305-243-6779 (ph)
305-243-6082 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6038
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Rong Wen, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Opthamology
Retinal cell biology; photoreceptor degeneration; retinal vascular disorders
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(305) 482-4874 (ph)
McKnight Vision Research Center - 506
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Xiang-Xi (Mike) Xu, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
Ovarian cancer biology and early embryogenesis |
305-243-1750 (ph)
Papanicolaou Research Building 417
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R. Grace Zhai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
"Understanding the genetic and cellular basis of neural development, degeneration and protection using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system."
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305-243-6316 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building - 6069
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Yanbin Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
DNA repair and mutagenesis, Fanconi anemia pathway of DNA repair. |
(305) 243-9237 (ph)
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Teresa A. Zimmers, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Dewitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Cell Biology & Anatomy, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
We study mechanisms of tissue growth regulation. Members of the TGF-beta superfamily are of particular interest.
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(305) 243-1685 (ph)
(305) 243-7083 (fax)
Lab address: Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, R.M.S.B. 1038 Office address: R.M.S.B. 1044
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