Research Focus Groups

Areas of research focus include:

• Molecular & cellular biology
• Microbial pathogenesis
• Neurobiology
• Signal transduction
• Regulation of gene expression
• Genomics & proteomics
• Toxicology
• Cardiopulmonary physiology & pathophysiology
• Protein folding and structure
• Drug abuse
• Immunology & immunopathology
• Endocrinology
• Regulation of transcription & translation
• Cell growth, development & differentiation
• Virology
• Ion channel kinetics & structure
• Molecular basis of disease & neurodegenerative disorders
• Parasitology
• Molecular genetics
• Behavioral pharmacology
• Aging
• Ion transport
• Proteins & metalloenzymes
• Apoptosis & cell death
• Regulation of metabolism
• Gene therapy
• Cytoskeleton & cell motility

Many of the faculty have combined to form multidisciplinary research focus groups such as:

• Center for Advanced Eye Research
• Center for Cardio-Pulmonary Biology
• Center for Metabolic Regulation
• Center for Molecular Kinetics and Ion Channel Biology
• Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Disease and Aging
• Center for Perinatology and Developmental Biology
• Markey Center for Microbial pathogenesis
• Toshiba Center for Stroke Research
• Toxicology Research Center
• University Structural Biology Initiative