Faculty Research The research enterprise in the CMB Program is well-funded by extramural support from the National Institutes of Health, with 60 million in grant dollars annually generated by the CMB faculty in individual research awards, program projects grants, and pre- and post-doctoral training grants. Large interdisciplinary, multi-investigator grants fund research projects in cancer biology, cardiovascular biology and cell motility, environmental pathology, immunobiology, neuroscience, and pulmonary function and disease. In addition, core facilities are available in Bioinformatics, X-Ray Crystallography, DNA Analysis, Flow Cytometry, Microscopy and Imaging, and Transgenic Mice. |
A unique aspect of the CMB Program is the interdisciplinary nature of the individual research projects, which are often highly collaborative and cross traditional department boundaries. A number of participating faculty have primary appointments in clinical as well as basic science departments, bringing a broad perspective of contemporary problems in cell and molecular biology. Areas of emphasis are listed to the right with links to more detailed descriptions of current research by the CMB Faculty.