Opportunities for PhD Research

Listed below are faculty who are interested in training PhD candidates starting in the 2012-2013 academic year.

Labs with Rotations

Bryan Ballif Molecular Mechnaisms of Signal Transduction
John Barlow Mathematical and molecular epidemiology of infectious disease; Host-Pathogen interactions in mastitis; Cattle MHC
Christopher Berger Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Transport
Jeffrey Bond Structural Biology of Proteins and DNA
Elizabeth Bonney Maternal immunity and tolerance
Jason Botten Host immune response to viral infection, the basis of persistent viral infection in reservoir hosts, host-pathogen interactions, and the development of novel therapeutic agents and vaccines
Beth Bouchard Mechanisms regulating factor V endocytosis by megakaryocytes
Jonathan Boyson Molecular and Genetic Determinants of iNKT Cell Function
Ralph Budd Death receptor regulation of apoptosis in the immune system
John Burke Ribozymes and RNA Structure
Frances Carr Cellular events which mediate thyroid hormone action in development and pathophysiology
Marilyn Cipolla
Terrence Delaney Pathogen-induced disease resistance in plants
Wolfgang Dostmann cGMP/PKG signaling in vascular smooth muscle
Sylvie Doublié X-Ray Crystallography
Mary Dunlop Synthetic Biology; Feedback Loops in Gene Regulation
Stephen Everse X-Ray Crystallography of Blood Coagulation Proteins and Transferrins
Barry Finette Mutagenic Mechanisms in Pediatric Diseases
Kalev Freeman Trauma physiology/ traumatic brain injury
Naomi Fukagawa Nutritional biochemistry; aging and oxidative stress
Jeanne Harris Developmental Genetics of Legume Root Nodules
Nicholas Heintz Cell cycle control
Jane Hill Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
Robert Hondal Mechanism of Thioredoxin Reductase — a Collaborative Project
Alan Howe Regulation of cell migration by extracellular matrix
Sally Huber Coxsackievirus induced autoimmune heart disease and atherosclerosis
Christopher Huston Host-Pathogen Interactions of Intestinal Protozoa
Charlie (Charles) Irvin Asthma Pathogenesis, respiratory physiology and airway biology.
Yvonne Janssen-Heininger Transcriptional regulators of lung responses to injury and inflammation
Douglas Johnson Yeast Biofilm Formation and Virulence
Lawrence Johnson Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii
David Kerr Innate Immunity to Dairy Mastitis
David Krag Development of Targeted Therapeutics
Christopher Landry Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and Particles in Biology
Dawei Li Human Genetics and Genomics
Steven Lidofsky Mechanisms of cell volume regulation in liver
Matthew Lord Role of myosin motors in the cell.
Karen Lounsbury Vascular Smooth Muscle Signaling: Tumor Angiogenesis and Atherosclerosis
Dwight Matthews Analytical and clinical applications of mass spectrometry
Mark Miller Effects of aging and exercise on human skeletal muscle
Keith Mintz Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis
Anthony Morielli Pharmacology
Scott Morrical DNA Repair- structure and function of protein-DNA complexes
Mark Nelson
Zhongzong Pan Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer
David Pederson DNA Replication and Repair in Chromatin
Matthew Poynter Airway epithelium in innate and adaptive immune responses
Jill Preston
Michael Radermacher Structure determination and functional studies of macromolecular assemblies using 3DEM
Mercedes Rincón Signaling and gene regulation in thymus development, activation, differentiation and death of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells
Teresa Ruiz Structural and Functional Studies of Macromolecular Complexes
Neil Sarkar Computational Techniques for Studying Contemporary Biomedical and Biodiversity
Aimee Shen Sporulation and spore germination in the nosocomial pathogen Clostridium difficile
Girja Shukla Cancer-specific affinity molecules for diagnosis and targeted therapy
Jay Silveira Biochemistry of Platelet Function
Stephen Smiley Immunity to plague. Roles for fibrin during immunity.
Jeff Spees Adult Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Gary Stein Cancer, Stem Cell and Bone Biology Program
Jason Stumpff Molecular Control of Cell Division
Benjamin Suratt Host factors and their effects on innate immunity and lung inflammation and injury
Doug Taatjes Cell imaging and disease
Cory Teuscher Genetics of susceptibility to infectious and autoimmune disease
Markus Thali Molecular regulation of HIV-1 and influenza virus spread
Mary Tierney Mechanisms for controlling cell function through ECM structure
Michael Toth Translational studies of human skeletal muscle structure and function
Paula Tracy Biochemistry of Platelet Function
Russell Tracy
Kathleen Trybus Molecular motors and their tracks
Albert van der Vliet Biological and environmental oxidants and airway inflammation: Mechanisms of redox signaling
Judy Van Houten
Jim Vigoreaux Biology of insect flight muscle and vertebrate cardiac muscle
Susan Wallace DNA Damage and Repair
Gary Ward Cell Biology of Host-Parasite Interaction
Matthew Wargo Regulation of Bacterial Virulence and Catabolism
David Warshaw Myosin Molecular Motors
Daniel Weiss Gene and stem cell therapies for lung diseases.
George Wellman cerebral artery function in health and disease