TRAINING FACULTY
As members of our umbrella program, you will have access to over 130 faculty in eleven different PhD programs. Browse our faculty lists below to explore learn more about their labs and research projects.
| Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Immunology; Orthopedics Research Topics: Osteoporosis, genetic and genomic analysis of musculoskeletal disease, metabolic bone disease, bone formation Email: cheryl.ackert-bicknell@cuanschutz.edu |
| Scott Alper Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: immune responses; innate immunity gene responses Email: alpers@njhealth.org |
| Steve Anderson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Mammary gland development, mammary tumorigenesis, tumor metabolism Email: steve.anderson@ucdenver.edu |
| Jason Aoto Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: drug addiction; schizophrenia; synaptic transmission; electrophysiology; neural circuitry Email: jason.aoto@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Aoto Lab |
| Bruce Appel Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: neural stem cells; zebrafish; developmental, degenerative, and cancerous diseases of the nervous system Email: bruce.appel@ucdenver.edu |
| Kristin Artinger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Molecular, genetic mechanisms of neural crest development and disease Email: kristin.artinger@ucdenver.edu |
| Francisco Asturias Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs:Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Medical Scientist Training Program, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences Program Research Topics: Structural biology, cryo-EM, transcription, HIV Email: francisco.asturias@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Bain Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmaceutical Sciences; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions; transcriptional regulation; therapeutic macromolecules Email: david.bain@cuanschutz.edu |
| John Bankston Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: ion channel biophysics; structural biology; fluorescence microscopy; pain and inflammation; pH regulation; Email: john.bankston@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Bankston Lab |
| Linda Barlow Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: Stem cell renewal; molecular regulation of taste bud homeostasis; impact of cancer therapy on taste bud cell renewal and taste function Email: linda.barlow@ucdenver.edu |
| David Barton Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: RNA Viruses, Innate Immunity to RNA Viruses, Endoribonucleases Email: david.barton@ucdenver.edu |
| Emily Bates Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: genetics; pediatric disorders; mutations in a gene, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; the role of microtubules in neurodevelopment, ataxia, neurodegeneration Email: emily.bates@ucdenver.edu |
| Ulli Bayer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: molecular memory; cellular signal transduction; neuronal fuction; nervous system Email: ulli.bayer@ucdenver.edu |
| Kurt Beam Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Orthopedics; Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Osteoarthritis, Obesity, Joint Biology, Microbiome Email: kurt.beam@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Beckham Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Flavivirus RNA structure and function; Zika virus pathogenesis; Zika virus vertical transmission; viral immune responses; alpha-synuclein; Parkinson’s disease; Email: david.beckham@ucdenver.edu |
| Brad Bendiak Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: human diseases; birth defects; stem cells Email: brad.bendiak@ucdenver.edu |
| Richard Benninger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Pancreatic islet biology, Molecular mechanisms of diabetes pathogenesis, Emergent multicellular dynamics, Fluorescent biosensors and Optogenetics , Non-invasive imaging Email: richard.benninger@ucdenver.edu |
| David Bentley Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: gene expression; alternative mRNA processsing in breast cancer; RNA polymerase II; mRNA splicing and polyadenylation, transcription elongation control, co-transcriptional chromatin modification Email: david.bentley@ucdenver.edu |
| Bryan Bergman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Insulin Sensitivity, Exercise, Intermuscular adipose tissue, Intramuscular fat, Ectopic lipids, Lipidomics Email: bryan.bergman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Benjamin G Bitler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Gynecologic oncology, therapeutic development, therapy resistance, metastasis, epigenetics, and signal transduction Email: benjamin.bitler@cuanschutz.edu |
| Joshua Black Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: chromatin microenvironment; genome stability; cancer cell heterogeneity; chemotherapeutic response Email: joshua.c.black@cuanschutz.edu |
| Andy Bradford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: hormone/growth factor signaling and cancer; roles of selective kinase C (PKC) isoforms; cell growth and death in endometrial cancer Email: andy.bradford@cuanschutz.edu |
Kristen Boyle |
| Martin Breuss Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Genomic and cellular mosaicism: 1] its role in and impact on disease; 2] its use as a lineage mark Email: martin.breuss@cuanschutz.edu |
| Joseph Brzezinski Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: mechanisms of cell fate determination Email: joseph.brzezinski@cuanschutz.edu |
Matthew Burchill |
| Cecilia Caino Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: cancer cell metabolism; organelle dynamics; selective autophagy; tumor progression and metastasis. Email: cecilia.caino@cuanschutz.edu |
| Uwe Christians Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry Program; Toxicology Research Topics: Clinical pharmacology, Therapeutic drug monitoring and strategies for personalized drug therapy, Clinical and molecular toxicology, Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of immunosuppressants, Drug metabolism, Biomarker discovery and development, Bioanalytics, Drug eluting vascular devices, mTOR pathway, Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cannabinoids Email: uwe.christians@cuanschutz.edu |
| Jason Christie Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience, MSTP Research Topics: learning and memory; motor control; cerebellum, synaptic plasticity Email: jason.m.christie@cuanschutz.edu |
| Mair Churchill Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: biophysical, biochemical, and structural methods; X-ray crystallography; gene expression Email: mair.churchill@ucdenver.edu |
| Diana Cittelly Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: Brain microenvironment, brain metastasis, neuroinflammation in metastatic progression, breast cancer, hormone signaling Email: diana.cittelly@ucdenver.edu |
| Sarah E Clark Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs:Immunology, Microbiology Research Topics: bacterial-driven immune modulation, respiratory tract infection, inflammation Email: sarah.e.clark@cuanschutz.edu |
| Katrina Claw Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genomics and Genetics Program, Personalized Medicine Certificate Program Research Topics: Pharmacogenomics, Ethical, Social and Cultural Implications of Genomic Research, Evolutionary Genetics and Medicine, Variant Impacts to Protein Function Email: katrina.claw@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Clouthier Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: signaling pathways; cranofacial development; zebrafish and mice Email: david.clouthier@ucdenver.edu |
| James Costello Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Computational Bioscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: systems and network biology approaches to disentangle signaling pathways in cancer development; computational modeling of how therapeutic compounds function across different genomic backgrounds Email: james.costello@ucdenver.edu |
| Scott Cramer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: prostate cancer molecular subtypes that associate with aggressive and lethal disease; We model prostate cancer using a novel mouse prostate stem cell model that develops normal glandular structures with wild type cells and develops malignant structures when prostate cancer drivers are altered; use this models and computational approaches to model signaling pathways that act as potential therapeutic vulnerabilities. Areas of signaling interest include hormone signaling, steroid receptor/chromatin interactions, autophagy, apoptosis and necroptosis. Email: scott.cramer@ucdenver.edu |
| Fabrice Dabertrand Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Neuroscience, MSTP Research Topics: Ion channels; Brain microcirculation; Neurovascular coupling; Cerebral blood flow, Small vessel diseases of the brain Email: fabrice.dabertrand@cuanschutz.edu |
| Shaodong Dai Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Email: shaodong.dai@cuanschutz.edu |
| Richard Davis Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Programmed DNA elimination, novel RNAs, and RNA metabolism Email: richard.davis@ucdenver.edu |
| James DeGregori Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: cancer development; Adaptive Oncogenesis; development of novel therapeutic strategies; leukemia cells; non-small lung cancers; discovering pathway dependencies in cancers Email: james.degregori@ucdenver.edu |
Mark Dell'Acqua |
Peter Dempsey |
Daniel Denman |
| Kelly Doran Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: Bacterial pathogenesis, host - pathogen interactions in female reproductive tract and central nervous system. Email: kelly.doran@cuanschutz.edu |
| Breck Duerkop Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology Research Topics: microbiology; molecular biology; bacterial genetics; bacteriophages; host-microbe interactions; genomics and metagenomics; microbiome Email: breck.duerkop@cuanschutz.edu |
| Robert Eckel Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Clinical Sciences; Neuroscience; Physiology Research Topics: lipids; nutrition; insulin action; energy balance; body weight regulation Email: robert.eckel@ucdenver.edu |
| Elan Eisenmesser Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: revealing and controlling molecular interactions through biochemical, biophysical, and biological techniques; molecular basis of inflammation and cancer, which includes signaling complexes both inside/outside of the cell and engineering potent anti-cancer treatments; Molecular characterization of virulence factors for Strep Pneumo and engineering vaccines; Determining the role of dynamics in enzyme function and engineering catalysis. Email: elan.eisenmesser@ucdenver.edu |
| Patricia Ernst Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: hematopoiesis; stem cells; leukemia; histone methyltransferases; Email: patricia.ernst@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Ernst Lab |
| Thomas Evans Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) dynamics and mRNA control during early development Email: tom.evans@ucdenver.edu |
| Katherine Fantauzzo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: receptor tyrosine kinase signaling; mammalian craniofacial development; mouse genetics Email: katherine.fantauzzo@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Fantauzzo Lab |
| Gidon Felsen Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: nervous system, electrophysiological, behavioral, pharmacological, molecular, computational methods Email: gidon.felsen@ucdenver.edu |
| Thomas Finger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: development and organization of taste and smell; molecular and cellular mechanisms; embryonic development in C. elegans; genetic and biochemical approaches Email: thomas.finger@ucdenver.edu |
| Christopher Ford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: Neural circuits, addiction, synaptic transmission, neuromodulators, GPCRs, electrophysiology, imaging Email: christopher.ford@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Ford Lab |
| Heide Ford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parallels between normal development and tumorigenesis/metastasis, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, role of homeoproteins and their cofactors in breast, ovarian, and pediatric tumors, particularly in metastatic progression. Email: heide.ford@ucdenver.edu |
| Santos Franco Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology Research Topics: neural stem cells, cell fate specification, neurodevelopment, pediatric brain cancer, mouse models Email: santos.franco@cuanschutz.edu |
| Curt Freed Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parkinson’s disease research from cell culture to human clinical trials. Stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease. Stopping progression of Parkinson’s disease by up regulating the DJ-1 gene with a drug. Email: curt.freed@ucdenver.edu |
| Rachel Friedman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: immune tolerance, type 1 diabetes, in vivo 2-photon imaging, therapeutic development Email: friedmanr@njhealth.org |
| Mayumi Fujita Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: Melanoma biology; melanoma immunology; skin immunology; disease biomarker Email: mayumi.fujita@ucdenver.edu |
| Laurent Gapin Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: Invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) cells - our lab studies various aspects of iNKT cell biology, including their requirements for development and function. These studies will open up substantial new possibilities for understanding iNKT cell development and effector programming so that it can be exploited for therapeutic usage to improve human health. Email: gapinl@njhealth.org |
| Kathleen Gardiner Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Email: kathleen.gardiner@cuanschutz.edu |
| Emily Gibson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Bioengineering; Neuroscience Research Topics:Biophotonics; Neuroscience Email: emily.gibson@cuanschutz.edu |
Chris Gignoux |
| Adam Green Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development Research Topics: Genetics, epigenetics, and biological origins of pediatric high-grade glioma Email: adam.green@cuanschutz.edu |
| Casey Green Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Biosciences Research Topics: computational biology, machine learning, transcriptomics Email: casey.s.greene@cuanschutz.edu |
Magdalena Gorska |
| Jenna Guthmiller Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: influenza viruses, humoral immunity, viral evolution, broadly neutralizing antibodies Email: jenna.guthmiller@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Guthmiller Lab |
| Arthur Gutierrez-Hartman Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: role of Ras/MAPK signaling; Ets transcription; epithelial cell development; tumorigenesis; pituitary and mammary model systems Email: a.gutierrez-hartman@ucdenver.edu |
| James Hagman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: B cell development; transcriptional regulation; epigenetics; immune responses Email: hagmanj@njhealth@org |
| Kirk Hansen Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: proteins in health and disease; mechanisms of disease. The role of the extracellular matrix in defining cancer cell fate; from dormancy to organ preference for metastasis. Email: kirk.hansen@ucdenver.edu |
| Lynn Heasley Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: autocrine and paracrine signaling; receptor tyrosine kinases Email: lynn.heasley@ucdenver.edu |
| Peter Henson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Pharmacology Research Topics: cell biology of inflammation; recognition and removal of apoptotic cells; innate immunity Email: peter.henson@ucdenver.edu |
| Jay Hesselberth Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology Research Topics: DNA repair; RNA repair; genome technology; bioinformatics Email: jay.hesselberth@ucdenver.edu |
| Paula Hoffman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: neuropharmacology, genetics and genomics of alcohol and drug abuse. Email: paula.hoffman@ucdenver.edu |
| Joan Hooper Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Computational Bioscience; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: signal transduction; cellular and molecular mechanisms; integrating and molecular genetics; biochemical approaches Email: joan.hooper@ucdenver.edu |
| Alexander Horswill Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology Research Topics: bacterial pathogens; quorum-sensing; biofilms; host-pathogen interactions; gene regulation Email: alexander.horswill@ucdenver.edu |
| Elena Hsieh Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: systemic lupus erythematosus; mass cytometry; autoimmunity; immunodeficiency; human neonatal immune development; Email: elena.hsieh@ucdenver.edu |
| Mingxia Huang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology Research Topics: DNA Damage; Iron homeostasis; Neurodegeneration Email: mingxia.huang@ucdenver.edu |
| Ethan Hughes Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Medical Scientist Training Program Research Topics: oligodendrocyte lineage cells, neuronal circuits; multiple sclerosis; regeneration in the adult central nervous system Email: ethan.hughes@cuanschutz.edu |
| Larry Hunter Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: development and application of advanced computational techniques to biomedicine; molecular assays Email: larry.hunter@ucdenver.edu |
| Joe Hurt Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: perinatal biology; preterm birth and parturition signaling; uterine myometrial contractility; gasotransmitters; nitric oxide; hydrogen sulfide; reproductive physiology; maternal fetal medicine; obesity and metabolism; reproductive metabolomics Email: k.joseph.hurt@ucdenver.edu |
| Jordan Jacobelli Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: autoimmunity; multiple sclerosis; lymphoid malignancies; immune cell migration; cytoskeleton. Email: jordan.jacobelli@ucdenver.edu |
| Sujatha Jagannathan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: mRNA quality control; nonsense-mediated RNA decay; facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; muscle development Email: sujatha.jagannathan@ucdenver.edu |
| Edward Janoff Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Mucosal immunity; Regulation of B cell responses to vaccines in infants and with HIV-1 infection; Microbiome and immune development Email: edward.janoff@ucdenver.edu |
| Paul Jedlicka Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: Mechanisms and targeting of epigenetic dysregulation in pediatric sarcoma Email: paul.jedlicka@ucdenver.edu |
| Aaron Johnson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: formation and regulation of chromatin domains; mechanisms of heterochromatin Email: aaron.m.johnson@ucdenver.edu |
| David Jones Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: structural studies of protein-ligand interactions; neuronal signal transduction; molecular mechanisms Email: david.jones@ucdenver.edu |
| Craig Jordan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: leukemia; cancer stem cells; experimental therapeutics; cancer metabolism Email: craig.jordan@ucdenver.edu |
| Sana Karam Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Cardiovascular diseases; lipid metabolism; mineral homeostasis; autophagy; ER stress; programmed cell death. Email: sana.karam@cuanschutz.edu |
| Katerina Kechris Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: statistics; bioinformatics; genomics; epigenetics; miRNA Email: katerina.kechris@ucdenver.edu |
| Ross Kedl Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: innate immune activation; cellular immunity; T cells, vaccination Email: ross.kedl@ucdenver.edu |
| Marijke Keestra-Gounder Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Innate immunity; Salmonella; Citrobacter; host-pathogen interaction; pathogen-induced processes Email: marijke.keestra-gounder@ucdenver.edu |
| Matthew Kennedy Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Synaptic plasticity, Alzheimer’s disease, optogenetics, protein trafficking Email: matthew.kennedy@ucdenver.edu |
| Jeffrey Kieft Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: RNA structure; translational control; viral noncoding RNAs; RNA-protein interactions; macromolecular machinery dynamics Email: jeffrey.kieft@ucdenver.edu |
| Dwight J Klemm Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Obesity, Adipocyte Biology, Impact of Sex Hormones on Adipocyte Populations Email: dwight.klemm@cuanschutz.edu |
| Achim Klug Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: auditory brain stem nuclei; sound localization pathway Email: achim.klug@ucdenver.edu |
| Kristine A Kuhn Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology, Microbiology Research Topics: inflammatory diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease), mucosal immunology, microbiome, metabolomics Email: kristine.kuhn@cuanschutz.edu |
| Tatiana Kutateladze Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: molecular mechanisms; epigenetic regulation; phosphoinositide signaling Email: tatiana.kutateladze@ucdenver.edu |
| Maggie Lam Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: post-transcriptional gene regulation, protein alternative isoforms/proteoforms, and quantitative mass spectrometry methods Email: maggie.lam@cuanschutz.edu |
| Laurel Lenz Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Microbiology Research Topics: innate immunity; Listeria monocytogenes; host-pathogen interactions Email: lenzl@njhealth.org |
| Changwei Liu Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology Research Topics: biochemical mechanisms; spinal muscular atrophy protein; survival motor neuron; cell biological; proteomics approaches Email: changwei.liu@ucdenver.edu |
| Shi-Long Lu Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Molecular mechanisms in head & neck cancer and salivary gland cancer, cancer stem cells, saliva-based biomarkers Email: shi-long.lu@ucdenver.edu |
| Traci Lyons Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: mechanisms of lymphatic mediated metastasis of breast cancer Email: traci.lyons@ucdenver.edu |
| Wendy Macklin Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: oligodendrocyte differentiation; myelination in the central nervous system; signaling pathways and mechanisms Email: wendy.macklin@ucdenver.edu |
| Paul MacLean Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: metabolic adaptations to weight loss; obesity and breast cancer; menopause Email: paul.maclean@ucdenver.edu |
| Krishna Mallela Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry; Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Topics: Protein structure-function; muscular dystrophy; pharmaceutical biotechnology; COVID-19 therapeutics Email: krishna.mallela@cuanschutz.edu |
| Anna Malykhina Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: electrophysiology; visceral smooth muscle; sensory neurons; chronic pain; neuropharmacology Email: anna.malykhina@ucdenver.edu |
| Phillippa Marrack Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: lymphocytes; T cells; MHC proteins Email: marrackp@njhealth.org |
| Timothy McKinsey Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: Cardiovascular disease; fibrosis, epigenetic regulation of gene expression; signal transduction Email: timothy.mckinsey@ucdenver.edu |
| James McManaman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of lipid metabolism disorders Email: jim.mcmanaman@ucdenver.edu |
| Michael McMurray Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: macromolecular assemblies; cellular function; neurodegenrative disorders; systemic amyloidoses Email: michael.mcmurray@ucdenver.edu |
| Makoto Miyazaki Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Cardiovascular diseases; lipid metabolism; mineral homeostasis; autophagy; ER stress; programmed cell death. Email: makoto.miyazaki@cuanschutz.edu |
| Jeffrey Moore Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: organelles; microtubes; mechanochemical enzymes; cell division Email: jeffrey.moore@ucdenver.edu |
| Thomas Morrison Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Immunological mechanisms that influence the clearance or persistence of arboviruses and protozoan parasites; Molecular mechanisms by which pathogens counteract host innate and adaptive immune responses Email: thomas.morrison@ucdenver.edu |
| Christian Mosimann Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cells, Stem Cells and Development, Molecular Biology Research Topics: development, cell fate, gene regulation, transgenics, imaging, cardiovascular, blood, zebrafish Email: christian.mosimann@ucdenver.edu |
| Neelanjan Mukherjee Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Medical Science Training Program; Molecular Biology; Research Topics: human steroid hormones; RNA stability; splicing; translation; RNA-binding proteins; computational biology; high-throughput sequencing; genomics; Email: neelanjan.mukherjee@ucdenver.edu |
Maki Nakayama |
| Raphael Nemenoff Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: molecular pathways; progression and metastasis of lung cancer Email: raphael.nenemoff@ucdenver.edu |
| James Nichols Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Research Topics: zebrafish; craniofacial; genetics; development; variability Email: james.nichols@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Nichols Lab |
| Paul Norman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Immunogenetics; Immune-mediated disease; Natural killer cells; HLA; KIR polymorphism Email: paul.norman@cuanschutz.edu |
Won Chan Oh |
| Kyla Ost Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: mucosal immunology, microbiology, fungi, Candida, gut microbiome, inflammatory bowel disease, fungal genetics Email: kyla.ost@cuanschutz.edu |
| Brent Palmer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: HIV; Mucosal Immunology, Microbiome and Host:Microbe Interactions, T cell exhaustion, HIV pathogenesis Email: brent.palmer@ucdenver.edu |
Karin Payne |
| Chad Pearson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: cytoskeleton; microtubule; cilia; centrosome; centriole; cell division; Tetrahymena Email: chad.pearson@ucdenver.edu |
| Roberta Pelanda Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: Elucidation of genetic and biochemical pathways that regulate B lymphocyte development and selection as well as B cell function in the context of autoimmunity in mice, humanized mice, and humans. Email: roberta.pelanda@ucdenver.edu |
| Anthony Peng Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience Research Topics: Sensory neurobiology, auditory and vestibular mechanotransduction Email: anthony.peng@cuanschutz.edu |
| Abigail Person Degree: Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Physiology Research Topics: neural control of movement; cerebellar physiology and anatomy; motor planning and kinematics Email: abigail.person@cuanschutz.edu |
Jamie Peters |
| Vanessa Phelan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs:Pharmaceutical Sciences, Microbiology Research Topics: infectious disease, microbiome, metabolomics, chemical ecology, lung diseases Email: vanessa.phelan@cuanschutz.edu |
| Eric Pietras Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: inflammation; hematopoiesis; stem cell function and self-renewal; microbiome; autoimmune disease; Email: eric.pietras@cuanschutz.edu |
| Eric Poeschla Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology Research Topics: virology; innate immunity to viruses (RNA viruses including HIV-1); mouse models of innate immunity; mouse models of protection against autoimmune diseases; Email: eric.poeschla@ucdenver.edu |
| David Pollock Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Email: david.pollock@ucdenver.edu |
| Antonio Porras Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs:Computational Bioscience Research Topics: medical image computing, machine learning, computational phenotyping, statistical modeling, computer vision Email: antonio.porras@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Port Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: Email: david.port@ucdenver.edu |
| Huntington Potter Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience Research Topics: Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disease; Down syndrome; cell cycle; neuroinflammation Email: huntington.potter@ucdenver.edu |
| Rytis Prekeris Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: regulation and establishment of epithelial cell polarity in vitro and in vivo; molecular mechanisms of cell division and midbody inheritance; cancer cell invasion and metastasis Email: rytis.prekeris@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Prekeris Lab |
| Catherine Proenza Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Molecular physiology of cardiac pacemaking; ion channel biophysics Email: catherine.proenza@ucdenver.edu |
| Stefan Pukatzki Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Cholera; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Bacterial Competition; Email: stefan.pukatzki@ucdenver.edu |
| Nidia Quillinan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience Research Topics: Synaptic plasticity and excitability changes after brain injury Email: nidia.quillinan@cuanschutz.edu |
| Sridharan Raghavan Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genomics and Genetics Research Topics: Genetics of cardiometabolic disease, particularly diabetes and obesity Email: sridharan.raghavan@cuanschutz.edu |
| Srinivas Ramachandran Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Chromatin structure and dynamics in cells Email: srinivas.ramachandran@ucdenver.edu |
| Yosef Refaeli Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Email: yosef.refaeli@cuanschutz.edu |
| Judy Regensteiner Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology, Bioengineering Research Topics: Cardiovascular consequences of type 2 diabetes Email: judy.regesteiner@cuanschutz.edu |
| Tania Reis Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: The Genetic Basis of Obesity and Neuronal Control of Energy Balance in Drosophila melanogaster Email: tania.reis@cuanschutz.edu |
Katie Rennie |
| Diego Restrepo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: diego.restrepo@cuanschutz.edu |
| Jane Reusch Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Integrative Physiology; Bioengineering; Endocrinology Research Topics: Diabetes (human and pre-clinical models), mitochondrial structure and function, endothelial dysfunction and end-organ perfusion, Cardiac structure and advanced cardiovascular imaging, skeletal muscle Email: jane.reusch@cuanschutz.edu |
| Mary Reyland Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Signaling pathways in apoptosis and proliferation; lung cancer; head and neck cancer Email: mary.reyland@ucdenver.edu |
| Angeles Ribera Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: activity-dependent neuronal development; spinal neurons; zebrafish; ion channels; electrophysiology Email: angie.ribera@ucdenver.edu |
| Jennifer Richer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Breast and ovarian cancer steroid hormone receptor action, non-coding RNA, and proteins involved in anoikis resistance and their role in disease progression and therapeutic targeting of these entities. Email: jennifer.richer@ucdenver.edu |
| Mercedes Rincon Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology Research Topics: Our lab is interested in understanding how metabolism regulates the function of CD8 and CD4 T cells, and how by manipulating the metabolism in these cells we can improve immunotherapies against cancer and vaccines against virus infections. Email: mercedes.rincon@cuanschutz.edu |
| Olivia Rissland Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Research Topics: Post-transcriptional gene regulation; mRNA decay; translation Email: olivia.rissland@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Rissland Lab |
| Paul Rozance Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Pregnancy, IUGR, Beta Cell, Islet, Insulin Email: paul.rozance@cuanschutz.edu |
| Holger Russ Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: human pancreatic beta cell and thymus biology; autoimmune diabetes; human pluripotent stem cell biology and direct differentiation; genome engineering Email: holger.russ@cuanschutz.edu |
| Brian Russo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Microbiology, molecular biology, bacterial infection, cytoskeleton, host-microbe interactions, intestinal biology, mucosal immunity Email: brian.russo@cuanschutz.edu |
| Laura Saba Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Computational Bioscience Research Topics: Systems Genetics, Network Analyses, Quantitative Transcriptome, Bioinformatics biology; autoimmune diabetes; human pluripotent stem cell biology and direct differentiation; genome engineering Email: Laura.Saba@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: The Saba Lab |
Darleen Sandoval |
| Mario Santiago Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Host genetic control of retrovirus infection in mice and primates; Immunology of HIV restriction factors; HIV-1 innate immunity; Type I interferons Email: mario.santiago@ucdenver.edu |
| Yiqun Shellman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: host antitumor immunity, melanoma, aging, melanocyte, cell death, drug development for cancer Email: yiqun.shellman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Stephen Santoro Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Experience-dependent regulation of neurogenesis and neuron lifespan within the olfactory epithelium; olfactory stem cells; olfactory adaptation and learning; mechanisms of odorant receptor-mediated axon guidance; new spatial transcriptomic technologies Email: stephen.santoro@cuanschutz.edu |
| Carol Sartorious Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Email: carol.sartorious@ucdenver.edu |
| William Sather Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: electrophysiology; live-cell imaging; Ca2+ signaling; ion channels; gene expression and plasticity in hippocampal and spinal cord neurons Email: william.sather@cuanschutz.edu |
| Nathan Schoppa Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience Research Topics: Neurophysiology of olfaction; Synaptic physiology Email: nathan.schoppa@cuanschutz.edu |
David Schwartz |
| Rebecca Schweppe Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: defining the role of key signal transduction mechanisms that regulate thyroid cancer growth and metastasis Email: rebecca.schweppe@ucdenver.edu |
| Tamim Shaikh Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience Research Topics: disease gene identification using genomewide technologies; genome rearrangements and copy number variations associated with disease; genetic and genomic analysis of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia; model organisms (zebrafish) for functional characterization of disease genes Email: tamim.shaikh@ucdenver.edu |
| Daniel Sherbenou Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Medical Scientist Training Program, Immunology Graduate Program Research Topics: Multiple Myeloma, Plasma Cell Disorders, Drug Development, Precision Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Immunotherapy, Antibody-drug conjugates, Protein Translation Inhibitors, Ex Vivo Drug Sensitivity Profiling Email: daniel.sherbenou@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Sherbenou Lab |
| Julie Siegenthaler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: development of brain blood vessels and pediatric stroke Email: julie.siegenthaler@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Siegenthaler Lab |
| James Sikela Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Advanced genome technologies; human genome organization and evolution; genetics of cognitive and neurodevelopmental disease Email: james.sikela@ucdenver.edu |
| Matthew Sikora Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: steroid hormones; anti-estrogen; breast cancer Email: matthew.sikora@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Sikora Lab |
| Jill Slansky Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology Research Topics: tumor immunology; immune therapies; antigen discovery; tumor-influenced lymphocyte activity; T cell repertoires Email: jill.slansky@ucdenver.edu |
| Katharine Smith Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology; Neuroscience Research Topics: synaptic plasticity; inhibitory synapses; advanced imaging; cellular signaling Email: katharine.r.smith@ucdenver.edu |
| Mia Smith Degree: DVM, PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: B cells, type 1 diabetes, autoimmunity, B cell tolerance, genetic risk alleles, immune biomarkers Email: mia.smith@cuanschutz.edu |
| Kunhua Song Degree: Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Pharmacology Research Topics: Molecular mechanisms of heart disease, Cardiac development and regeneration. Email: kunhua.song@ucdenver.edu |
| Carmen Sucharov Degree:PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Signal transduction, gene expression, human heart failure Email: carmen.sucharov@cuanschutz.edu |
| Lori Sussel Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: pancreatic islet biology; diabetes mechanisms; mouse embryonic development; transcriptional regulation; long non-coding RNAs Email: lori.sussel@ucdenver.edu |
| Matthew Taliaferro Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Gene expression; subcellular RNA localization; localized translation in neurons; high-throughput screening; RNA-seq Email: matthew.taliaferro@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Taliaferro Lab |
| Beth Tamburini Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: lymph node lymphatics; antigen archiving; liver disease progression; ectopic lymphoid clusters; tumor immunology; cancer lymphatics Email: beth.tamburini@cuanschutz.edu |
Matthew Taylor |
| Ann Thor Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Email: ann.thor@cuanschutz.edu |
Arianne Theiss |
| Slobodan Todorovic Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: We investigate the role of voltage-gated calcium channels in the molecular mechanisms of analgesia and anesthesia Email: slobodan.todorovic@cuanschutz.edu |
| Daniel Tollin Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: auditory neuroscience; sensitive periods in auditory development; tests of hearing aids and auditory prosthetic devices; auditory injury due to acoustic blast; human auditory perception Email: daniel.tollin@ucdenver.edu |
| Raul Torres Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: B lymphocyte development; antibody response; HIV; autoimmunity; CD8 T cell anti-tumor immunity Email: torresr@njhealth.org |
| Ming-Feng Tsai Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience. Pharmacology. Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: membrane proteins, calcium channels, mitochondrial pathophysiology, calcium signaling, structure-function analysis Email: ming-feng.tsai@cuanschutz.edu |
| Chandra Tucker Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Optogenetics; optical control; protein engineering; protein interactions; protein sensors; yeast genetics; synthetic cell biology; protein misfolding Email: chandra.tucker@ucdenver.edu |
| Kenneth Tyler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Viral infections of the Central Nervous System, neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation Email: ken.tyler@cuanschutz.edu |
| Linda van Dyk Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: virus/host interactions; cell cycle; non-coding RNA; viral pathogenesis and cancers; viral immunology Email: linda.vandyk@cuanschutz.edu |
| Johan Van Hove Degree: MD, PhD, MBA Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Biochemical genetics, mitochondrial disorders, disorders of glycine snd serine metabolism, lipoate disorders Email: johan.vanhove@cuanschutz.edu |
| Andres Vazquez-Torres Degree: DVM/PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Innate Immunity; Salmonella; Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress Email: andres.vaxquez-torres@cuanschutz.edu |
| Michael Verneris Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Cancer Biology Research Topics: Chimeric Antigen Expressing T cells and NK cells; Innate lymphoid cells Email: michael.verneris@cuanschutz.edu |
| Rajeev Vibhakar Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: examine epigenetic vulnerabilities in pediatric brain tumors focusing on histone lysine methylation; is investigating translational mechanisms of kinase inhibition in pediatric brain tumors; ChIP-seq and iPS cell technology coupled with animal models and traditional tools such as flow cytometry, confocal microscopy and basic molecular biology tools to probe these questions. Email: rajeev.vibhakar@ucdenver.edu |
| Sukumar Vijayaraghavan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: signaling; brain circuits; electrophysiology; optogenetics; live cell imaging; Cholinergic signaling; nicotine addiction Email: sukumar.v@ucdenver.edu |
| Eszter Katalin Vladar Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Motile cilia; Cell signaling; Airway epithelium in health and disease Email: eszter.vladar@ucdenver.edu |
| Beat Vögeli Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR; biophysics; protein structure & dynamics; nucleic acid structure & dynamics; protein-ligand interaction; protein-RNA/DNA interaction; protein communication networks. Email: beat.vogeli@cuanschutz.edu |
| Martin Voskuil Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, dormancy, antibiotic mechanisms, population heterogeneity, and pH homeostasis Email: martin.voskuil@cuanschutz.edu |
| Jing Wang Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cancer immunology: mechanisms of immune evasion; Antibody gene diversification: signaling control of class switch recombination Email: wangjing@njhealth.org |
| Xiao-Jing Wang Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Stem cell biology, tumor microenvironment, therapeutic interventions for cancer and tissue regeneration Email: x.j.wang@cuanschutz.edu |
| Gregory P. Way Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Machine learning, data science, cell morphology, imaging, integrative genomics Email: gregory.way@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Way Science Lab |
Mary Weiser-Evans |
| Cristin G Welle Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: cristin.welle@cuanschutz.edu |
Stephanie Wesolowski |
| Margaret Wierman Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Molecular approaches to Reproductive Neuroendocrinology and Endocrine Neoplasia using cell and animal models, translational projects using human tumor samples Email: margaret.wierman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Trevor Williams Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: trevor.williams@ucdenver.edu |
| Clyde Wright Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Email: clyde.wright@cuanschutz.edu |
Tuoqi Wu |
| Ivana Yang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: environmental epigenetics; epigenomics; genomics; lung disease; metabolic disorders Email: ivana.yang@ucdenver.edu |
| Rui Zhao Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: understand the molecular mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing using a combination of X-ray crystallography, CryoEM, molecular biology, biochemistry and yeast genetics approaches Email: rui.zhao@ucdenver.edu |
| Fan Zhang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience Research Topics: Statistical Modeling, Single-cell Omics Data Integration, Machine Learning, Systems Biology in Transcriptomics, Immune-mediated Disease Email: fan.3.zhang@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Fan Zhang Lab |
| Gongyi Zhang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology, MSTP, Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Epigenetics, General transcription regulations in eukaryotes, RNA Polymerase II pausing regulation, Enhancer, Cancer biology, ageing, development Email: gongyi.zhang@cuanschutz.edu; zhangg@njhealth.org |
| Hongjin Zheng Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: mitochondria; membrane protein; structural biology; cryo-EM; X-ray crystallography Email: hongjin.zheng@ucdenver.edu |
| Michael Zuscik Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Email: michael.zuscik@cuanschutz.edu |
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| Steve Anderson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Mammary gland development, mammary tumorigenesis, tumor metabolism Email: steve.anderson@ucdenver.edu |
| David Bentley Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: gene expression; alternative mRNA processsing in breast cancer; RNA polymerase II; mRNA splicing and polyadenylation, transcription elongation control, co-transcriptional chromatin modification Email: david.bentley@ucdenver.edu |
| Andy Bradford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: hormone/growth factor signaling and cancer; roles of selective kinase C (PKC) isoforms; cell growth and death in endometrial cancer Email: andy.bradford@ucdenver.edu |
| Benjamin G Bitler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Gynecologic oncology, therapeutic development, therapy resistance, metastasis, epigenetics, and signal transduction Email: benjamin.bitler@cuanschutz.edu |
| Diana Cittelly Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: Brain microenvironment, brain metastasis, neuroinflammation in metastatic progression, breast cancer, hormone signaling Email: diana.cittelly@ucdenver.edu |
| Scott Cramer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: prostate cancer molecular subtypes that associate with aggressive and lethal disease; We model prostate cancer using a novel mouse prostate stem cell model that develops normal glandular structures with wild type cells and develops malignant structures when prostate cancer drivers are altered; use this models and computational approaches to model signaling pathways that act as potential therapeutic vulnerabilities. Areas of signaling interest include hormone signaling, steroid receptor/chromatin interactions, autophagy, apoptosis and necroptosis. Email: scott.cramer@ucdenver.edu |
| James DeGregori Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: cancer development; Adaptive Oncogenesis; development of novel therapeutic strategies; leukemia cells; non-small lung cancers; discovering pathway dependencies in cancers Email: james.degregori@ucdenver.edu |
| Heide Ford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parallels between normal development and tumorigenesis/metastasis, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, role of homeoproteins and their cofactors in breast, ovarian, and pediatric tumors, particularly in metastatic progression. Email: heide.ford@ucdenver.edu |
| Mayumi Fujita Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: Melanoma biology; melanoma immunology; skin immunology; disease biomarker Email: mayumi.fujita@ucdenver.edu |
| Arthur Gutierrez-Hartman Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: role of Ras/MAPK signaling; Ets transcription; epithelial cell development; tumorigenesis; pituitary and mammary model systems Email: a.gutierrez-hartman@ucdenver.edu |
| Lynn Heasley Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: autocrine and paracrine signaling; receptor tyrosine kinases Email: lynn.heasley@ucdenver.edu |
| Peter Henson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Pharmacology Research Topics: cell biology of inflammation; recognition and removal of apoptotic cells; innate immunity Email: peter.henson@ucdenver.edu |
| Paul Jedlicka Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: Mechanisms and targeting of epigenetic dysregulation in pediatric sarcoma Email: paul.jedlicka@ucdenver.edu |
| Craig Jordan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: leukemia; cancer stem cells; experimental therapeutics; cancer metabolism Email: craig.jordan@ucdenver.edu |
| Sana Karam Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Cardiovascular diseases; lipid metabolism; mineral homeostasis; autophagy; ER stress; programmed cell death. Email: sana.karam@cuanschutz.edu |
| Shi-Long Lu Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Molecular mechanisms in head & neck cancer and salivary gland cancer, cancer stem cells, saliva-based biomarkers Email: shi-long.lu@ucdenver.edu |
| Traci Lyons Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: mechanisms of lymphatic mediated metastasis of breast cancer Email: traci.lyons@ucdenver.edu |
| Paul MacLean Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: metabolic adaptations to weight loss; obesity and breast cancer; menopause Email: paul.maclean@ucdenver.edu |
| Neelanjan Mukherjee Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Medical Science Training Program; Molecular Biology; Research Topics: human steroid hormones; RNA stability; splicing; translation; RNA-binding proteins; computational biology; high-throughput sequencing; genomics; Email: neelanjan.mukherjee@ucdenver.edu |
| Raphael Nemenoff Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: molecular pathways; progression and metastasis of lung cancer Email: raphael.nenemoff@ucdenver.edu |
| Eric Pietras Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: inflammation; hematopoiesis; stem cell function and self-renewal; microbiome; autoimmune disease; Email: eric.pietras@ucdenver.edu |
| Rytis Prekeris Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: regulation and establishment of epithelial cell polarity in vitro and in vivo; molecular mechanisms of cell division and midbody inheritance; cancer cell invasion and metastasis Email: rytis.prekeris@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Prekeris Lab |
| Yosef Refaeli Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Email: yosef.refaeli@ucdenver.edu |
| Mary Reyland Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Signaling pathways in apoptosis and proliferation; lung cancer; head and neck cancer Email: mary.reyland@ucdenver.edu |
| Jennifer Richer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Breast and ovarian cancer steroid hormone receptor action, non-coding RNA, and proteins involved in anoikis resistance and their role in disease progression and therapeutic targeting of these entities. Email: jennifer.richer@ucdenver.edu |
| Mercedes Rincon Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology Research Topics: Our lab is interested in understanding how metabolism regulates the function of CD8 and CD4 T cells, and how by manipulating the metabolism in these cells we can improve immunotherapies against cancer and vaccines against virus infections. Email: mercedes.rincon@cuanschutz.edu |
| Carol Sartorious Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Email: carol.sartorious@ucdenver.edu |
| Rebecca Schweppe Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: defining the role of key signal transduction mechanisms that regulate thyroid cancer growth and metastasis Email: rebecca.schweppe@ucdenver.edu |
| Yiqun Shellman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Research Topics: host antitumor immunity, melanoma, aging, melanocyte, cell death, drug development for cancer Email: yiqun.shellman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Daniel Sherbenou Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Medical Scientist Training Program, Immunology Graduate Program Research Topics: Multiple Myeloma, Plasma Cell Disorders, Drug Development, Precision Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Immunotherapy, Antibody-drug conjugates, Protein Translation Inhibitors, Ex Vivo Drug Sensitivity Profiling Email: daniel.sherbenou@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Sherbenou Lab |
| Matthew Sikora Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: steroid hormones; anti-estrogen; breast cancer Email: matthew.sikora@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Sikora Lab |
| Jill Slansky Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology Research Topics: tumor immunology; immune therapies; antigen discovery; tumor-influenced lymphocyte activity; T cell repertoires Email: jill.slansky@ucdenver.edu |
Arianne Theiss Lab Website: Theiss Lab |
| Michael Verneris Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Cancer Biology Research Topics: Chimeric Antigen Expressing T cells and NK cells; Innate lymphoid cells Email: michael.verneris@cuanschutz.edu |
| Rajeev Vibhakar Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: examine epigenetic vulnerabilities in pediatric brain tumors focusing on histone lysine methylation; is investigating translational mechanisms of kinase inhibition in pediatric brain tumors; ChIP-seq and iPS cell technology coupled with animal models and traditional tools such as flow cytometry, confocal microscopy and basic molecular biology tools to probe these questions. Email: rajeev.vibhakar@ucdenver.edu |
| Jing Wang Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cancer immunology: mechanisms of immune evasion; Antibody gene diversification: signaling control of class switch recombination Email: wangjing@njhealth.org |
| Xiao-Jing Wang Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Stem cell biology, tumor microenvironment, therapeutic interventions for cancer and tissue regeneration Email: x.j.wang@ucdenver.edu |
| Bruce Appel Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: neural stem cells; zebrafish; developmental, degenerative, and cancerous diseases of the nervous system Email: bruce.appel@ucdenver.edu |
| Kristin Artinger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Molecular, genetic mechanisms of neural crest development and disease Email: kristin.artinger@ucdenver.edu |
| Linda Barlow Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: Stem cell renewal; molecular regulation of taste bud homeostasis; impact of cancer therapy on taste bud cell renewal and taste function Email: linda.barlow@ucdenver.edu |
| Emily Bates Degree: Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: genetics; pediatric disorders; mutations in a gene, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; the role of microtubules in neurodevelopment, ataxia, neurodegeneration Email: emily.bates@ucdenver.edu |
| Kurt Beam Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Orthopedics; Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Osteoarthritis, Obesity, Joint Biology, Microbiome Email: kurt.beam@cuanschutz.edu |
| Brad Bendiak Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: human diseases; birth defects; stem cells Email: brad.bendiak@cuanschutz.edu |
| Richard Benninger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Pancreatic islet biology, Molecular mechanisms of diabetes pathogenesis, Emergent multicellular dynamics, Fluorescent biosensors and Optogenetics , Non-invasive imaging Email: richard.benninger@cuanschutz.edu |
Kristen Boyle Lab Website: Boyle Lab |
| Martin Breuss Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Genomic and cellular mosaicism: 1] its role in and impact on disease; 2] its use as a lineage mark Email: martin.breuss@cuanschutz.edu |
| Joseph Brzezinski Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: mechanisms of cell fate determination Email: joseph.brzezinski@ucdenver.edu |
| David Clouthier Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: signaling pathways; cranofacial development; zebrafish and mice Email: david.clouthier@ucdenver.edu |
| Richard Davis Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Programmed DNA elimination, novel RNAs, and RNA metabolism Email: richard.davis@ucdenver.edu |
| James DeGregori Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: cancer development; Adaptive Oncogenesis; development of novel therapeutic strategies; leukemia cells; non-small lung cancers; discovering pathway dependencies in cancers Email: james.degregori@ucdenver.edu |
Peter Dempsey |
| Thomas Evans Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) dynamics and mRNA control during early development Email: tom.evans@ucdenver.edu |
| Katherine Fantauzzo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: receptor tyrosine kinase signaling; mammalian craniofacial development; mouse genetics Email: katherine.fantauzzo@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Fantauzzo Lab |
| Thomas Finger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: development and organization of taste and smell; molecular and cellular mechanisms; embryonic development in C. elegans; genetic and biochemical approaches Email: thomas.finger@ucdenver.edu |
| Santos Franco Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology Research Topics: neural stem cells, cell fate specification, neurodevelopment, pediatric brain cancer, mouse models Email: santos.franco@cuanschutz.edu |
| Adam Green Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development Research Topics: Genetics, epigenetics, and biological origins of pediatric high-grade glioma Email: adam.green@cuanschutz.edu |
| Joan Hooper Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Computational Bioscience; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: signal transduction; cellular and molecular mechanisms; integrating and molecular genetics; biochemical approaches Email: joan.hooper@ucdenver.edu |
| Ethan Hughes Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Medical Scientist Training Program Research Topics: oligodendrocyte lineage cells, neuronal circuits; multiple sclerosis; regeneration in the adult central nervous system Email: ethan.hughes@cuanschutz.edu |
| Sujatha Jagannathan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: mRNA quality control; nonsense-mediated RNA decay; facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; muscle development Email: sujatha.jagannathan@ucdenver.edu |
| Shi-Long Lu Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Molecular mechanisms in head & neck cancer and salivary gland cancer, cancer stem cells, saliva-based biomarkers Email: shi-long.lu@ucdenver.edu |
| Traci Lyons Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: mechanisms of lymphatic mediated metastasis of breast cancer Email: traci.lyons@ucdenver.edu |
| Wendy Macklin Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: oligodendrocyte differentiation; myelination in the central nervous system; signaling pathways and mechanisms Email: wendy.macklin@ucdenver.edu |
| James McManaman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of lipid metabolism disorders Email: jim.mcmanaman@ucdenver.edu |
| Michael McMurray Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: macromolecular assemblies; cellular function; neurodegenrative disorders; systemic amyloidoses Email: michael.mcmurray@ucdenver.edu |
| Christian Mosimann Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cells, Stem Cells and Development, Molecular Biology Research Topics: development, cell fate, gene regulation, transgenics, imaging, cardiovascular, blood, zebrafish Email: christian.mosimann@ucdenver.edu |
| James Nichols Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Research Topics: zebrafish; craniofacial; genetics; development; variability Email: james.nichols@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Nichols Lab |
Karin Payne Lab Website: Payne Lab |
| Chad Pearson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: cytoskeleton; microtubule; cilia; centrosome; centriole; cell division; Tetrahymena Email: chad.pearson@ucdenver.edu |
| Rytis Prekeris Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: regulation and establishment of epithelial cell polarity in vitro and in vivo; molecular mechanisms of cell division and midbody inheritance; cancer cell invasion and metastasis Email: rytis.prekeris@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Prekeris Lab |
| Yosef Refaeli Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Email: yosef.refaeli@ucdenver.edu |
| Tania Reis Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: The Genetic Basis of Obesity and Neuronal Control of Energy Balance in Drosophila melanogaster Email: tania.reis@ucdenver.edu |
| Diego Restrepo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: diego.restrepo@ucdenver.edu |
| Brian Russo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Microbiology, molecular biology, bacterial infection, cytoskeleton, host-microbe interactions, intestinal biology, mucosal immunity Email: brian.russo@cuanschutz.edu |
| Mary Reyland Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Signaling pathways in apoptosis and proliferation; lung cancer; head and neck cancer Email: mary.reyland@ucdenver.edu |
| Angeles Ribera Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: activity-dependent neuronal development; spinal neurons; zebrafish; ion channels; electrophysiology Email: angie.ribera@ucdenver.edu |
| Olivia Rissland Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Research Topics: Post-transcriptional gene regulation; mRNA decay; translation Email: olivia.rissland@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Rissland Lab |
| Holger Russ Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: human pancreatic beta cell and thymus biology; autoimmune diabetes; human pluripotent stem cell biology and direct differentiation; genome engineering Email: holger.russ@ucdenver.edu |
| Stephen Santoro Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Experience-dependent regulation of neurogenesis and neuron lifespan within the olfactory epithelium; olfactory stem cells; olfactory adaptation and learning; mechanisms of odorant receptor-mediated axon guidance; new spatial transcriptomic technologies Email: stephen.santoro@cuanschutz.edu |
David Schwartz Lab website: Schwartz Lab |
| Julie Siegenthaler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: development of brain blood vessels and pediatric stroke Email: julie.siegenthaler@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Siegenthaler Lab |
| Kunhua Song Degree: Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Pharmacology Research Topics: Molecular mechanisms of heart disease, Cardiac development and regeneration. Email: kunhua.song@ucdenver.edu |
| Lori Sussel Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: pancreatic islet biology; diabetes mechanisms; mouse embryonic development; transcriptional regulation; long non-coding RNAs Email: lori.sussel@ucdenver.edu |
| Matthew Taliaferro Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Gene expression; subcellular RNA localization; localized translation in neurons; high-throughput screening; RNA-seq Email: matthew.taliaferro@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Taliaferro Lab |
Arianne Theiss Lab Website: Theiss Lab |
| Ann Thor Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Email: ann.thor@ucdenver.edu |
| Chandra Tucker Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Optogenetics; optical control; protein engineering; protein interactions; protein sensors; yeast genetics; synthetic cell biology; protein misfolding Email: chandra.tucker@ucdenver.edu |
| Rajeev Vibhakar Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: examine epigenetic vulnerabilities in pediatric brain tumors focusing on histone lysine methylation; is investigating translational mechanisms of kinase inhibition in pediatric brain tumors; ChIP-seq and iPS cell technology coupled with animal models and traditional tools such as flow cytometry, confocal microscopy and basic molecular biology tools to probe these questions. Email: rajeev.vibhakar@ucdenver.edu |
| Eszter Katalin Vladar Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Motile cilia; Cell signaling; Airway epithelium in health and disease Email: eszter.vladar@ucdenver.edu |
| Xiao-Jing Wang Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Stem cell biology, tumor microenvironment, therapeutic interventions for cancer and tissue regeneration Email: x.j.wang@ucdenver.edu |
| Trevor Williams Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: trevor.williams@ucdenver.edu |
| Michael Zuscik Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Email: michael.zuscik@cuanschutz.edu |
| Robert Eckel Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Clinical Sciences; Neuroscience; Physiology Research Topics: lipids; nutrition; insulin action; energy balance; body weight regulation Email: robert.eckel@ucdenver.edu |
| James Costello Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Computational Bioscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: systems and network biology approaches to disentangle signaling pathways in cancer development; computational modeling of how therapeutic compounds function across different genomic backgrounds Email: james.costello@cuanschutz.edu |
Daniel Denman Lab Website: Denman Lab |
| Casey Green Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Biosciences Research Topics: computational biology, machine learning, transcriptomics Email: casey.s.greene@cuanschutz.edu |
| Joan Hooper Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Computational Bioscience; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: signal transduction; cellular and molecular mechanisms; integrating and molecular genetics; biochemical approaches Email: joan.hooper@ucdenver.edu |
| Larry Hunter Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: development and application of advanced computational techniques to biomedicine; molecular assays Email: larry.hunter@ucdenver.edu |
| Katerina Kechris Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: statistics; bioinformatics; genomics; epigenetics; miRNA Email: katerina.kechris@ucdenver.edu |
| David Pollock Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Email: david.pollock@ucdenver.edu |
| Antonio Porras Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience Research Topics: medical image computing, machine learning, computational phenotyping, statistical modeling, computer vision Email: antonio.porras@cuanschutz.edu |
| Laura Saba Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Computational Bioscience Research Topics: Systems Genetics, Network Analyses, Quantitative Transcriptome, Bioinformatics biology; autoimmune diabetes; human pluripotent stem cell biology and direct differentiation; genome engineering Email: Laura.Saba@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: The Saba Lab |
| James Sikela Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Advanced genome technologies; human genome organization and evolution; genetics of cognitive and neurodevelopmental disease Email: james.sikela@ucdenver.edu |
| Gregory P. Way Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Machine learning, data science, cell morphology, imaging, integrative genomics Email: gregory.way@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Way Science Lab |
| Fan Zhang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience Research Topics: Statistical Modeling, Single-cell Omics Data Integration, Machine Learning, Systems Biology in Transcriptomics, Immune-mediated Disease Email: fan.3.zhang@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Fan Zhang Lab |
| Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Immunology; Orthopedics Research Topics: Osteoporosis, genetic and genomic analysis of musculoskeletal disease, metabolic bone disease, bone formation Email: cheryl.ackert-bicknell@cuanschutz.edu |
| Bruce Appel Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: neural stem cells; zebrafish; developmental, degenerative, and cancerous diseases of the nervous system Email: bruce.appel@ucdenver.edu |
| Kristin Artinger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Molecular, genetic mechanisms of neural crest development and disease Email: kristin.artinger@ucdenver.edu |
| Emily Bates Degree: Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: genetics; pediatric disorders; mutations in a gene, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; the role of microtubules in neurodevelopment, ataxia, neurodegeneration Email: emily.bates@ucdenver.edu |
| Martin Breuss Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: Genomic and cellular mosaicism: 1] its role in and impact on disease; 2] its use as a lineage mark Email: martin.breuss@cuanschutz.edu |
| Katrina Claw Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genomics and Genetics Program, Personalized Medicine Certificate Program Research Topics: Pharmacogenomics, Ethical, Social and Cultural Implications of Genomic Research, Evolutionary Genetics and Medicine, Variant Impacts to Protein Function Email: katrina.claw@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Clouthier Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: signaling pathways; cranofacial development; zebrafish and mice Email: david.clouthier@ucdenver.edu |
| Curt Freed Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parkinson’s disease research from cell culture to human clinical trials. Stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease. Stopping progression of Parkinson’s disease by up regulating the DJ-1 gene with a drug. Email: curt.freed@ucdenver.edu |
| Kathleen Gardiner Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Email: kathleen.gardiner@cuanschutz.edu |
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Chris Gignoux Lab Website: Gignoux Lab |
| Jay Hesselberth Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology Research Topics: DNA repair; RNA repair; genome technology; bioinformatics Email: jay.hesselberth@cuanschutz.edu |
| Larry Hunter Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: development and application of advanced computational techniques to biomedicine; molecular assays Email: larry.hunter@cuanschutz.edu |
| Katerina Kechris Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: statistics; bioinformatics; genomics; epigenetics; miRNA Email: katerina.kechris@cuanschutz.edu |
| Paul Norman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Immunogenetics; Immune-mediated disease; Natural killer cells; HLA; KIR polymorphism Email: paul.norman@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Pollock Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Email: david.pollock@cuanschutz.edu |
| Huntington Potter Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience Research Topics: Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disease; Down syndrome; cell cycle; neuroinflammation Email: huntington.potter@ucdenver.edu |
| Sridharan Raghavan Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genomics and Genetics Research Topics: Genetics of cardiometabolic disease, particularly diabetes and obesity Email: sridharan.raghavan@cuanschutz.edu |
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David Schwartz Lab website: Schwartz Lab |
| Tamim Shaikh Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience Research Topics: disease gene identification using genomewide technologies; genome rearrangements and copy number variations associated with disease; genetic and genomic analysis of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia; model organisms (zebrafish) for functional characterization of disease genes Email: tamim.shaikh@cuanschutz.edu |
| James Sikela Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Advanced genome technologies; human genome organization and evolution; genetics of cognitive and neurodevelopmental disease Email: james.sikela@cuanschutz.edu |
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Matthew Taylor Lab Website: Taylor Lab |
| Johan Van Hove Degree: MD, PhD, MBA Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Biochemical genetics, mitochondrial disorders, disorders of glycine snd serine metabolism, lipoate disorders Email: johan.vanhove@cuanschutz.edu |
| Jing Wang Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cancer immunology: mechanisms of immune evasion; Antibody gene diversification: signaling control of class switch recombination Email: wangjing@njhealth.org |
| Gregory P. Way Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Machine learning, data science, cell morphology, imaging, integrative genomics Email: gregory.way@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Way Science Lab |
| Trevor Williams Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: trevor.williams@cuanschutz.edu |
| Ivana Yang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: environmental epigenetics; epigenomics; genomics; lung disease; metabolic disorders Email: ivana.yang@cuanschutz.edu |
| Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Immunology; Orthopedics Research Topics: Osteoporosis, genetic and genomic analysis of musculoskeletal disease, metabolic bone disease, bone formation Email: cheryl.ackert-bicknell@cuanschutz.edu |
| Scott Alper Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: immune responses; innate immunity gene responses Email: alpers@njhealth.org |
| Sarah E Clark Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs:Immunology, Microbiology Research Topics: bacterial-driven immune modulation, respiratory tract infection, inflammation Email: sarah.e.clark@cuanschutz.edu |
| Shaodong Dai Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Email: shaodong.dai@cuanschutz.edu |
| Kelly Doran Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: Bacterial pathogenesis, host - pathogen interactions in female reproductive tract and central nervous system. Email: kelly.doran@cuanschutz.edu |
| Rachel Friedman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: immune tolerance, type 1 diabetes, in vivo 2-photon imaging, therapeutic development Email: friedmanr@njhealth.org |
| Laurent Gapin Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: Invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) cells - our lab studies various aspects of iNKT cell biology, including their requirements for development and function. These studies will open up substantial new possibilities for understanding iNKT cell development and effector programming so that it can be exploited for therapeutic usage to improve human health. Email: gapinl@njhealth.org |
Magdalena Gorska Lab Website: Gorska Lab |
| Jenna Guthmiller Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: influenza viruses, humoral immunity, viral evolution, broadly neutralizing antibodies Email: jenna.guthmiller@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Guthmiller Lab |
| James Hagman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: B cell development; transcriptional regulation; epigenetics; immune responses Email: hagmanj@njhealth@org |
| Peter Henson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Pharmacology Research Topics: cell biology of inflammation; recognition and removal of apoptotic cells; innate immunity Email: peter.henson@ucdenver.edu |
| Elena Hsieh Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: systemic lupus erythematosus; mass cytometry; autoimmunity; immunodeficiency; human neonatal immune development; Email: elena.hsieh@ucdenver.edu |
| Jordan Jacobelli Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: autoimmunity; multiple sclerosis; lymphoid malignancies; immune cell migration; cytoskeleton. Email: jordan.jacobelli@ucdenver.edu |
| Edward Janoff Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Mucosal immunity; Regulation of B cell responses to vaccines in infants and with HIV-1 infection; Microbiome and immune development Email: edward.janoff@ucdenver.edu |
| Sana Karam Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Cardiovascular diseases; lipid metabolism; mineral homeostasis; autophagy; ER stress; programmed cell death. Email: sana.karam@cuanschutz.edu |
| Ross Kedl Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: innate immune activation; cellular immunity; T cells, vaccination Email: ross.kedl@ucdenver.edu |
| Marijke Keestra-Gounder Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Innate immunity; Salmonella; Citrobacter; host-pathogen interaction; pathogen-induced processes Email: marijke.keestra-gounder@ucdenver.edu |
| Kristine A Kuhn Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology, Microbiology Research Topics: inflammatory diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease), mucosal immunology, microbiome, metabolomics Email: kristine.kuhn@cuanschutz.edu |
| Laurel Lenz Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Microbiology Research Topics: innate immunity; Listeria monocytogenes; host-pathogen interactions Email: lenzl@njhealth.org |
| Phillippa Marrack Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: lymphocytes; T cells; MHC proteins Email: marrackp@njhealth.org |
| Thomas Morrison Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Immunological mechanisms that influence the clearance or persistence of arboviruses and protozoan parasites; Molecular mechanisms by which pathogens counteract host innate and adaptive immune responses Email: thomas.morrison@ucdenver.edu |
Maki Nakayama Lab Website: Nakayama Lab |
| Paul Norman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Immunogenetics; Immune-mediated disease; Natural killer cells; HLA; KIR polymorphism Email: paul.norman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Kyla Ost Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: mucosal immunology, microbiology, fungi, Candida, gut microbiome, inflammatory bowel disease, fungal genetics Email: kyla.ost@cuanschutz.edu |
| Brent Palmer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: HIV; Mucosal Immunology, Microbiome and Host:Microbe Interactions, T cell exhaustion, HIV pathogenesis Email: brent.palmer@ucdenver.edu |
| Chad Pearson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: cytoskeleton; microtubule; cilia; centrosome; centriole; cell division; Tetrahymena Email: chad.pearson@ucdenver.edu |
| Roberta Pelanda Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: Elucidation of genetic and biochemical pathways that regulate B lymphocyte development and selection as well as B cell function in the context of autoimmunity in mice, humanized mice, and humans. Email: roberta.pelanda@ucdenver.edu |
| Eric Pietras Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: inflammation; hematopoiesis; stem cell function and self-renewal; microbiome; autoimmune disease; Email: eric.pietras@ucdenver.edu |
| Stefan Pukatzki Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Cholera; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Bacterial Competition; Email: stefan.pukatzki@ucdenver.edu |
| Mercedes Rincon Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology Research Topics: Our lab is interested in understanding how metabolism regulates the function of CD8 and CD4 T cells, and how by manipulating the metabolism in these cells we can improve immunotherapies against cancer and vaccines against virus infections. Email: mercedes.rincon@cuanschutz.edu |
| Mario Santiago Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Host genetic control of retrovirus infection in mice and primates; Immunology of HIV restriction factors; HIV-1 innate immunity; Type I interferons Email: mario.santiago@ucdenver.edu |
David Schwartz Lab website: Schwartz Lab |
| Jill Slansky Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology Research Topics: tumor immunology; immune therapies; antigen discovery; tumor-influenced lymphocyte activity; T cell repertoires Email: jill.slansky@ucdenver.edu |
| Mia Smith Degree: DVM, PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: B cells, type 1 diabetes, autoimmunity, B cell tolerance, genetic risk alleles, immune biomarkers Email: mia.smith@cuanschutz.edu |
| Beth Tamburini Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: lymph node lymphatics; antigen archiving; liver disease progression; ectopic lymphoid clusters; tumor immunology; cancer lymphatics Email: beth.tamburini@ucdenver.edu |
| Raul Torres Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology Research Topics: B lymphocyte development; antibody response; HIV; autoimmunity; CD8 T cell anti-tumor immunity Email: torresr@njhealth.org |
| Linda van Dyk Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: virus/host interactions; cell cycle; non-coding RNA; viral pathogenesis and cancers; viral immunology Email: linda.vandyk@ucdenver.edu |
| Andres Vazquez-Torres Degree: DVM/PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Innate Immunity; Salmonella; Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress Email: andres.vaxquez-torres@ucdenver.edu |
| Michael Verneris Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Cancer Biology Research Topics: Chimeric Antigen Expressing T cells and NK cells; Innate lymphoid cells Email: michael.verneris@cuanschutz.edu |
| Jing Wang Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cancer immunology: mechanisms of immune evasion; Antibody gene diversification: signaling control of class switch recombination Email: wangjing@njhealth.org |
Tuoqi Wu Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; MSTP; Microbiology Research Topics: The Wu lab focuses on understanding the transcriptional and epigenetic programs that govern T cell differentiation and function during infection and cancer. We hope to identify the molecular pathways that can be targeted to improve the efficacy of immunotherapies and vaccines. Keywords: T cells, immunotherapy, infection, cancer. Email: tuoqi.wu@cuanschutz.edu |
| Fan Zhang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Statistical Modeling, Single-cell Omics Data Integration, Machine Learning, Systems Biology in Transcriptomics, Immune-mediated Disease Email: fan.3.zhang@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Fan Zhang Lab |
| Gongyi Zhang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology, MSTP, Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topic s: Epigenetics, General transcription regulations in eukaryotes, RNA Polymerase II pausing regulation, Enhancer, Cancer biology, ageing, development Email: gongyi.zhang@cuanschutz.edu ; zhangg@njhealth.org |
| Richard Benninger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Pancreatic islet biology, Molecular mechanisms of diabetes pathogenesis, Emergent multicellular dynamics, Fluorescent biosensors and Optogenetics , Non-invasive imaging Email: richard.benninger@ucdenver.edu |
| Bryan Bergman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Insulin Sensitivity, Exercise, Intermuscular adipose tissue, Intramuscular fat, Ectopic lipids, Lipidomics Email: bryan.bergman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Benjamin G Bitler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Gynecologic oncology, therapeutic development, therapy resistance, metastasis, epigenetics, and signal transduction Email: benjamin.bitler@cuanschutz.edu |
| Andy Bradford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: hormone/growth factor signaling and cancer; roles of selective kinase C (PKC) isoforms; cell growth and death in endometrial cancer Email: andy.bradford@ucdenver.edu |
| Gidon Felsen Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: nervous system, electrophysiological, behavioral, pharmacological, molecular, computational methods Email: gidon.felsen@ucdenver.edu |
| Heide Ford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parallels between normal development and tumorigenesis/metastasis, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, role of homeoproteins and their cofactors in breast, ovarian, and pediatric tumors, particularly in metastatic progression. Email: heide.ford@ucdenver.edu |
| Arthur Gutierrez-Hartman Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: role of Ras/MAPK signaling; Ets transcription; epithelial cell development; tumorigenesis; pituitary and mammary model systems Email: a.gutierrez-hartman@ucdenver.edu |
| Peter Henson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Pharmacology Research Topics: cell biology of inflammation; recognition and removal of apoptotic cells; innate immunity Email: peter.henson@ucdenver.edu |
| Joan Hooper Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Computational Bioscience; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: signal transduction; cellular and molecular mechanisms; integrating and molecular genetics; biochemical approaches Email: joan.hooper@ucdenver.edu |
| Joe Hurt Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: perinatal biology; preterm birth and parturition signaling; uterine myometrial contractility; gasotransmitters; nitric oxide; hydrogen sulfide; reproductive physiology; maternal fetal medicine; obesity and metabolism; reproductive metabolomics Email: k.joseph.hurt@ucdenver.edu |
| Dwight J Klemm Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Obesity, Adipocyte Biology, Impact of Sex Hormones on Adipocyte Populations Email: dwight.klemm@cuanschutz.edu Email: dwight.klemm@cuanschutz.edu |
| Achim Klug Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: auditory brain stem nuclei; sound localization pathway Email: achim.klug@cuanschutz.edu |
| Rajendra Kumar Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: pituitary; gonads; reproduction; fertility; osteoporosis; tumors; Email: raj.kumar@cuanschutz.edu |
| Laurel Lenz Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Microbiology Research Topics: innate immunity; Listeria monocytogenes; host-pathogen interactions Email: lenzl@njhealth.org |
| Paul MacLean Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: metabolic adaptations to weight loss; obesity and breast cancer; menopause Email: paul.maclean@ucdenver.edu |
| Anna Malykhina Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: electrophysiology; visceral smooth muscle; sensory neurons; chronic pain; neuropharmacology Email: anna.malykhina@cuanschutz.edu |
| James McManaman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of lipid metabolism disorders Email: jim.mcmanaman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Makoto Miyazaki Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Cardiovascular diseases; lipid metabolism; mineral homeostasis; autophagy; ER stress; programmed cell death. Email: makoto.miyazaki@cuanschutz.edu |
| Catherine Proenza Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Molecular physiology of cardiac pacemaking; ion channel biophysics Email: catherine.proenza@cuanschutz.edu |
| Judy Regensteiner Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology, Bioengineering Research Topics: Cardiovascular consequences of type 2 diabetes Email: judy.regesteiner@cuanschutz.edu |
| Jane Reusch Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Integrative Physiology; Bioengineering; Endocrinology Research Topics: Diabetes (human and pre-clinical models), mitochondrial structure and function, endothelial dysfunction and end-organ perfusion, Cardiac structure and advanced cardiovascular imaging, skeletal muscle Email: jane.reusch@cuanschutz.edu |
| Paul Rozance Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Pregnancy, IUGR, Beta Cell, Islet, Insulin Email: paul.rozance@cuanschutz.edu |
| Stephen Santoro Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Experience-dependent regulation of neurogenesis and neuron lifespan within the olfactory epithelium; olfactory stem cells; olfactory adaptation and learning; mechanisms of odorant receptor-mediated axon guidance; new spatial transcriptomic technologies Email: stephen.santoro@cuanschutz.edu |
| Carol Sartorious Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Email: carol.sartorious@ucdenver.edu |
| Carmen Sucharov Degree:PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Signal transduction, gene expression, human heart failure Email: carmen.sucharov@cuanschutz.edu |
| Ann Thor Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Email: ann.thor@ucdenver.edu |
| Daniel Tollin Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: auditory neuroscience; sensitive periods in auditory development; tests of hearing aids and auditory prosthetic devices; auditory injury due to acoustic blast; human auditory perception Email: daniel.tollin@ucdenver.edu |
| Sukumar Vijayaraghavan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: signaling; brain circuits; electrophysiology; optogenetics; live cell imaging; Cholinergic signaling; nicotine addiction Email: sukumar.v@cuanschutz.edu |
Mary Weiser-Evans Email: mary.weiser-evans@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Weiser-Evans Lab |
Stephanie Wesolowski |
| Margaret Wierman Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Molecular approaches to Reproductive Neuroendocrinology and Endocrine Neoplasia using cell and animal models, translational projects using human tumor samples Email: margaret.wierman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Clyde Wright Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Email: clyde.wright@cuanschutz.edu |
| Trevor Williams Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: trevor.williams@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Barton Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: RNA Viruses, Innate Immunity to RNA Viruses, Endoribonucleases Email: david.barton@ucdenver.edu |
| David Beckham Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Flavivirus RNA structure and function; Zika virus pathogenesis; Zika virus vertical transmission; viral immune responses; alpha-synuclein; Parkinson’s disease; Email: david.beckham@ucdenver.edu |
| Sarah E Clark Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs:Immunology, Microbiology Research Topics: bacterial-driven immune modulation, respiratory tract infection, inflammation Email: sarah.e.clark@cuanschutz.edu |
| Richard Davis Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Programmed DNA elimination, novel RNAs, and RNA metabolism Email: richard.davis@ucdenver.edu |
| Kelly Doran Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: Bacterial pathogenesis, host - pathogen interactions in female reproductive tract and central nervous system. Email: kelly.doran@cuanschutz.edu |
| Breck Duerkop Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology Research Topics: microbiology; molecular biology; bacterial genetics; bacteriophages; host-microbe interactions; genomics and metagenomics; microbiome Email: breck.duerkop@ucdenver.edu |
| Jenna Guthmiller Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: influenza viruses, humoral immunity, viral evolution, broadly neutralizing antibodies Email: jenna.guthmiller@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Guthmiller Lab |
| James Hagman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: B cell development; transcriptional regulation; epigenetics; immune responses Email: hagmanj@njhealth@org |
| Alexander Horswill Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology Research Topics: bacterial pathogens; quorum-sensing; biofilms; host-pathogen interactions; gene regulation Email: alexander.horswill@ucdenver.edu |
| Elena Hsieh Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: systemic lupus erythematosus; mass cytometry; autoimmunity; immunodeficiency; human neonatal immune development; Email: elena.hsieh@ucdenver.edu |
| Edward Janoff Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Mucosal immunity; Regulation of B cell responses to vaccines in infants and with HIV-1 infection; Microbiome and immune development Email: edward.janoff@ucdenver.edu |
| Ross Kedl Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: innate immune activation; cellular immunity; T cells, vaccination Email: ross.kedl@ucdenver.edu |
| Marijke Keestra-Gounder Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Innate immunity; Salmonella; Citrobacter; host-pathogen interaction; pathogen-induced processes Email: marijke.keestra-gounder@ucdenver.edu |
| Jeffrey Kieft Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: RNA structure; translational control; viral noncoding RNAs; RNA-protein interactions; macromolecular machinery dynamics Email: jeffrey.kieft@ucdenver.edu |
| Laurel Lenz Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Microbiology Research Topics: innate immunity; Listeria monocytogenes; host-pathogen interactions Email: lenzl@njhealth.org |
| Kristine A Kuhn Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology, Microbiology Research Topics: inflammatory diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease), mucosal immunology, microbiome, metabolomics Email: kristine.kuhn@cuanschutz.edu |
| Thomas Morrison Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Immunological mechanisms that influence the clearance or persistence of arboviruses and protozoan parasites; Molecular mechanisms by which pathogens counteract host innate and adaptive immune responses Email: thomas.morrison@ucdenver.edu |
| Paul Norman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Research Topics: Immunogenetics; Immune-mediated disease; Natural killer cells; HLA; KIR polymorphism Email: paul.norman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Kyla Ost Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: mucosal immunology, microbiology, fungi, Candida, gut microbiome, inflammatory bowel disease, fungal genetics Email: kyla.ost@cuanschutz.edu |
| Brent Palmer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Immunology Research Topics: HIV; Mucosal Immunology, Microbiome and Host: Microbe Interactions, T cell exhaustion, HIV pathogenesis Email: brent.palmer@ucdenver.edu |
| Vanessa Phelan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs:Pharmaceutical Sciences, Microbiology Research Topics: infectious disease, microbiome, metabolomics, chemical ecology, lung diseases Email: vanessa.phelan@cuanschutz.edu |
| Eric Poeschla Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology Research Topics: virology; innate immunity to viruses (RNA viruses including HIV-1); mouse models of innate immunity; mouse models of protection against autoimmune diseases; Email: eric.poeschla@ucdenver.edu |
| Stefan Pukatzki Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Cholera; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Bacterial Competition; Email: stefan.pukatzki@ucdenver.edu |
| Brian Russo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Microbiology, molecular biology, bacterial infection, cytoskeleton, host-microbe interactions, intestinal biology, mucosal immunity Email: brian.russo@cuanschutz.edu |
| Mario Santiago Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Host genetic control of retrovirus infection in mice and primates; Immunology of HIV restriction factors; HIV-1 innate immunity; Type I interferons Email: mario.santiago@ucdenver.edu |
| Kenneth Tyler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Viral infections of the Central Nervous System, neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation Email: ken.tyler@ucdenver.edu |
| Linda van Dyk Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: virus/host interactions; cell cycle; non-coding RNA; viral pathogenesis and cancers; viral immunology Email: linda.vandyk@ucdenver.edu |
| Andres Vazquez-Torres Degree: DVM/PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Innate Immunity; Salmonella; Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress Email: andres.vaxquez-torres@ucdenver.edu |
| Martin Voskuil Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, dormancy, antibiotic mechanisms, population heterogeneity, and pH homeostasis Email: martin.voskuil@ucdenver.edu |
Tuoqi Wu Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; MSTP; Microbiology Research Topics: The Wu lab focuses on understanding the transcriptional and epigenetic programs that govern T cell differentiation and function during infection and cancer. We hope to identify the molecular pathways that can be targeted to improve the efficacy of immunotherapies and vaccines. Keywords: T cells, immunotherapy, infection, cancer. Email: tuoqi.wu@cuanschutz.edu |
| Fan Zhang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Immunology; Microbiology Research Topics: Statistical Modeling, Single-cell Omics Data Integration, Machine Learning, Systems Biology in Transcriptomics, Immune-mediated Disease Email: fan.3.zhang@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Fan Zhang Lab |
| Steve Anderson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Mammary gland development, mammary tumorigenesis, tumor metabolism Email: steve.anderson@ucdenver.edu |
| Bruce Appel Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: neural stem cells; zebrafish; developmental, degenerative, and cancerous diseases of the nervous system Email: bruce.appel@ucdenver.edu |
| Kristin Artinger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Molecular, genetic mechanisms of neural crest development and disease Email: kristin.artinger@ucdenver.edu |
| Francisco Asturias Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs:Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Medical Scientist Training Program, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences Program Research Topics: Structural biology, cryo-EM, transcription, HIV Email: francisco.asturias@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Barton Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: RNA Viruses, Innate Immunity to RNA Viruses, Endoribonucleases Email: david.barton@ucdenver.edu |
| Emily Bates Degree: Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: genetics; pediatric disorders; mutations in a gene, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; the role of microtubules in neurodevelopment, ataxia, neurodegeneration Email: emily.bates@ucdenver.edu |
| Ulli Bayer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: molecular memory; cellular signal transduction; neuronal fuction; nervous system Email: ulli.bayer@ucdenver.edu |
| David Bentley Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: gene expression; alternative mRNA processsing in breast cancer; RNA polymerase II; mRNA splicing and polyadenylation, transcription elongation control, co-transcriptional chromatin modification Email: david.bentley@cuanschutz.edu |
| Joshua Black Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: chromatin microenvironment; genome stability; cancer cell heterogeneity; chemotherapeutic response Email: joshua.c.black@cuanschutz.edu |
| Andy Bradford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: hormone/growth factor signaling and cancer; roles of selective kinase C (PKC) isoforms; cell growth and death in endometrial cancer Email: andy.bradford@cuanschutz.edu |
Matthew Burchill Lab Website: Burchill Lab |
| Mair Churchill Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: biophysical, biochemical, and structural methods; X-ray crystallography; gene expression Email: mair.churchill@cuanschutz.edu |
| Shaodong Dai Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Email: shaodong.dai@cuanschutz.edu |
| Richard Davis Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Programmed DNA elimination, novel RNAs, and RNA metabolism Email: richard.davis@cuanschutz.edu |
| James DeGregori Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: cancer development; Adaptive Oncogenesis; development of novel therapeutic strategies; leukemia cells; non-small lung cancers; discovering pathway dependencies in cancers Email: james.degregori@cuanschutz.edu |
| Elan Eisenmesser Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: revealing and controlling molecular interactions through biochemical, biophysical, and biological techniques; molecular basis of inflammation and cancer, which includes signaling complexes both inside/outside of the cell and engineering potent anti-cancer treatments; Molecular characterization of virulence factors for Strep Pneumo and engineering vaccines; Determining the role of dynamics in enzyme function and engineering catalysis. Email: elan.eisenmesser@cuanschutz.edu |
| Patricia Ernst Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: hematopoiesis; stem cells; leukemia; histone methyltransferases; Email: patricia.ernst@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Ernst Lab |
| Thomas Evans Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) dynamics and mRNA control during early development Email: tom.evans@ucdenver.edu |
| Katherine Fantauzzo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: receptor tyrosine kinase signaling; mammalian craniofacial development; mouse genetics Email: katherine.fantauzzo@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Fantauzzo Lab |
| Heide Ford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parallels between normal development and tumorigenesis/metastasis, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, role of homeoproteins and their cofactors in breast, ovarian, and pediatric tumors, particularly in metastatic progression. Email: heide.ford@ucdenver.edu |
| Santos Franco Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology Research Topics: neural stem cells, cell fate specification, neurodevelopment, pediatric brain cancer, mouse models Email: santos.franco@cuanschutz.edu |
| Arthur Gutierrez-Hartman Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: role of Ras/MAPK signaling; Ets transcription; epithelial cell development; tumorigenesis; pituitary and mammary model systems Email: a.gutierrez-hartman@ucdenver.edu |
| James Hagman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: B cell development; transcriptional regulation; epigenetics; immune responses Email: hagmanj@njhealth@org |
| Jay Hesselberth Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology Research Topics: DNA repair; RNA repair; genome technology; bioinformatics Email: jay.hesselberth@ucdenver.edu |
| Joan Hooper Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Computational Bioscience; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: signal transduction; cellular and molecular mechanisms; integrating and molecular genetics; biochemical approaches Email: joan.hooper@ucdenver.edu |
| Mingxia Huang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology Research Topics: DNA Damage; Iron homeostasis; Neurodegeneration Email: mingxia.huang@ucdenver.edu |
| Ethan Hughes Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Medical Scientist Training Program Research Topics: oligodendrocyte lineage cells, neuronal circuits; multiple sclerosis; regeneration in the adult central nervous system Email: ethan.hughes@cuanschutz.edu |
| Sujatha Jagannathan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Research Topics: mRNA quality control; nonsense-mediated RNA decay; facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; muscle development Email: sujatha.jagannathan@ucdenver.edu |
| Aaron Johnson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: formation and regulation of chromatin domains; mechanisms of heterochromatin Email: aaron.m.johnson@ucdenver.edu |
| David Jones Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: structural studies of protein-ligand interactions; neuronal signal transduction; molecular mechanisms Email: david.jones@ucdenver.edu |
| Craig Jordan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: leukemia; cancer stem cells; experimental therapeutics; cancer metabolism Email: craig.jordan@ucdenver.edu |
| Jeffrey Kieft Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: RNA structure; translational control; viral noncoding RNAs; RNA-protein interactions; macromolecular machinery dynamics Email: jeffrey.kieft@ucdenver.edu |
| Tatiana Kutateladze Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: molecular mechanisms; epigenetic regulation; phosphoinositide signaling Email: tatiana.kutateladze@ucdenver.edu |
| Changwei Liu Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology Research Topics: biochemical mechanisms; spinal muscular atrophy protein; survival motor neuron; cell biological; proteomics approaches Email: changwei.liu@ucdenver.edu |
| James McManaman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of lipid metabolism disorders Email: jim.mcmanaman@ucdenver.edu |
| Michael McMurray Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: macromolecular assemblies; cellular function; neurodegenrative disorders; systemic amyloidoses Email: michael.mcmurray@ucdenver.edu |
| Jeffrey Moore Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: organelles; microtubes; mechanochemical enzymes; cell division Email: jeffrey.moore@ucdenver.edu |
| Christian Mosimann Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cells, Stem Cells and Development, Molecular Biology Research Topics: development, cell fate, gene regulation, transgenics, imaging, cardiovascular, blood, zebrafish Email: christian.mosimann@ucdenver.edu |
| Neelanjan Mukherjee Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Medical Science Training Program; Molecular Biology; Research Topics: human steroid hormones; RNA stability; splicing; translation; RNA-binding proteins; computational biology; high-throughput sequencing; genomics; Email: neelanjan.mukherjee@ucdenver.edu |
| James Nichols Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Research Topics: zebrafish; craniofacial; genetics; development; variability Email: james.nichols@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Nichols Lab |
| Chad Pearson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: cytoskeleton; microtubule; cilia; centrosome; centriole; cell division; Tetrahymena Email: chad.pearson@ucdenver.edu |
| Eric Pietras Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: inflammation; hematopoiesis; stem cell function and self-renewal; microbiome; autoimmune disease; Email: eric.pietras@ucdenver.edu |
| Rytis Prekeris Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: regulation and establishment of epithelial cell polarity in vitro and in vivo; molecular mechanisms of cell division and midbody inheritance; cancer cell invasion and metastasis Email: rytis.prekeris@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Prekeris Lab |
| Srinivas Ramachandran Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Chromatin structure and dynamics in cells Email: srinivas.ramachandran@ucdenver.edu |
| Tania Reis Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: The Genetic Basis of Obesity and Neuronal Control of Energy Balance in Drosophila melanogaster Email: tania.reis@ucdenver.edu |
| Mary Reyland Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Signaling pathways in apoptosis and proliferation; lung cancer; head and neck cancer Email: mary.reyland@ucdenver.edu |
| Jennifer Richer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Breast and ovarian cancer steroid hormone receptor action, non-coding RNA, and proteins involved in anoikis resistance and their role in disease progression and therapeutic targeting of these entities. Email: jennifer.richer@ucdenver.edu |
| Olivia Rissland Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Research Topics: Post-transcriptional gene regulation; mRNA decay; translation Email: olivia.rissland@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Rissland Lab |
| Holger Russ Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: human pancreatic beta cell and thymus biology; autoimmune diabetes; human pluripotent stem cell biology and direct differentiation; genome engineering Email: holger.russ@ucdenver.edu |
| Brian Russo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Microbiology, molecular biology, bacterial infection, cytoskeleton, host-microbe interactions, intestinal biology, mucosal immunity Email: brian.russo@cuanschutz.edu |
| Stephen Santoro Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Experience-dependent regulation of neurogenesis and neuron lifespan within the olfactory epithelium; olfactory stem cells; olfactory adaptation and learning; mechanisms of odorant receptor-mediated axon guidance; new spatial transcriptomic technologies Email: stephen.santoro@cuanschutz.edu |
| Matthew Sikora Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: steroid hormones; anti-estrogen; breast cancer Email: matthew.sikora@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Sikora Lab |
| Lori Sussel Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: pancreatic islet biology; diabetes mechanisms; mouse embryonic development; transcriptional regulation; long non-coding RNAs Email: lori.sussel@ucdenver.edu |
| Matthew Taliaferro Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Gene expression; subcellular RNA localization; localized translation in neurons; high-throughput screening; RNA-seq Email: matthew.taliaferro@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Taliaferro Lab |
| Chandra Tucker Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Optogenetics; optical control; protein engineering; protein interactions; protein sensors; yeast genetics; synthetic cell biology; protein misfolding Email: chandra.tucker@ucdenver.edu |
| Linda van Dyk Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: virus/host interactions; cell cycle; non-coding RNA; viral pathogenesis and cancers; viral immunology Email: linda.vandyk@ucdenver.edu |
| Andres Vazquez-Torres Degree: DVM/PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Innate Immunity; Salmonella; Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress Email: andres.vaxquez-torres@ucdenver.edu |
| Eszter Katalin Vladar Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Motile cilia; Cell signaling; Airway epithelium in health and disease Email: eszter.vladar@ucdenver.edu |
| Beat Vögeli Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR; biophysics; protein structure & dynamics; nucleic acid structure & dynamics; protein-ligand interaction; protein-RNA/DNA interaction; protein communication networks. Email: beat.vogeli@cuanschutz.edu |
| Martin Voskuil Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, dormancy, antibiotic mechanisms, population heterogeneity, and pH homeostasis Email: martin.voskuil@ucdenver.edu |
| Jing Wang Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Immunology; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Cancer immunology: mechanisms of immune evasion; Antibody gene diversification: signaling control of class switch recombination Email: wangjing@njhealth.org |
| Xiao-Jing Wang Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Stem cell biology, tumor microenvironment, therapeutic interventions for cancer and tissue regeneration Email: x.j.wang@ucdenver.edu |
| Trevor Williams Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: trevor.williams@ucdenver.edu |
| Rui Zhao Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: understand the molecular mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing using a combination of X-ray crystallography, CryoEM, molecular biology, biochemistry and yeast genetics approaches Email: rui.zhao@ucdenver.edu |
| Bruce Appel Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: neural stem cells; zebrafish; developmental, degenerative, and cancerous diseases of the nervous system Email: bruce.appel@cuanschutz.edu |
| Kristin Artinger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Molecular, genetic mechanisms of neural crest development and disease Email: kristin.artinger@cuanschutzr.edu |
| John Bankston Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: ion channel biophysics; structural biology; fluorescence microscopy; pain and inflammation; pH regulation; Email: john.bankston@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Bankston Lab |
| Linda Barlow Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: Stem cell renewal; molecular regulation of taste bud homeostasis; impact of cancer therapy on taste bud cell renewal and taste function Email: linda.barlow@cuanschutz.edu |
| Emily Bates Degree: Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: genetics; pediatric disorders; mutations in a gene, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; the role of microtubules in neurodevelopment, ataxia, neurodegeneration Email: emily.bates@cuanschutz.edu |
| Ulli Bayer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: molecular memory; cellular signal transduction; neuronal fuction; nervous system Email: ulli.bayer@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Beckham Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Flavivirus RNA structure and function; Zika virus pathogenesis; Zika virus vertical transmission; viral immune responses; alpha-synuclein; Parkinson’s disease; Email: david.beckham@ucdenver.edu |
| Joseph Brzezinski Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: mechanisms of cell fate determination Email: joseph.brzezinski@ucdenver.edu |
| Jason Christie Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience, MSTP Research Topics: learning and memory; motor control; cerebellum, synaptic plasticity Email: jason.m.christie@cuanschutz.edu |
| Fabrice Dabertrand Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Neuroscience, MSTP Research Topics: Ion channels; Brain microcirculation; Neurovascular coupling; Cerebral blood flow, Small vessel diseases of the brain Email: fabrice.dabertrand@cuanschutz.edu |
| Mark Dell'Acqua Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: cellular signal transduction; neuropharmacology; cAMP and calcium second messenger signaling pathways; neuronal synapses Email: mark.dellacqua@cuanschutz.edu |
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Daniel Denman Lab Website: Denman Lab |
| Robert Eckel Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Clinical Sciences; Neuroscience; Physiology Research Topics: lipids; nutrition; insulin action; energy balance; body weight regulation Email: robert.eckel@ucdenver.edu |
| Gidon Felsen Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: nervous system, electrophysiological, behavioral, pharmacological, molecular, computational methods Email: gidon.felsen@ucdenver.edu |
| Thomas Finger Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: development and organization of taste and smell; molecular and cellular mechanisms; embryonic development in C. elegans; genetic and biochemical approaches Email: thomas.finger@ucdenver.edu |
| Santos Franco Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology Research Topics: neural stem cells, cell fate specification, neurodevelopment, pediatric brain cancer, mouse models Email: santos.franco@cuanschutz.edu |
| Curt Freed Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parkinson’s disease research from cell culture to human clinical trials. Stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease. Stopping progression of Parkinson’s disease by up regulating the DJ-1 gene with a drug. Email: curt.freed@ucdenver.edu |
| Emily Gibson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Bioengineering; Neuroscience Research Topics:Biophotonics; Neuroscience Email: emily.gibson@cuanschutz.edu |
| Ethan Hughes Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Medical Scientist Training Program Research Topics: oligodendrocyte lineage cells, neuronal circuits; multiple sclerosis; regeneration in the adult central nervous system Email: ethan.hughes@cuanschutz.edu |
| Matthew Kennedy Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Synaptic plasticity, Alzheimer’s disease, optogenetics, protein trafficking Email: matthew.kennedy@ucdenver.edu |
| Achim Klug Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: auditory brain stem nuclei; sound localization pathway Email: achim.klug@ucdenver.edu |
| Rajendra Kumar Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: pituitary; gonads; reproduction; fertility; osteoporosis; tumors; Email: raj.kumar@ucdenver.edu |
| Tatiana Kutateladze Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: molecular mechanisms; epigenetic regulation; phosphoinositide signaling Email: tatiana.kutateladze@ucdenver.edu |
| Wendy Macklin Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: oligodendrocyte differentiation; myelination in the central nervous system; signaling pathways and mechanisms Email: wendy.macklin@ucdenver.edu |
| Anna Malykhina Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: electrophysiology; visceral smooth muscle; sensory neurons; chronic pain; neuropharmacology Email: anna.malykhina@ucdenver.edu |
| Won Chan Oh Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology; MSTP Research Topics: synaptic plasticity; circuit plasticity; E/I balance; two-photon microscopy Email: wonchan.oh@cuanschutz.edu |
| Anthony Peng Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience Research Topics: Sensory neurobiology, auditory and vestibular mechanotransduction Email: anthony.peng@cuanschutz.edu |
| Abigail Person Degree: Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Physiology Research Topics: neural control of movement; cerebellar physiology and anatomy; motor planning and kinematics Email: abigail.person@cuanschutz.edu |
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Jamie Peters Lab Website: Peters Lab |
| Huntington Potter Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience Research Topics: Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disease; Down syndrome; cell cycle; neuroinflammation Email: huntington.potter@cuanschutz.edu |
| Catherine Proenza Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Molecular physiology of cardiac pacemaking; ion channel biophysics Email: catherine.proenza@ucdenver.edu |
| Nidia Quillinan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience Research Topics: Synaptic plasticity and excitability changes after brain injury Email: nidia.quillinan@cuanschutz.edu |
| Tania Reis Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: The Genetic Basis of Obesity and Neuronal Control of Energy Balance in Drosophila melanogaster Email: tania.reis@cuanschutz.edu |
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Katie Rennie Lab Website: Rennie Lab |
| Diego Restrepo Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: diego.restrepo@cuanschutz.edu |
| Angeles Ribera Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: activity-dependent neuronal development; spinal neurons; zebrafish; ion channels; electrophysiology Email: angie.ribera@ucdenver.edu |
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Darleen Sandoval Lab website: Sandoval Lab |
| Stephen Santoro Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells, and Development; Neuroscience; Molecular Biology; Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Experience-dependent regulation of neurogenesis and neuron lifespan within the olfactory epithelium; olfactory stem cells; olfactory adaptation and learning; mechanisms of odorant receptor-mediated axon guidance; new spatial transcriptomic technologies Email: stephen.santoro@cuanschutz.edu |
| William Sather Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: electrophysiology; live-cell imaging; Ca2+ signaling; ion channels; gene expression and plasticity in hippocampal and spinal cord neurons Email: william.sather@cuanschutz.edu |
| Nathan Schoppa Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience Research Topics: Neurophysiology of olfaction; Synaptic physiology Email: nathan.schoppa@cuanschutz.edu |
| Tamim Shaikh Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience Research Topics: disease gene identification using genomewide technologies; genome rearrangements and copy number variations associated with disease; genetic and genomic analysis of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia; model organisms (zebrafish) for functional characterization of disease genes Email: tamim.shaikh@ucdenver.edu |
| Julie Siegenthaler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Neuroscience Research Topics: development of brain blood vessels and pediatric stroke Email: julie.siegenthaler@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Siegenthaler Lab |
| James Sikela Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Advanced genome technologies; human genome organization and evolution; genetics of cognitive and neurodevelopmental disease Email: james.sikela@ucdenver.edu |
| Katharine Smith Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology; Neuroscience Research Topics: synaptic plasticity; inhibitory synapses; advanced imaging; cellular signaling Email: katharine.r.smith@cuanschutz.edu |
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Matthew Taylor Lab Website: Taylor Lab |
| Slobodan Todorovic Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: We investigate the role of voltage-gated calcium channels in the molecular mechanisms of analgesia and anesthesia Email: slobodan.todorovic@cuanschutz.edu |
| Daniel Tollin Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: auditory neuroscience; sensitive periods in auditory development; tests of hearing aids and auditory prosthetic devices; auditory injury due to acoustic blast; human auditory perception Email: daniel.tollin@cuanschutz.edu |
| Ming-Feng Tsai Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience. Pharmacology. Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: membrane proteins, calcium channels, mitochondrial pathophysiology, calcium signaling, structure-function analysis Email: ming-feng.tsai@cuanschutz.edu |
| Kenneth Tyler Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Viral infections of the Central Nervous System, neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation Email: ken.tyler@cuanschutz.edu |
| Sukumar Vijayaraghavan Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: signaling; brain circuits; electrophysiology; optogenetics; live cell imaging; Cholinergic signaling; nicotine addiction Email: sukumar.v@cuanschutz.edu |
| Cristin G Welle Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: cristin.welle@cuanschutz.edu |
| Margaret Wierman Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Molecular approaches to Reproductive Neuroendocrinology and Endocrine Neoplasia using cell and animal models, translational projects using human tumor samples Email: margaret.wierman@cuanschutz.edu |
| Trevor Williams Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Research Topics: Email: trevor.williams@ucdenver.edu |
| Jason Aoto Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: drug addiction; schizophrenia; synaptic transmission; electrophysiology; neural circuitry Email: jason.aoto@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Aoto Lab |
| John Bankston Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: ion channel biophysics; structural biology; fluorescence microscopy; pain and inflammation; pH regulation; Email: john.bankston@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Bankston Lab |
| Ulli Bayer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: molecular memory; cellular signal transduction; neuronal fuction; nervous system Email: ulli.bayer@ucdenver.edu |
| Joshua Black Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: chromatin microenvironment; genome stability; cancer cell heterogeneity; chemotherapeutic response Email: joshua.c.black@ucdenver.edu |
| Cecilia Caino Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: cancer cell metabolism; organelle dynamics; selective autophagy; tumor progression and metastasis. Email: cecilia.caino@ucdenver.edu |
| Mair Churchill Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: biophysical, biochemical, and structural methods; X-ray crystallography; gene expression Email: mair.churchill@ucdenver.edu |
| James Costello Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Computational Bioscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: systems and network biology approaches to disentangle signaling pathways in cancer development; computational modeling of how therapeutic compounds function across different genomic backgrounds Email: james.costello@ucdenver.edu |
| Scott Cramer Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: prostate cancer molecular subtypes that associate with aggressive and lethal disease; We model prostate cancer using a novel mouse prostate stem cell model that develops normal glandular structures with wild type cells and develops malignant structures when prostate cancer drivers are altered; use this models and computational approaches to model signaling pathways that act as potential therapeutic vulnerabilities. Areas of signaling interest include hormone signaling, steroid receptor/chromatin interactions, autophagy, apoptosis and necroptosis. Email: scott.cramer@ucdenver.edu |
| Fabrice Dabertrand Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Neuroscience, MSTP Research Topics: Ion channels; Brain microcirculation; Neurovascular coupling; Cerebral blood flow, Small vessel diseases of the brain Email: fabrice.dabertrand@cuanschutz.edu |
| Mark Dell'Acqua Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: cellular signal transduction; neuropharmacology; cAMP and calcium second messenger signaling pathways; neuronal synapses Email: mark.dellacqua@ucdenver.edu |
| Elan Eisenmesser Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: revealing and controlling molecular interactions through biochemical, biophysical, and biological techniques; molecular basis of inflammation and cancer, which includes signaling complexes both inside/outside of the cell and engineering potent anti-cancer treatments; Molecular characterization of virulence factors for Strep Pneumo and engineering vaccines; Determining the role of dynamics in enzyme function and engineering catalysis. Email: elan.eisenmesser@ucdenver.edu |
| Patricia Ernst Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: hematopoiesis; stem cells; leukemia; histone methyltransferases; Email: patricia.ernst@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Ernst Lab |
| Christopher Ford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: Neural circuits, addiction, synaptic transmission, neuromodulators, GPCRs, electrophysiology, imaging Email: christopher.ford@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Ford Lab |
| Heide Ford Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Integrated Physiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parallels between normal development and tumorigenesis/metastasis, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, role of homeoproteins and their cofactors in breast, ovarian, and pediatric tumors, particularly in metastatic progression. Email: heide.ford@ucdenver.edu |
| Curt Freed Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Parkinson’s disease research from cell culture to human clinical trials. Stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease. Stopping progression of Parkinson’s disease by up regulating the DJ-1 gene with a drug. Email: curt.freed@ucdenver.edu |
| Lynn Heasley Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: autocrine and paracrine signaling; receptor tyrosine kinases Email: lynn.heasley@ucdenver.edu |
| Peter Henson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Immunology; Integrated Physiology; Pharmacology Research Topics: cell biology of inflammation; recognition and removal of apoptotic cells; innate immunity Email: peter.henson@ucdenver.edu |
| Paula Hoffman Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: neuropharmacology, genetics and genomics of alcohol and drug abuse. Email: paula.hoffman@ucdenver.edu |
| Larry Hunter Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: development and application of advanced computational techniques to biomedicine; molecular assays Email: larry.hunter@ucdenver.edu |
| David Jones Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: structural studies of protein-ligand interactions; neuronal signal transduction; molecular mechanisms Email: david.jones@ucdenver.edu |
| Matthew Kennedy Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Synaptic plasticity, Alzheimer’s disease, optogenetics, protein trafficking Email: matthew.kennedy@ucdenver.edu |
| Jeffrey Kieft Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: RNA structure; translational control; viral noncoding RNAs; RNA-protein interactions; macromolecular machinery dynamics Email: jeffrey.kieft@ucdenver.edu |
| Tatiana Kutateladze Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: molecular mechanisms; epigenetic regulation; phosphoinositide signaling Email: tatiana.kutateladze@ucdenver.edu |
| Timothy McKinsey Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: Cardiovascular disease; fibrosis, epigenetic regulation of gene expression; signal transduction Email: timothy.mckinsey@ucdenver.edu |
| Raphael Nemenoff Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: molecular pathways; progression and metastasis of lung cancer Email: raphael.nenemoff@cuanschutz.edu |
| Won Chan Oh Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology; Neuroscience; MSTP Research Topics: synaptic plasticity; circuit plasticity; E/I balance; two-photon microscopy Email: wonchan.oh@cuanschutz.edu |
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Jamie Peters Lab Website: Peters Lab |
| David Port Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology Research Topics: Email: david.port@cuanschutz.edu |
| Catherine Proenza Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Integrated Physiology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Molecular physiology of cardiac pacemaking; ion channel biophysics Email: catherine.proenza@ucdenver.edu |
| Laura Saba Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Computational Bioscience Research Topics: Systems Genetics, Network Analyses, Quantitative Transcriptome, Bioinformatics biology; autoimmune diabetes; human pluripotent stem cell biology and direct differentiation; genome engineering Email: Laura.Saba@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: The Saba Lab |
| William Sather Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: electrophysiology; live-cell imaging; Ca2+ signaling; ion channels; gene expression and plasticity in hippocampal and spinal cord neurons Email: william.sather@ucdenver.edu |
| James Sikela Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: Advanced genome technologies; human genome organization and evolution; genetics of cognitive and neurodevelopmental disease Email: james.sikela@ucdenver.edu |
| Matthew Sikora Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: steroid hormones; anti-estrogen; breast cancer Email: matthew.sikora@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Sikora Lab |
| Katharine Smith Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology; Neuroscience Research Topics: synaptic plasticity; inhibitory synapses; advanced imaging; cellular signaling Email: katharine.r.smith@ucdenver.edu |
| Kunhua Song Degree: Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Pharmacology Research Topics: Molecular mechanisms of heart disease, Cardiac development and regeneration. Email: kunhua.song@ucdenver.edu |
| Carmen Sucharov Degree:PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmacology, Integrated Physiology Research Topics: Signal transduction, gene expression, human heart failure Email: carmen.sucharov@cuanschutz.edu |
| Slobodan Todorovic Degree: MD, PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology Research Topics: We investigate the role of voltage-gated calcium channels in the molecular mechanisms of analgesia and anesthesia Email: slobodan.todorovic@cuanschutz.edu |
| Chandra Tucker Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Optogenetics; optical control; protein engineering; protein interactions; protein sensors; yeast genetics; synthetic cell biology; protein misfolding Email: chandra.tucker@ucdenver.edu |
| Ming-Feng Tsai Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience. Pharmacology. Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: membrane proteins, calcium channels, mitochondrial pathophysiology, calcium signaling, structure-function analysis Email: ming-feng.tsai@cuanschutz.edu |
| Xiao-Jing Wang Degree: MD/PhD Affiliated Programs: Cancer Biology; Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology Research Topics: Stem cell biology, tumor microenvironment, therapeutic interventions for cancer and tissue regeneration Email: x.j.wang@cuanschutz.edu |
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Mary Weiser-Evans molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease, pathological vascular remodeling, and cardiovascular fibrosis; role of PTEN activity in vascular homeostasis; the tumor microenvironment in cancer progression and metastasis Email: mary.weiser-evans@cuanschutz.edu Lab Website: Weiser-Evans Lab |
| Robert Eckel Degree: MD Affiliated Programs: Clinical Sciences; Neuroscience; Physiology Research Topics: lipids; nutrition; insulin action; energy balance; body weight regulation Email: robert.eckel@ucdenver.edu |
| Abigail Person Degree: Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Physiology Research Topics: neural control of movement; cerebellar physiology and anatomy; motor planning and kinematics Email: abigail.person@ucdenver.edu |
| David Bain Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Pharmaceutical Sciences; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions; transcriptional regulation; therapeutic macromolecules Email: david.bain@cuanschutz.edu |
| John Bankston Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: ion channel biophysics; structural biology; fluorescence microscopy; pain and inflammation; pH regulation; Email: john.bankston@ucdenver.edu Lab Website: Bankston Lab |
| Brad Bendiak Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: human diseases; birth defects; stem cells Email: brad.bendiak@ucdenver.edu |
| Mair Churchill Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: biophysical, biochemical, and structural methods; X-ray crystallography; gene expression Email: mair.churchill@ucdenver.edu |
| Uwe Christians Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry Program; Toxicology Research Topics: Clinical pharmacology, Therapeutic drug monitoring and strategies for personalized drug therapy, Clinical and molecular toxicology, Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of immunosuppressants, Drug metabolism, Biomarker discovery and development, Bioanalytics, Drug eluting vascular devices, mTOR pathway, Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cannabinoids Email: uwe.christians@cuanschutz.edu |
| Shaodong Dai Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology; Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Email: shaodong.dai@cuanschutz.edu |
| Elan Eisenmesser Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: revealing and controlling molecular interactions through biochemical, biophysical, and biological techniques; molecular basis of inflammation and cancer, which includes signaling complexes both inside/outside of the cell and engineering potent anti-cancer treatments; Molecular characterization of virulence factors for Strep Pneumo and engineering vaccines; Determining the role of dynamics in enzyme function and engineering catalysis. Email: elan.eisenmesser@ucdenver.edu |
| Kirk Hansen Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: proteins in health and disease; mechanisms of disease. The role of the extracellular matrix in defining cancer cell fate; from dormancy to organ preference for metastasis. Email: kirk.hansen@ucdenver.edu |
| Larry Hunter Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: development and application of advanced computational techniques to biomedicine; molecular assays Email: larry.hunter@ucdenver.edu |
| Aaron Johnson Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: formation and regulation of chromatin domains; mechanisms of heterochromatin Email: aaron.m.johnson@ucdenver.edu |
| David Jones Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: structural studies of protein-ligand interactions; neuronal signal transduction; molecular mechanisms Email: david.jones@ucdenver.edu |
| Jeffrey Kieft Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Microbiology; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: RNA structure; translational control; viral noncoding RNAs; RNA-protein interactions; macromolecular machinery dynamics Email: jeffrey.kieft@ucdenver.edu |
| Tatiana Kutateladze Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: molecular mechanisms; epigenetic regulation; phosphoinositide signaling Email: tatiana.kutateladze@ucdenver.edu |
| Maggie Lam Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: post-transcriptional gene regulation, protein alternative isoforms/proteoforms, and quantitative mass spectrometry methods Email: maggie.lam@cuanschutz.edu |
| Krishna Mallela Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry; Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Topics: Protein structure-function; muscular dystrophy; pharmaceutical biotechnology; COVID-19 therapeutics Email: krishna.mallela@cuanschutz.edu |
| David Pollock Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Computational Bioscience; Human Medical Genetics and Genomics; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Email: david.pollock@ucdenver.edu |
| Srinivas Ramachandran Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Chromatin structure and dynamics in cells Email: srinivas.ramachandran@ucdenver.edu |
| Chandra Tucker Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development; Molecular Biology; Pharmacology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: Optogenetics; optical control; protein engineering; protein interactions; protein sensors; yeast genetics; synthetic cell biology; protein misfolding Email: chandra.tucker@ucdenver.edu |
| Ming-Feng Tsai Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Neuroscience. Pharmacology. Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: membrane proteins, calcium channels, mitochondrial pathophysiology, calcium signaling, structure-function analysis Email: ming-feng.tsai@cuanschutz.edu |
| Beat Vögeli Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry; Molecular Biology Research Topics: Nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR; biophysics; protein structure & dynamics; nucleic acid structure & dynamics; protein-ligand interaction; protein-RNA/DNA interaction; protein communication networks. Email: beat.vogeli@cuanschutz.edu |
| Rui Zhao Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Molecular Biology; Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: understand the molecular mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing using a combination of X-ray crystallography, CryoEM, molecular biology, biochemistry and yeast genetics approaches Email: rui.zhao@ucdenver.edu |
| Gongyi Zhang Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Immunology, MSTP, Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topic s: Epigenetics, General transcription regulations in eukaryotes, RNA Polymerase II pausing regulation, Enhancer, Cancer biology, ageing, development Email: gongyi.zhang@cuanschutz.edu ; zhangg@njhealth.org |
| Hongjin Zheng Degree: PhD Affiliated Programs: Structural Biology and Biochemistry Research Topics: mitochondria; membrane protein; structural biology; cryo-EM; X-ray crystallography Email: hongjin.zheng@ucdenver.edu |
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