Margaret Briehl
Professor of Pathology
Research Interests
- Redox regulation of apoptosis in cancer
- Mitochondria and metabolism in cancer
- Chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Todd Camenisch
Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Research Interests
The focus of the laboratory is investigating the integration between extracellular matrix and growth factor receptor signaling during heart morphogenesis. The emphasis is on heart septae and valve formation.
Stephen Cowen
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Research Interests
My research interests revolve around the question of how the activities of ensembles of neurons drive our capacity to decide, remember, and navigate. In particular, I am interested in the role of the prefrontal cortex in cost-benefit decision making and in the role of the hippocampus in navigation and memory consolidation. I investigate these topics through the use of large-scale extracellular recording methods acquired from rodents as the animals perform a variety of decision-making and navigational behaviors.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Research Interests
- Molecular mechanisms of oxidative injury and adaptation
- Stress signal transduction pathways
- Genomics and proteomics of stress response
- Cytoprotective agents
Professor, Pathology
Research Interests
- New method validation
- Cardiac markers
- Immunosuppressant drugs
- Pharmacogenomics
- Oxidative markers
Professor and Associate Department Head, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Research Interests:
We are studying membrane trafficking, focusing on lysosomal transport, using primarily the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system. We are also using mouse macrophages as a parallel system that complements the genetic studies we carry out in C. elegans. Current projects in the laboratory are:1) Elucidating mechanisms of lysosome biogenesis, starting with CUP-5 in C. elegans and its mammalian ortholog TRPML1. Mutations in MCOLN1, the gene that encodes TRPML1, results in the lysosome storage disorder Mucolipidosis type IV.2) Defining the basis for the lysosomal and cell death phenotypes in the absence of CUP-5. We identified several suppressors of cup-5 mutant defects. The analysis of these suppressors will identify the molecular events that exacerbate cup-5 mutant phenotypes. These suppressors also constitute leads towards identifying treatments for Mucolipidosis type IV.
Professor and Research Scientists, Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences
Research Interests:
My research is directed primarily toward production techniques of tilapia and shrimp in the desert and in integrated systems. Multiple use of water for aquaculture and irrigated agriculture has been a focal point. A second broad area of resesarch is control of aquatic nuisance species.
Professor, Immunobiology
Research Interests:
Microbiology, immunobiology
Assistant Professor, Watershed Management and Ecohydrology
Research Interests:
Working across a range of ecosystems our research group uses ecological experiments, microbiological techniques, and contemporary genetic and metagenomic tools to test the effects of plant-microbe interactions on plant and microbial communities.
Professor, Agricultural-Biosystems Engineering
Director, Controlled Environment Agriculture Program
Professor, Plant Science
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Research Interest
- Biometry & Biosystems Informatics
- Controlled Environment Agriculture
- Food, Bioproducts & Renewable Energy
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Research Interests
We are a computational group interested in the evolution of biomolecular networks. In most cases, our philosophy is to build and analyze detailed biologically-realistic models, leveraging both biochemical and genomic data.
One thrust of the lab is developing and applying methods for fitting models of history and natural selection to population variation data.
Another thrust of the lab is connecting genomics and detailed systems biology models.
Senior VP Health Sciences
Professor, Immunobiology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Medicine
- Immunobiology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Translational research
- Plant Cell Biology
- Seed Biology
- Plant Biotechnology
Associate Professor, Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering
Research Interests
- Greenhouse and Plant Growth Studies
- Plant Growth and Health Monitoring Using Image Processing and Machine Vision Applications
- Automated Data Acquisition and Instrumentation
- Greenhouse Ventilation
Associate Professor, Program Chair of Applied Biosciences & Arid Lands Resource Sciences
Research Interest
My main research interest is the biosynthetic engineering of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi and algae) for pharmaceutical, agricultural, chemical industrial and bioenergy applications and the biosynthesis of small molecule natural products
Assistant Professor, The School of Plant Sciences
Research Interests
Eukaryotes contain an array of small RNAs capable of transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation. These ubiquitous molecules are part of many biological processes, including development, response to the environment, and disease. Originally identified in plants, small RNAs are now studied in diverse organisms and are an important tool in human therapeutics. Our laboratory studies the synthesis and action of small RNA molecules with particular emphasis on epigenetic modifications driven by small RNAs and RNA Polymerase IV. We combine traditional genetic and molecular studies with whole-system computational biology in Arabidopsis thaliana and other plants.
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Research Interests
Associate Professor, School of Plant Sciences
Research Interests
We are interested in understanding how plant cells communicate with each other. To accomplish this goal, we are using pollen tube interactions with pistils during Arabidopsis thaliana reproduction as a model system.
Currently, we are identifying the molecular mechanisms that underlie specific pollen tube functions in A. thaliana such as germination, growth, guidance and growth arrest in the synergid cell of the female gametophyte.
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Research Interests
- Mechanisms of Lymphoma
- Cell/Molecular Biology
- Confocal Microscopy
- Immunohistochemistry
- Tissue Banking
Extension Specialist and Professor, The School of Plant Sciences
Research Interests
- Plant production and management
- Abiotic stress physiology
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Research Interests
Cell Signaling, Trafficking, and Polarity
Research Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine Section of Geriatrics
Research Interests
My research interests involve microbe-host interactions, specifically microbial pathogenesis and concomitant immune response with respect to host age.
Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Research Interest
- Understanding the cellular state of quiescence (versus proliferation, differentiation, and senescence.
- Identifying regulatory networks of cancer pathways at the genomic level
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Research Interests
- Mechanisms of Disease
- Genetic Mechanisms
- Cell Signaling, Trafficking, and Polarity
- Differentiation, Development, and Evolution
