Molecular and Cellular Medicine
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Office of the Vice Dean for R&GS
Faculty Research Interests
Departments
Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Hubert Amrein, Ph.D.
Professor
Molecular and Neurogenetic Analysis of Innate Behaviors
Kayla Bayless, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Endothelial Invasion in 3D Matrics; Extracellular Matrix Biology
Gregory Bix, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Role of Extracellular Matrix in Stroke
Sarah Bondos, Ph.D. *
Assistant Professor
Hox Transcription Factors as Master Regulators and Biomaterials
Allison C. Rice-Ficht, Ph.D.
Regents Professor
Director, Center for Microencapsulation and Drug Delivery
Biomaterials for Release of Vaccines; Alpha Crystalline Structure and Function
Carl Gregory, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
General Biology of MSCs;
MSCs and Bone Healing;
Malignant Bone Disease
Tina Gumienny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF beta) Pathway Signaling
Jun-yuan Ji, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Transcriptional Regulation During Development and Tumorigenesis
Joseph Jilka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Commercialization of New Technologies
Arthur E. Johnson, Ph.D.
Regents Professor
Distinguished Professor
Movement of Proteins; Nascent Protein Folding; ER-associated Degradation; Holes in Mammalian Cell Membranes
Geoffrey Kapler, Ph.D.
Professor
Interim Head
Chromosome Biology
Ryang-Hwa Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Fei Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular Cues for Development and Regeneration of Tooth Roots;
Molecular Cues for Regeneration of Salivary Glands;
Reprogramming of Salivary Gland Stem Cells to Produce Insulin-secreting Beta-cells
Steve A. Maxwell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cancer; Oncogenes; Tumor Suppressor; Genes Programmed Cell Death (apoptosis); Chemoresistance, and Angiogenesis
Siegfried Musser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular Mechanism of Protein Transport
C. Nick Pace, Ph.D.
Regents Professor
Distinguished Professor
Changes in Amino Acid Sequence
Darwin Prockop, Ph.D.
Professor
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
J. Martin Scholtz, Ph.D.
Professor
Protein Folding and Solubility
Raquel Sitcheran, Ph.D. *
Assistant Professor
Molecular Mechanisms That Control NF-κB Regulatory Networks
Gregg B. Wells, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Role of Protein Structure in Disease

