Name
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Areas of Interest
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Eric T. Ahrens
Associate Professor
Webpage
**on sabbatical Spring 2010** |
Biophysics; neuroscience; autoimmunity; MRI
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Bruce A. Armitage
Professor, Chemistry
Webpage
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Bioorganic and supramolecular chemistry; DNA/RNA analogs; photochemistry in supramolecular assemblies; probes for RNA structure and function; sensors for hybridization of nucleic acid probes
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Ziv Bar-Joseph
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Webpage |
Computational biology; machine learning; systems biology |
Alison L. Barth
Associate Professor
Webpage
**on sabbatical Spring 2010** |
Activity-dependent gene expression in the CNS, the cellular and synaptic mechanisms that underlie learning and memory, and the effect of behavioral training on neural excitability and anatomy |
Peter B. Berget
Associate Professor
Webpage
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Training in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Genomics, Proteomics, Systems Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. |
Marcel Bruchez
Associate Research Professor, Chemistry
Program Manager, Technology Center for Networks and Pathways
Webpage |
Quantum dots for real-time imaging in tissue regeneration and tumor biology; expressible probes for in-vivo and live-cell imaging and sensing |
Phil Campbell
Associate Research Professor
Institute for Complex Engineered Systems
Webpage |
Growth factors; musculoskeletal physiology; tissue engineering |
Justin C. Crowley
Assistant Professor
Webpage |
Development of structure-function relationships in the visual system including ocular dominance, orientation, and retinotopy in primary visual cortex |
Dannie Durand
Associate Professor
Webpage
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Computational molecular biology and computational genomics; especially the evolution of genomic organization and function
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William F. Eddy
Professor, Statistics
Webpage |
Image analysis; tools for processing large multidimensional data arrays
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Charles A. Ettensohn
Professor
Webpage |
Developmental biology, including gene regulatory networks; early patterning and cell fate specification; morphogenetic cell movements; cell signaling; biomineralization
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Alex Evilevitch
Associate Professor, Physics
Webpage, Laboratory Webpage
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Biophysical virology; mechanism of viral infection; viral genome ejection from the capsid; viral DNA packaging motors; mechanical properties of viruses; tolls in the lab: cryo electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), microcalorimetry |
David D. Hackney
Professor
Webpage |
Biochemistry of enzyme mechanism and regulation; ATP-dependent energy coupling; molecular motors |
Veronica F. Hinman
Assistant Professor
Webpage |
Developmental biology, including gene regulatory networks; evolution of developmental mechanisms |
Chien Ho
Professor
Webpage |
Protein structure determination by NMR spectroscopy; protein design; monitoring cell migration in vivo by MRI; organ transplantation |
Jeffrey O. Hollinger
Professor, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Webpage |
Tissue engineering; xenotransplantation; signaling molecules; gene therapy
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Jonathan W. Jarvik
Associate Professor
Webpage |
Functional genomics; proteomics; gene discovery; cd-tagging; drug target identification |
Jon W. Johnson
Associate Professor, Center for Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh
Webpage |
Biophysics and physiology of glutamate receptors |
Karl Kandler
Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
Website
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Development and plasticity of inhibitory circuits |
Cynthia Lance-Jones
Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
Webpage |
Motoneuron development and spinal cord patterning |
Christopher J. Langmead
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Webpage |
Machine learning applied to high-throughput NMR structure determination, dynamics, and comparative modeling, modeling complexity in biological systems; brain tumor growth modeling and target planning for 3D conformal radiation therapy; MRI
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Frederick Lanni
Associate Professor
Webpage
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Biophysics, cell motility, cytoskeleton, signal transduction, microscopy
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Phil LeDuc
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Webpage |
Linking mechanics to biochemistry; nano- and microtechnology |
Tina H. Lee
Associate Professor
Webpage |
Mammalian cell biology, membrane trafficking, organelle structure and dynamics, regulation of ER-to-Golgi transport, osmotic stress |
Adam D. Linstedt
Professor
Webpage |
Mechanisms of membrane compartmentalization; trafficking and inheritance |
A. Javier López
Associate Professor
Webpage |
RNA processing, alternative splicing, RNA-protein interactions, developmental genetics, molecular biology |
Mark Macbeth
Assistant Professor
Webpage |
Biochemistry; structural biology |
Brooke M. McCartney
Assistant Professor
Webpage |
Mechanisms of signal transduction and cytoskeletal organization during Drosophila development
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Jonathan S. Minden
Professor
Webpage |
Proteomics; developmental biology; cell biology; cell death; fluorescent reagent development |
Aaron P. Mitchell
Professor
Webpage |
Signal transduction; genetics; microbial pathogenesis; biofilm formation |
Robert F. Murphy
Professor, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor in Computational Biology
Webpage |
Cell and computational biology; endocytosis; protein localization; proteomics; pattern analysis; fluorescence microscope image interpretation
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Carl Olson
Professor and Acting Co-Director, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)
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The brain mechanisms of cognition; spatial vision; visual pattern recognition and executive control. |
Manojkumar A. Puthenveedu
Assistant Professor
Webpage |
Membrane Trafficking; regulation of receptor-mediated signaling in neurons; regulation signaling by G protein-coupled receptors involved in drug addiction. |
Gordon S. Rule
Professor
Webpage |
Protein structure; molecular recognition; NMR spectroscopy; x-ray diffraction |
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Russell S. Schwartz
Associate Professor
Webpage
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Computational biology; biological modeling
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Joel Stiles
Associate Professor, Mellon College of Science
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Computational neuroscience; biomedical applications
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Peter L. Strick
Co-Director, CNBC
Webpage
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Characterization of neural circuits; diseases and disorders; executive control and working memory; language and reading; motor control; spatial cognition and attention
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Edda Thiels
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
Webpage |
Behavioral, biochemical and physiological analysis of learning and memory |
Nathan N. Urban
Associate Professor
Webpage |
Neurobiology; olfaction; computational neuroscience
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Alan S. Waggoner
Professor, Director, MBIC
Webpage
**on sabbatical Fall 2009 & Spring 2010**
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Fluorescence-based detection systems |
John L. Woolford
Professor
Co-Director, CNAST
Webpage |
Yeast ribosome biogenesis; pre-ribosomal particles; feedback regulation; ribosomal protein gene expression
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Eric Xing
Assistant Professor, Computer Science |
Machine learning; statistics; molecular biology |
