Training Faculty
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Name |
Areas of Interest
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| Eric T. Ahrens Professor Director, NMR Center Webpage |
Biophysics; neuroscience; autoimmunity; MRI |
| Bruce A. Armitage Professor, Chemistry Co-Director, CNAST Webpage |
Bioorganic and supramolecular chemistry; DNA/RNA analogs; photochemistry in supramolecular assemblies; probes for RNA structure and function; sensors for hybridization of nucleic acid probes |
| Ziv Bar-Joseph Associate Professor, Lane Center for Computational Biology and Machine Learning Webpage |
Computational biology; machine learning; systems biology |
| Alison L. Barth Associate Professor Webpage |
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 |
| Marcel Bruchez Associate Professor, Biological Sciences and Chemistry Associate Director, Technology Center for Networks and Pathways Webpage |
Fluorescence; biological microscopy; imaging; light-harvesting structures; biosensors; single molecule biophysics; protein translation; protein folding; protein trafficking |
| Phil Campbell Research Professor, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Webpage |
Growth factors; musculoskeletal physiology; tissue engineering |
| Kris N. Dahl Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Webpage |
Structural, organization and rheology of the cell nucleus; protein thermodynamics |
| Dannie Durand Associate Professor Webpage |
Computational molecular biology and computational genomics; especially the evolution of genomic organization and function |
| William F. Eddy John C. Warner Professor of Statistics Webpage |
Image analysis; tools for processing large multidimensional data arrays |
| Charles A. Ettensohn Professor Webpage |
Developmental biology, including gene regulatory networks; early patterning and cell fate specification; morphogenetic cell movements; cell signaling; biomineralization |
| Alex Evilevitch Associate Professor, Physics Webpage, Group Website |
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 |
| Aryn H. Gittis Assistant Professor Webpage |
Synaptic physiology; optogenetics; behavior; mechanisms of circuit dysfunction in movement disorders |
| David D. Hackney Professor Webpage |
Biochemistry of enzyme mechanism and regulation; ATP-dependent energy coupling; molecular motors |
| N. Luisa Hiller Assistant Professor Webpage |
Bacterial pathogenesis; comparative genomics; intercellular communication; strain evolution; biofilms |
| Veronica F. Hinman Associate 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 Director, Bone Tissue Engineering Center Webpage |
Tissue engineering; xenotransplantation; signaling molecules; gene therapy |
| Jonathan W. Jarvik Associate Professor Webpage |
Functional genomics; proteomics; gene discovery; cd-tagging; drug target identification |
| Jon W. Johnson Adjunct Professor Professor of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh Webpage |
Biophysics and physiology of glutamate receptors |
| Karl Kandler Adjunct Professor Professor of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh Website |
Development and plasticity of inhibitory circuits |
| Sandra J. Kuhlman Assistant Professor Webpage |
Sensory development and perceptual learning; synaptic physiology and neuronal excitability of inhibitory versus excitatory neurons in intact circuits |
| Cynthia Lance-Jones Adjunct Associate Professor Associate Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh Webpage |
Motoneuron development and spinal cord patterning |
| Christopher J. Langmead Associate 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 |
| Frederick Lanni Associate Professor Webpage |
Biophysics, cell motility, cytoskeleton, signal transduction, microscopy |
| Philip R. LeDuc 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 |
|
Brooke M. McCartney |
Mechanisms of signal transduction and cytoskeletal organization during Drosophila development |
| C. Joel McManus Assistant Professor Webpage |
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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 of Computational Biology Director, Ray and Stephanie Lane Center for Computational Biology Webpage |
Cell and computational biology; endocytosis; protein localization; proteomics; pattern analysis; fluorescence microscope image interpretation |
| Carl R. Olson Professor, CNBC |
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 |
|
Russell S. Schwartz |
Computational biology; biological modeling |
|
Peter L. Strick |
Characterization of neural circuits; diseases and disorders; executive control and working memory; language and reading; motor control; spatial cognition and attention |
| Edda Thiels Adjunct Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh Webpage |
Behavioral, biochemical and physiological analysis of learning and memory |
| Nathan N. Urban Department Head Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences Webpage |
Neurobiology; olfaction; computational neuroscience |
|
Alan S. Waggoner |
Fluorescence-based detection systems |
| John L. Woolford Professor Co-Director, CNAST Webpage |
Yeast ribosome biogenesis; pre-ribosomal particles; RNA-protein interactions, dynamics of RNA processing and ribonucleoprotein complex assembly |
| Eric P. Xing Associate Professor, Computer Science, Machine Learning and Language Technology Institute |
Machine learning; statistics; molecular biology |
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