Interinstitutional Program in Cell and Molecular Biology

 

 

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Program Mentors

Trainees

Program Mentors

 

Name

Deg

Rank

Primary Dept

Res Interest

Apodaca, Gerard

PhD

Prof

Medicine, Pitt

Urothelial Cell Biology

 

Arndt, Karen M.

PhD

Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Eukaryotic transcription regulation and chromatin modification

 

Banerjee, Shiladitya

PhD

Asst Prof

Physics, CMU

Modeling cellular structures and how changes impact cell behavior

 

Berman, Andrea

PhD

Asst Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

RNA-binding proteins

 

Boyle, Jon

PhD

Assoc Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Molecular and Cellular Parasitology

 

Brodsky, Jeffrey L.

PhD

Avinoff Prof of Biol. Sci.

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Cellular Protein Quality Control and Diseases Associated with Protein Misfolding

 

Butterworth, Michael

PhD

Assoc Prof

Cell Biology, Pitt

Regulation of ion transport in the by hormones and non-coding RNAs

 

Cahoon, Laty

PhD

Asst Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Gram positive bacterial secretion mechanisms

 

Carlson, Anne

PhD

Asst Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Ion channels and fertilization

 

Dahl, Kris

PhD

Prof

Chemical Engineering, CMU

Cell Mechanics

 

Deserno, Markus

PhD

Prof

Physics, CMU

Theoretical & Computational membrane biophysics

 

Ford, Marijn

PhD

Asst Prof

Cell Biology, Pitt

Structural and cell biological studies of membrane- remodeling proteins

 

Freyberg, Zachary

MD, PhD

Asst Prof

Psychiatry, Pitt

Endoplasmic reticulum; regulation of dopamine signaling

 

Hainer, Sarah

PhD

Asst Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Gene expression; cell fate

 

Hammond, Gerald

PhD

Asst Prof

Cell Biology, Pitt

Integration of plasma membrane function by inositol lipids

 

Hatfull, Graham F.

PhD

Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Mycobacterial Genetics

 

Hiller, N. Luisa

PhD

Assoc Prof

Biological Sciences, CMU

Microbial Pathogenesis

 

Jacob, Tija

PhD

Asst Prof

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology

GABA A receptor neurotransmission in health and disease

 

Kiselyov, Kirill

PhD

Assoc Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Lysosomal ion channels; Membrane traffic

 

Kleyman, Thomas

MD

Division Chief/ Prof

Medicine (Renal- Electrolyte), Pitt

Structure and regulation of epithelial Na and K channels

 

Kwiatkowski , Adam

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Asst Prof

Cell Biology, Pitt

Cardiomyocyte cell-cell adhesion

 

Lamitina, T odd

PhD

Assoc Prof

Pediatrics, Pitt

Organismal stress response pathways, disease modeling in C. elegans

 

LeDuc, Philip

PhD

William J. Brown. Prof.

Mechanical Engineering, CMU

Linking mechanics to biochemistry through exploring the science of molecular to cellular biomechanics through nano- & micro- technology & comp biology

 

Lee, Christina H.

PhD

Assoc Prof

Biological Sciences CMU

Membrane structure, membrane fusion

 

Linstedt, Adam D.

PhD

Prof

Biological Sciences CMU

Membrane trafficking, O- glycosylation

 

McCartney, Brooke

PhD

Assoc Prof

Biological Sciences, CMU

Cell signaling and regulation of the cytoskeleton

 

McManus, Charles J.

PhD

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Assoc Prof

Biological Sciences, CMU

Evolutionary Systems Biology

 

Murray, Sandra

PhD

Prof

Cell Biology, Pitt

Cell-cell communication; protein trafficking

 

Oesterreich, Steffi

PhD

Prof

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology

Hormone Action in Women’s Cancer

 

O’Donnell, Allyson F.

PhD

Asst Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Alpha-arrestin regulation of protein trafficking

 

Pipas, James M.

PhD

Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt.

Mechanisms of viral entry and propagation

 

Rebeiz, Mark

PhD

Assoc Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology

 

Schwartz, Russell

PhD

Prof

Biological Sciences CMU

Systems and Computational Biology

 

Shiva, Sruti

PhD

Associate Profess or

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology

Redox regulation of mitochondrial signaling

 

Sorkin, Alexander

PhD

Depart. Chair/ Prof

Cell Biology, Pitt

Endocytosis and trafficking of receptors and transporters

 

Stolz, Donna B.

PhD

Assoc Prof

Cell Biology, Pitt

Cell Biology and physiology of liver and kidney; development of new electron microscopy methodologies

 

Subramanya, Arohan

MD

Assoc Prof

Medicine, Pitt

Coordination of Renal Sodium and Potassium Transport

 

Tsang, Michael

PhD

Assoc Prof

Developmental Biology, Pitt

Heart development & regeneration

 

VanDemark, Andrew P.

PhD

Assoc Prof

Biological Sciences, Pitt

Structural Biology

 

Watkins, Simon

PhD

Prof

Cell Biology, Pitt

Optical Imaging

 

Wayne, Elizabeth

PhD

Asst Prof

Chemical Engineering, CMU

Immune cell polarization dynamics; biomaterials

 

Weisz, Ora

PhD

Prof

Medicine, Pitt

Endocytosis in the proximal tubule

 

Woolford, John L.

PhD

Prof

Biological Sciences, CMU

Ribosome Assembly

 

Zhang, Huaiying

PhD

Asst Prof

Biological Sciences, CMU

Intracellular phase transition

 

Zhao, Yongxin (Leon)

PhD

Asst Prof

Biological Sciences, CMU

Development of novel fluorescent imaging tools for biological systems

 

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