Research Faculty, Topics, and Techniques

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• Faculty Research Interest
• Topics
• Techniques

Faculty Research Interest

• Kwang-Jin Cho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  Characterization of Ras signaling and lipid trafficking
• Michael Craig, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor 
  microRNA in cancer, mechanisms of drug resistance, biomarker identification
• Madhavi Kadakia, Ph.D., Professor
  Characterization of p63 and p73 regulated genes in cancer using microarray technology
• Michael Leffak, Ph.D., Professor
  DNA sequences and proteins at eucaryotic replication origins, replication-dependent DNA damage and repair
• Weiwen Long, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  Protein kinase signaling and post-translational modifications
• Michael Markey, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor
  Genomics of disease
• John V. Paietta, Ph.D., Associate Professor
  Riboswitches and gene regulation in Neurospora
• Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., Associate Professor
  Role of intestinal microbes in human health and disease
• Hongmei Ren, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  Lipid metabolism in mitochondrial and metabolic diseases
   

Topics

Cancer

• Kwang-Jin Cho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  Developing and characterizing chemical compounds for targeting pancreatic, lung and colon cancers
• Michael Craig, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor 
  microRNA in cancer, mechanisms of drug resistance, biomarker identification
• Madhavi Kadakia, Ph.D., Professor
  Characterization of p63 and p73 regulated genes in cancer using microarray technology
• Weiwen Long, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  Protein kinase signaling in cancer progression and drug resistance
• Michael Markey, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
  Molecular genetics of cancer, genomics-based approaches to gene expression and association studies
• Hongmei Ren, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  Lipid metabolism in mitochondrial and metabolic diseases
• Michael A. Schmidt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor  
  Plant secondary metabolites and soil biochemistry 

DNA Replication and Repair

• Michael Leffak, Ph.D., Professor
  DNA sequences and proteins at eucaryotic replication origins, replication-dependent DNA damage and repair

Host-Microbial/Pathogen Interactions

• Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., Associate Professor
  Role of intestinal microbes in human health and disease

Metabolomics/Metabolism

• Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., Associate Professor
  Metabolomes of human gut microbes and their effects on the host

Nuclear Receptors

• Madhavi Kadakia, Ph.D., Professor
  Characterization of p63 and p73 regulated genes in cancer using microarray technology

Protein Structure Function

• Michael Leffak, Ph.D., Professor
  DNA sequences and proteins at eucaryotic replication origins, replication-dependent DNA damage and repair
• Michael A. Schmidt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor 
  Kinetics of soil enzymes involved in redox cycling 

Riboswitches

• John V. Paietta, Ph.D., Associate Professor
  Riboswitches and gene regulation in Neurospora

Signal Transduction

• Kwang-Jin Cho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  Characterization of Ras signaling and lipid trafficking
• Michael Craig, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor 
  microRNA as biomarkers and signaling in response to exercise and in cancer 
• Madhavi Kadakia, Ph.D., Professor
  Characterization of p63 and p73 regulated genes in cancer using microarray technology
• Weiwen Long, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  Protein kinase signaling and post-translational modifications
• Michael Markey, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
  Genomics of disease
• Stanley Dean Rider Jr., Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
  Chromatin remodeling and regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes
   

Techniques