Cell Systems and Integration:

• Eran Andrecheck, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., McMasters University; Modeling mammary development and breast cancer using bioinformatic and genetic methods.
• Julia V. Busik, Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Okazaki, Japan. Mechanisms of the development of diabetic complications with a focus on diabetic retinopathy.
• Kathleen A. Gallo, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard. Molecular physiology; mammalian signal transduction; apoptosis; protein kinases in breast cancer.
• Sandra Z. Haslam, Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley. Endocrinology; mechanisms of ovarian hormone regulation of normal and cancerous mammary gland growth and development; role of epithelial and stromal cell interactions and extracellular matrix in mediating and/or modulating mammary-cell proliferation. Environmental influences on mammary gland development during puberty that impact breast cancer risk in adulthood.
• Steven R. Heidemann, Professor; Ph.D., Princeton. Mechanical tension as a regular of neuronal development. (Joint appointment with the Department of Microbiology)
• David L. Kreulen, Professor; Ph.D., Wayne State. Relationships between sympathetic neuron properties and the regulation of blood vessels; ion channels in sympathetic neurons; neuromuscular transmission in blood vessels; sympathetic sensory interactions. (Joint appointment with Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology)
• Laura R. McCabe, Professor; Ph.D., Chicago. Molecular mechanisms regulating bone formation under conditions of stress.
• Ronald Meyer, Professor; Ph.D., SUNY Upstate Medical Center. Comparative cellular energetics and metabolism; skeletal- and cardiac-muscle physiology; exercise physiology. (Joint appointment with the Department of Radiology)
• L. Karl Olson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Minnesota. Regulation of pancreatic B-cell cell growth, gene expression, and physiology; isolation and characterization of pancreatic precursor cells.
• Cheryl Sisk
• Bruce D. Uhal, Professor; Ph.D., Saint Louis. Cell biology of the pulmonary alveolar epithelium; lung injury/repair mechanisms; regulation of apoptosis and cell kinetics in the lung; roles of local angiotensin systems in lung fibrosis.
• Arthur J. Weber, Associate Professor and Director of Research and Graduate Studies; Ph.D., Wisconsin–Madison. Structure–function relations and neuroprotection in the visual system in optic-nerve injury and glaucoma
• Robert W. Wiseman, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Florida State. Molecular imaging of the physiology and biochemistry of excitable cells; energetics and calcium homeostasis in muscle and myocardium; signal transduction in muscle during exercise and disease. (Joint appointment with the Department of Radiology).
• Hua Xiao, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Toronto; M.D. The Second Military Medical University (Shanghai, China). Molecular mechanisms and roles of transcriptional cofactors in breast and liver carcinogenesis; Mouse mammary gland development and tumor models.
  • Additional contributors: Robert Root-Bernstein, Seth Hootman