Nebraska Center for Cellular Signaling Faculty
| Director | Associate Director |
| Keith R. Johnson, Ph.D. Professor, Oral Biology at UNMC |
Richard G. MacDonald, Ph.D. Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UNMC |
| Current Project Leaders | |
| Rene Opavsky, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Eppley Institute at UNMC |
Aimin Peng, Ph.D. Assistant professor, Oral Biology at UNMC |
| Graduated Project Leaders (from 2003 to present) | |
| Melanie Simpson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biochemistry at UNL Received R01 funding 2005 |
James Wahl, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Oral Biology at UNMC Received R01 funding 2006 |
| Steve Caplan, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UNMC Received R01 funding 2006 |
Yaping Tu, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pharmacology at Creighton School of Medicine Received R01 funding 2007 |
| Xu Luo, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Eppley Institute at UNMC Received R01 funding 2006 |
Laura A Hansen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences at Creighton School of Medicine Received R01 funding 2007 |
| Ali Nawshad, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Oral Biology at UNMC Received R01 funding 2008 |
Jing "Jenny" Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Eppley Institute at UNMC Received R01 funding 2010 |
| Greg Oakley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Oral biology at UNMC Received ACS funding 2010 |
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| Mentors | |
| Robert E. Lewis, Ph.D. Professor, Eppley Institute at UNMC |
Shantaram Joshi, Ph.D. Professor, Genetics and Cell Biology at UNMC |
| Thomas M. Petro, Ph.D. Professor, Oral Biology at UNMC |
Melanie Simpson, Ph.D. Jr. mentor/Graduated member |
| Parmender Mehta, Ph.D. Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UNMC |
Steve Caplan, Ph.D. Jr. mentor/Graduated member |
| Joyce Solheim, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Eppley Institute at UNMC |
James K. Wahl, Ph.D. Director Live Cell Core/Graduated member |
