Mentors for INBRE program
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Department |
Research Interests |
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UNMC |
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Chairman |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
tumor-associated genes; cancer diagnostics, cancer vaccines; monoclonal antibodies, genetic engineering of antibodies |
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Professor |
Pathology & Microbiology |
biofilm, metabolism, antibiotic resistance, cell death, pathogenesis |
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Assistant Professor |
Cellular & Integrative Physiology |
kidney, renal physiology, lupus, endothelin, collecting duct |
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Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
membrane trafficking, vesicular transport, endocytosis, recycling, organelle biogenesis |
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Assistant Professor |
COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences |
drug delivery, antibacterials, drug design, nanotechnology, cancer |
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Associate Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
colon cancer, metastasis, therapeutics, biomarker, Claudins. |
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Associate Professor |
Eppley Cancer Center |
Hippo-YAP, mitosis, cancer, paclitaxel, protein kinase |
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Associate Professor |
Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy |
cartilage, bone, regeneration, tissue engineering, developmental and systems biology |
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Professor |
Pathology & Microbiology |
bacterial pathogenesis, metabolism, biofilm, antibiotic resistance, genetics |
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Professor |
Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience |
neurodegeneration, HIV, mitochondria, Parkinson's, pathogenesis |
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Associate Professor |
COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences |
radiation, cancer, imaging, drug delivery and therapy |
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Associate Professor |
Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy |
genetics, immunology, autoimmunity, cancer, estrogens |
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Professor |
Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy |
bioinformatics, computational biology, cancer genomics, systems biology, metagenomics |
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Associate Professor |
COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences |
medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, infectious disease, neuroscience |
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Assistant Professor |
Psychiatry, UNMC |
child and adolescent psychiatry, Oxytocin, neuroimaging, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and psychopharmacology |
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Assistant Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
leukemia, hematopoiesis, transcription factors, cancer, gene expression |
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Professor |
Munroe Meyer Institute |
cholesterol, desmosterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol, neurodevelopment, autism | |
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Professor |
Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience |
gene expression, maternal immune activation, transgenic animal models, schizophrenia, and autism | |
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Assistant Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Free radicals, antioxidants, SOD, cancer, fibrosis | |
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Assistant Professor |
College of Pharmacy, UNMC |
HIV, tuberculosis, infectious disease, pharmacology, and pharmacokinetics |
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Director, Auditory Signal Professing Lab |
Boystown National Research Hospital |
hearing speech, noise, cochlea, and electrocochleography |
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Professor |
Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy |
chronic lymphocytic leukemia, tumor microenvironment, molecular basis of leukemic progression, experimental therapeutics, lymphoma, neuroblastoma |
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Professor |
Pathology & Microbiology |
immunology, infectious disease, Staphylococcus aureus biofilm, neuroimmunology, host-pathogen interactions |
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| Director |
Center for Environmental Health and Toxicology |
toxicology, gene expression, reproductive development, fish model, sexual differentiation |
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Professor |
Eppley Cancer Center |
cell signaling, colon cancer, obesity, metabolism, tumorigenesis |
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Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
prostate cancer, carcinogenesis and metastasis, steroid hormones, signal transduction, experimental therapy |
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Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
cell-cell adhesion, gap junctions, connexins, cadherins, cancer |
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Associate Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
apoptosis, cancer, fatty liver, obesity, steatohepatitis |
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Professor |
Eppley Cancer Center |
chemical biology, kinase inhibitors, protein-protein interactions, drug discovery |
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Associate Professor |
COD - Oral Biology |
cancer, replication stress, DNA damage, cell cycle, biochemistry |
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Michel Ouellette |
Associate Professor |
Internal Med GI |
telomere, telomerase, pancreatic cancer, Ras signaling, Rac1 GTPase |
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Professor |
COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences |
drug delivery, nanomedicine, nanoparticles, cancer, nucleic acids |
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Professor |
Cellular & Integrative Physiology |
heart failure, diabetes, neuroscience, renal function, exercise training |
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Professor |
Eppley Cancer Center |
mutation, cancer replication, recombination, genome stability |
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Helen Freytag Chairman in Pediatrics |
MMI - Pediatrics |
genetic disease, mutation, lipid biochemistry, mouse model, cell culture |
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Professor |
CoPH - Environ |
Agricultural and Occupational Health, estrogens, breast cancer, estrogen-DNA adducts, cancer prevention |
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Associate Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Epithelial Barrier, Colitis, Cancer, Growth Factor, Signaling. | |
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Associate Professor |
Eppley Cancer Center |
cancer metabolism, systems biology, pancreatic cancer, chemotherapy resistance, metastasis |
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Professor |
Pathology & Microbiology |
host-tumor interaction, tumor microenvironment, progression and metastasis |
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Professor |
Eppley Cancer Center |
immunology, cancer, therapy, treatment, vaccine |
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Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
gap junctions, heart disease, phosphorylation, cell signaling, intercellular communication |
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Assistant Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
breast cancer, redox signaling, antioxidants, tumor microenvironment, tumor-stroma interactions |
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Professor |
Ophthalmology |
synaptic transmission, vision, retina, imaging, electrophysiology |
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Professor |
COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences |
medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, antimalarial, antiparasitic, drug discovery |
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Assistant Professor |
COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences |
drug delivery, vaccines, cancer, virus, nanomedicine |
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Associate Professor |
COD - Oral Biology |
oral cancer, epithelium, cell migration, live cell microscopy, cadherins, desmosome |
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Associate Professor |
Eppley Cancer Center |
colon cancer, metastasis, drug resistance, microRNAs, cancer stem cells |
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Assistant Professor |
Eppley Cancer Center |
mass spectrometry, bioinformatics, DNA damage, proteomics, domainomics |
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Professor |
CoPH - Environ |
Agricultural & Occupational Health,cigarettes, alcohol, lungs, dusts, agriculture |
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Assoc Professor |
Cellular & Integrative Physiology |
neuroscience, hypertension, neurons, reactive oxygen species, antioxidants |
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Chairperson |
Cellular & Integrative Physiology |
cardiovascular, heart failure, neural control, hypertension, oxidative stress |
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CUMC |
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Professor |
Pharmacology |
vascular and airway smooth muscle function, nerve stimulation, pulmonary hypertension, asthma |
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Professor and Senior Associate Dean |
Center for Clinical & Translational Science |
intimal hyperplasia, restenosis, vulnerability of atherosclerotic plaques, mesenchymal stem cells, TREM-1 and inflammation |
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Professor & Vice Chair |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
prions, strains, pathogenesis |
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Associate Professor |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
HIV, virus-host interactions, molecular virology, proteomics, genomics |
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Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology |
Nicotine, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, environmental enrichment, addiction, neuroplasticity |
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Assistant Professor |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
lyme disease, vector-borne diseases, gene regulation, antioxidant defenses |
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Associate Professor |
Biomedical Sciences |
amygdala, brain, evolution, fear behavior, genetics |
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Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology |
glutamate, electrophysiology, mouse behavior, NMDA receptor, neuropharmacology |
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Professor |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
multiple sclerosis, creatine, virus, type 1 diabetes |
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Professor and Chair |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
strain typing, epidemiology, whole genome sequencing, MRSA, C. difficile |
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Professor |
Biomedical Sciences |
cancer, skin cancer, signaling, cell biology, sun exposure |
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Professor |
Biomedical Sciences |
neuroscience, gene regulation, inner ear, mechanotransduction, prestin |
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Assistant Professor |
Biomedical Sciences |
zebrafish, development, balance, ear, glycan |
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Professor |
Biomedical Sciences |
proteins, polypeptides, structural bioinformatics, molecular dynamics simulations, circular dichroism |
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Professor and Chair |
Pharmacology |
neurons, opioid receptors, brain, glutamate, ion channels |
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Asst Professor |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
genomics, bioinformatics, fungal pathogens, drug resistance, population genetics |
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Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology |
epilepsy, sleep, diet, neuroscience |
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Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology |
epilepsy, neurophysiology, electrophysiology, therapeutic mechanisms, ketogenic diet |
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Associate Professor |
Biomedical Sciences |
peptides, amino acids, solid phase peptide synthesis, chromatography, CGRP |
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Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology |
genetics, autism, cancer, molecular and cellular neuroscience, drug discovery |
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Professor |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
V(D)J recombination, immunoglobulins, B cell tolerance, B cell development, autoimmunity |
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Professor |
Pharmacology |
signal transduction, G protein-coupled receptor, tyrosine kinase receptor, tumor progression and metastasis, lung diseases |
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UNL |
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Associate Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer, dysplasia, HIV, Tanzania |
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Associate Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
RNA biology, regulation of gene expression, mRNA decay, signaling, bioactive dietary RNAs |
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Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
pain control therapeutics, anti-cancer cytokines, synthetic biology, cytokine glycosylation |
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Associate Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
T cells, influenza, vaccines, pattern recognition receptors, dendritic cells |
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Professor |
School of Biological Sciences - Ctr for Biotechnology |
epigenetics, RNA interference, genomics, biotechnology, biofuels |
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Assistant Professor |
Plant Pathology |
plant-virus interactions, antiviral RNA silencing, antiviral immunity |
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Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
animal communication, sensory systems, mating systems, behavioral evolution, arachnids |
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Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
HIV-1, transmission, vaccine, mucosal immunology, emerging infectious disease |
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Assistant Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
Evolution, genetics, speciation, Drosophila, gene regulation |
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Associate Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
Physiological genetics, Mitochondrial biology, Evolutionary genetics, Functional Drosophila genetics, Metabolism |
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Professor |
School of Biological Sciences - Ctr for Biotechnology |
bioinformatics, genomics, molecular evolution, protein functions, chemoreceptors |
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Associate Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
cancer, electrophysiology, hypoxia, influenza, structural biology |
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Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
microbial physiology, fungal dimorphism, quorum sensing, candida albicans, farnesol, glyoxalase and methyl glyoxal, biotin |
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Associate Professor |
Therapeutic Nanoparticles |
gene therapy, tissue engineering, biomaterials, developmental biology, DNA delivery |
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Assistant Professor |
Plant Pathology |
Antiviral immunity, virus-host interactions, small RNA biology, antiviral RNA silencing, bioinformatics |
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Professor |
Plant Pathology |
algal viruses, chloroviruses, large dsDNA viruses, virus encoded glycosylation, algae |
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Assistant Professor |
Biological Systems Engineering Department |
low back pain, invertebral disc, orthopedic pain, targeted biomaterial therapeutics, nerve growth, sensitization |
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Associate Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
microbial ecology, virus ecology, environmental microbiology, microbial physiology |
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Associate Professor |
Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences |
virology, immunity, signal transduction, DNA replication, cancer biology |
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Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
HIV/AIDS, AIDS associated cancer, neuroAIDS |
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Asst Professor |
Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences |
HIV envelope glycoproteins, structure-based design of vaccines or drugs, commensal bacterial therapy, virus-host interactions, viral entry |
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Willa Cather Professor of Molecular Nutrition |
Nutrition & Health Sciences |
exosomes, gene regulation, human nutrition, non-coding RNA, vesicles |
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Professor |
School of Biological Sciences |
Epstein Barr virus, Zika virus, flavivirus, herpesvirus, cancer |
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