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Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Laboratory Rotation Projects

There are 93 Interdisciplinary Graduate Program related labs with rotation projects available, as follows:

The Prefrontal Cortex and Schizophrenia 
Elliot Androphy, M.D.
Pathogenesis of papillomavirus infections 
Zheng-Zheng Bao, Ph.D.
Vertebrate neural development: establishment of neuronal network 
Leslie Berg, Ph.D.
T lymphocyte development and activation 
Victor Boyartchuk, Ph.D.
Studies of the Genetic Factors Controlling Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases using Animal Model Systems 
Michael Brodsky, Ph.D.
Drosophila p53 and DNA Damage-Induced Apoptosis 
Lucio Castilla, Ph.D.
Genetics of Leukemia, Mouse Models 
Francis Chan, Ph.D.
The Role of Programmed Cell Death in Immune Functions and Diseases 
Jason J. Chen, Ph.D.
Cell cycle checkpoints, genomic instability, and apoptosis in cells expressing papillomavirus oncogenes 
Paul Clapham, Ph.D.
The HIV envelope: Biology, Receptors and Cellular Tropisms 
Silvia Corvera, M.D.
Cell Biology of Insulin Action and Type 2 Diabetes 
Michael Czech, Ph.D.
Molecular Mechanisms of Insulin Signaling and Metabolic Regulation 
Roger Davis, Ph.D.
Mechanisms by which growth factors regulate cellular proliferation  
Job Dekker, Ph.D.
Spatial Organization of Genomes 
Stephen Doxsey, Ph.D.
Regulation of Mitotic Spindle Assembly 
Robert Finberg, M.D.
Host-microbial interactions  
Katherine Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Innate Anti-Viral Signaling; TLRs and beyond 
Harvey Florman, Ph.D.
Members of the TRP Channel Family Implicated in Signaling Processes 
Paul Gardner, Ph.D.
Molecular analysis of ion channel gene expression 
Reid Gilmore, Ph.D.
Molecular mechanism of secretory protein translocation 
Edward Ginns, Ph.D.,M.D.
Research Areas 
Heinrich Gottlinger, Ph.D.,M.D.
Molecular Biology of HIV-1 
Michael Green, Ph.D.,M.D.
Eukaryotic Gene Regulation and Cancer Molecular Biology 
Steven Grossman, Ph.D.,M.D.
Protein stability and cancer 
Kirsten Hagstrom, Ph.D.
Chromosome Structure and Segregation During Cell Division 
Lawrence J. Hayward, M.D., Ph.D.
Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis: a Muscle Ion Channel Disorder 
Mitsuo Ikebe, Ph.D.
Function and Regulation of Motor Proteins in Cellular Processes 
Anthony Imbalzano, Ph.D.
Chromatin Structure and Regulation of Gene Expression, Cell Cycle, Cell Differentiation, and Oncogenesis 
Tony Ip, Ph.D.
Regulatory mechanisms in Drosophila innate immunity 
Allan Jacobson, Ph.D.
Cytoplasmic Aspects of the Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression 
Stephen Jones, Ph.D.
Genes In Development and Tumorigenesis 
Michelle Kelliher, Ph.D.
Apoptosis and cancer 
Kendall Knight, Ph.D.
Genetic recombination and homologous recombinational DNA repair in human cells:
Rad51-mediated DNA double-strand break repair. 
William Kobertz, Ph.D.
Structure, Function and Modulation of Ion Channels. 
Timothy Kowalik, Ph.D.
Cell activation and DNA viruses 
Stephen Lambert, Ph.D.
Membrane-Cytoskeleton Interactions in Axonal Function 
David Lambright, Ph.D.
Structural and molecular mechanisms of cell signaling and membrane trafficking 
Nathan Lawson, Ph.D.
Determining the Signals Responsible for Blood Vessel Development using Zebrafish 
John Leong, Ph.D.,M.D.
Interactions of pathogenic bacteria with mammalian cells. 
Stuart M Levitz, M.D.
Interplay between a host immune system and opportunistic fungal pathogens 
Elizabeth Luna, Ph.D.
Membrane Skeleton Dynamics, Motility, Adhesion, Signal Transduction 
Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.
Virus-Host Dynamics in Persistent Viral Infections 
Stephen Lyle, Ph.D.,M.D.
Adult Epithelial Stem Cells 
Martin Marinus, Ph.D.
DNA Repair and Recombination 
Dannel McCollum, Ph.D.
Molecular Mechanisms which Regulate Cytokinesis 
Haley Melikian, Ph.D.
Cocaine and antidepressant-sensitive monoamine transporters 
Craig Mello, Ph.D.
Regulation of gene expression during early embryogenesis in C. elegans 
Mary Munson, Ph.D.
Regulation of vesicle targeting and fusion 
Peter Newburger, M.D.
Molecular basis of phagocyte function and selenoprotein biosynthesis 
Gregory Pazour, Ph.D.
The role of the intraflagellar transport (IFT) proteins in eukaryotic ciliary assembly 
Thoru Pederson, Ph.D.
RNA traffic in eukaryotic cells, RNA processing, RNA-protein interactions, siRNA 
Craig Peterson, Ph.D.
How chromosome structure influences nuclear processes 
Peter Pryciak, Ph.D.
Signal Transduction and Cell Polarity 
Nicholas Rhind, Ph.D.
Checkpoint Regulation of the Fission Yeast Cell Cycle 
Joel Richter, Ph.D.
Translational Control in Meiosis, Mitosis, and Neuronal Synaptic Plasticity 
Ann Rittenhouse, Ph.D.
Calcium Channels and Neuronal Plasticity 
Alonzo Ross, Ph.D.
PTEN phosphatase and tumor suppressor, CNS Stem Cells and neural tumors. 
Aldo Rossini, M.D.
Diabetes Research 
Charles Sagerstrom, Ph.D.
Zebrafish Developmental Neurobiology 
Celia Schiffer, Ph.D.
Structural basis for molecular recognition in HIV Protease 
Leslie Shaw, Ph.D.
 
Neal Silverman, Ph.D.
Immune Signaling Pathways 
Ravindra Singh, Ph.D.
Use of evolutionary selection to understand alternative splicing and the protein function 
Greenfield Sluder, Ph.D.
Mitosis 
Hayla Sluss, Ph.D.
Tumor Suppressors and Metabolic Control 
Merav Socolovsky, Ph.D.,MBBS
Molecular mechanisms regulating the homeostasis of hematopoietic progenitros 
Jie Song, Ph.D.
Synthetic extracellular matrix analogs for guiding the repair and regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues 
Janet Stavnezer, Ph.D.
class="MsoNormal">Mechanism and Regulation of Antibody Class Switch Recombination 
Mario Stevenson, Ph.D.
Pathogenesis of Primate Lentiviruses, Especially HIV 
John Sullivan, M.D.
Epstein-Barr Virus [EBV] and Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV] 
Andrew R. Tapper, Ph.D.
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in addiction and neurological disease. 
William Theurkauf, Ph.D.
Regulation of mitotic chromosome segregation 
Donald Tipper, Ph.D.
Yeast Molecular Genetics 
Heidi Tissenbaum, Ph.D.
Identifying Molecular Mechanisms of Aging 
Steven Treistman, Ph.D.
Alcohol and Opiates Research 
Fumihiko Urano, Ph.D.,M.D.
Role of ER Stress in Diabetes and Aging 
Bert van den Berg, Ph.D.
Structure and function of membrane transport proteins 
Scott Waddell, Ph.D.
Scott's PictureDrosophila Olfactory Memory 
Marian Walhout, Ph.D.
Mapping Transcription Regulatory Circuits in the Nematode C. elegans 
Yong-Xu Wang, Ph.D.
Transcriptional Control of Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases by the Nuclear Receptor PPAR Subfamily 
Yu-Li Wang, Ph.D.
The Mechanism of Cell Migration and Cell Division 
Doyle Ward, Ph.D.
Type IV secretion and bacterial virulence 
David Weaver, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology of Circadian Rhythms 
George Witman, Ph.D.
Cilia and Flagella, Molecular Motors, Sensory Transduction, Proteomics, Molecular Basis for Diseases Involving Cilia and Flagella 
Scot Wolfe, Ph.D.
Creating Novel Transcription Factors for Targeted Gene Regulation 
Lan Xu, Ph.D.
TGFβ Signal Transduction 
Phillip Zamore, Ph.D.
Dissecting the RNAi and miRNA pathways 
Maria Zapp, Ph.D.
Regulation of retroviral and cellular mRNA transport 
Hong Zhang, Ph.D.
class="MsoNormal">Genetic Regulation of Senescence in Aging and Cancer Molecular Targeting of E3 Ligase in Oncogenesis 
Jianhua Zhou, Ph.D.
Molecular Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases 

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