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Banes-Berceli, Amy : Physiology of hypertension and cell signaling, with a particular focus on JAK/STAT pathway; involvement of JAK/STAT in diabetes mellitus and ANG-induced hypertension.

Berven, Keith A.: Amphibian population biology and evolution of life history patterns.

Chaudhry, G : Human embryonic stem cell research - molecular mechanisms of cell differentiation and applications in tissue engineering; molecular genetics of developmental, degradative, and virulent genes.

Cowlishaw, John : Systems theory in biology, energy and information processing.

Dvir, Arik : The biochemistry of gene expression, rate-limiting steps in gene transcription by RNA polymerase II.

Gamboa, George : Animal behavior, social insect behavior, evolution of social behavior and kin recognition.

Gordon, Sheldon R.: Cytoskeleton regulation of cell migration and cell cycle progression. Interactions between the basement membrane and cytoskeleton during wound repair.

Grudzien, Thaddeus : Evolutionary process and pattern, population genetics, protein electrophoresis and DNA differentiation, biochemical systematics.

Hansen, Fay M.: Angiogenesis: Cell biology, growth, and differentiation of microcirculatory vessels; hypertension.

Hitt, Anne : Cellular and molecular biology of the membrane skeleton of amoeboid cells, membrane protein structure and function.

Lal, Shailesh : Mechanism and regulation of pre-mRNA processing in plants.

Lindemann, Charles B.: Physiology and biophysics of mammalian sperm motility, causal factors involved in the maintenance of and cessation of sperm motility.

Liu, Zijuan : Molecular mechanisms of metalloid transport in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Moudgil, Virinder K.: Mechanism of action of steroid hormones; biology of aging, hormones and cancer.

Reddan, John R.: Regulation of mitosis in lens epithelial cells; their role in cataract formation and the response of the lens to oxidative insult. Determination of the conditions required for the growth of normal human lens epithelial cells.

Shastry, Barkur : Characterization of genetic abnormality associated with human hereditary disorders; biology of mutant genes.

Suvas, Susmit : T-cell response to viral infection.

Tiegs, Scott : Stream and river ecology; River restoration; Resource subsidies; Organic matter decomposition; Human impacts to riverine ecosystems; Stream-watershed interactions; Roles of species in ecosystems.

Walia, Satish K.: Molecular microbiology; ecology, epidemiology and mechanism of bacterial antibiotic resistance and virulence genes. Biotechnological approaches for sensitive assay development and engineering of hybrid catabolic pathways for bioremediation of toxic substituted organic chemicals.

Wendell, Douglas L.: Mechanisms of growth control; genetics of complex traits; genetic mapping and molecular cloning of tumor growth genes.

   

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