Faculty Research
- Assistant Professor of Engineering
Thayer School of Engineering - Associate Professor of Genetics
- Professor and Chair of Biochemistry
- Associate Professor Microbiology & Immunology, Chair of MCB Program
- Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor of Genetics
- Nathan Smith Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Professor of Biochemistry
- Assistant Professor of Genetics
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Professor of Biochemistry and of Genetics
- Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and of Genetics
- Professor of Biochemistry
- Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Vice-Chair of MCB Program
- Nathan Smith Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry, Chair of Genetics
- Associate Professor of Genetics and of Microbiology & Immunology
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Genetics
- Associate Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry
- Professor of Engineering
- Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
- Professor of Pathology, and Microbiology & Immunology
- Professor and Chair of Microbiology & Immunology
- Assistant Professor of Genetics
- Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Biology
- Assistant Professor of Engineering
- Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
- Ronald and Deborah Harris Professor in the Sciences, Professor of Biological Sciences
- Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology, & of Microbiology and Immunology
- Professor of Physiology & Neurobiology and of Biochemistry
- Professor of Biochemistry
- Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, Director of Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Professor of Biological Sciences
- Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
- Rodgers Professor of Chemistry
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Professor of Biochemistry and of Genetics
- Paul E. / Joan H. Queneau Distinguished Professor in Environmental Engineering Design
- Professor of Biochemistry
- Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology and of Biochemistry
- Patricia F. / William B. Hale 1944 Professor in the Arts and Sciences
- Professor of Chemistry
- Professor of Genetics
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
- Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor of Genetics
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Professor of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
- Associate Professor of Genetics
- Professor of Biological Sciences
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Ira Allen Eastman Professor Biological Sciences
- Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, and of Physiology
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Assistant Professor of Genetics
- Professor of Biochemistry
- Professor of Genetics
- Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Margaret E. Ackerman, Ph.D.
Office: 119B Cummings Hall
The Ackerman laboratory conducts interdisciplinary research at the interface of biomedical and engineering sciences: developing high throughput tools to evaluate the antibody response in disease states ranging from infection to cancer in order to aid in therapeutic antibody and vaccine design and development, and to understand the protective mechanism of antibodies using approaches grounded in fundamental engineering principles utilizing protein evolution, molecular biology, and mathematical modeling.
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Yashi Ahmed, M.D., Ph.D.
Office: 604 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1027
We study the Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and Axin tumor suppressors and Beta-catenin oncogene, misregulation of which triggers development of colorectal carcinoma. We study the regulation of Beta-catenin by APC and Axin in Drosophila because the functions of these proteins are well conserved from flies to humans and powerful genetics approaches are available.
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Charles K. Barlowe, Ph.D.
Office: 414 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-6516
My research group investigates intracellular trafficking and we seek to understand the molecular mechanisms that control protein transport through the early secretory pathway. We use a multidisciplinary approach that includes biochemistry, molecular genetics, proteomics and microscopy in model systems.
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Brent L. Berwin, Ph.D.
Office: 614W Borwell
Phone: 603-650-6899
Our research interests have the common theme of trying to understand how leukocytes modulate host immunity, both in response to bacterial infection and in response to cancer.
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Sharon E. Bickel, Ph.D.
Office: 238 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-0245
Chromosome segregation errors in human oocytes are the leading cause of miscarriages and birth defects and their frequency increases dramatically as women age. Work in my laboratory is focused on defining the pathway of events necessary for chromosomes to ""do the right thing"" during meiosis and understanding the molecular events that cause reduced fidelity of meiotic chromosome segregation as oocytes age.
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Giovanni Bosco, Ph.D.
We are interested in understanding how nuclear architecture, chromosome morphology and chromatin structure are modified in response to developmental cues and environmental factors. We are also interested in elucidating the molecular mechanisms through which these modifications function and effect specialized cellular processes.
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Constance E. Brinckerhoff, Ph.D.
Office: 602 Rubin
Phone: 603-653-9957
Research in our laboratory focuses on novel mechanisms that control the expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) in cancer and arthritis. MMPs are enzymes that degrade the extracellular matrix and that have novel functions as mediators of cell behavior.
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David J. Bzik, Ph.D.
Office: 654E Borwell
Phone: 603-650-7951
We are interested in understanding how the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii manipulates the mammalian host cell to ensure it's successful replication and triggering of host responses required for development and transmission. Our interests are the biological intersections of host-parasite interaction, pathogenesis, and immunity, while our goals are the development new drug therapies and vaccines against infectious diseases and cancer.
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T.Y. Chang, Ph.D.
Office: 304 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1622
Our lab studies cellular cholesterol homeostasis in health and diseases.
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Chao Cheng, Ph.D.
Office: 615 Vail
Our Lab focuses on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. We are interested in developing computational methods and tools to understand transcriptional regulation underlying normal biological processes, cancers and other human diseases.
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Ambrose Cheung, M.D.
Office: 210A Vail
Phone: 603-650-1340
Our major research interests are regulation of virulence gene in Staphylococcus aureus, a major human pathogen both in the community and in hospital settings.
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Charles N. Cole, Ph.D.
Office: 309 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1628
Research in the Cole lab is focused on understanding the mechanism by which mature mRNA is exported from its site of synthesis and processing in the nucleus, through nuclear pore complexes, to the cytoplasm where it will be translated. A second major interest is nuclear pore complexes, particularly the way in which assembly of new nuclear pore complexes depends critically on the flexibility and fluidity of the membranes of the nuclear envelope.
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Michael D. Cole, Ph.D.
Office: 633 Rubin
Phone: 603-653-9975
Our studies that focus on the genetic events involved in the induction of cancer provide an opportunity to define the molecular basis of the disease and to study the regulation and function of important eukaryotic genes that control cell proliferation.
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Duane A. Compton, Ph.D.
Office: 413 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1990
We investigate the mechanisms that regulate accurate chromosome segregation in human cells and the causes of chromosomal instability in tumors.
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Robert A. Cramer, Ph.D.
Office: 213 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1040
Our research group investigates the mechanisms by which the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigates causes disease in immunocompromised patients. The main focus of our current studies is to understand the molecular mechanisms that Aspergillus and other human pathogenic fungi use to adapt to low oxygen microenvironments (hypoxia) that are found in vivo at sites of infection. In addition, we are exploring how hypoxia affects the innate immune response in patients at risk for invasive aspergillosis. We utilize molecular biology, genomics, biochemistry, microscopy, immunology, and animal model approaches to develop and explore our clinically relevant questions regarding these often lethal infections.
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Patrick J. Dolph, Ph.D.
Office: 351 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-1092
Our laboratory utilizes Drosophila melanogaster as a model system to study retinal degeneration and molecular mechanisms of cell death.
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Jay C. Dunlap, Ph.D.
Office: 701 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1108
Work in the Dunlap lab is directed towards understanding circadian biology, the means by which biological clocks operate, are reset by the environment, and control the metabolism of cells. More recently a second effort has nucleated around high throughput functional genomics of filamentous fungi including Neurospora and Aspergillus spp.
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Patricia Ernst, Ph.D.
Office: 725A Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1134
Pathways regulating hematopoietic stem cell development and maintenance, role of chromatin regulatory proteins in the development and function of hematopoietic cells, and in leukemia. Mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation in the development and function of lymphocytes.
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Steven N. Fiering, Ph.D.
Office: 622 Rubin
Phone: 603-653-9966
My lab is working on novel approaches to detection and treatment of cancer. These approaches center on developing antitumor immune responses using nanoparticles and microorganisms. We are also generating novel mouse models of cancer and other diseases using genetically engineering mice.
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Scott A. Gerber, Ph.D.
Office: 734 Rubin
Phone: 603-653-3679
Tillman U. Gerngross, Ph.D.
Office: 128E Cummings Hall
Phone: 603-646-3161
Protein engineering; glycoprotein engineering; high cell density fermentation technology; metabolic engineering; protein expression.
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Amy S. Gladfelter, Ph.D.
Office: 224 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-8706
We combine cell biology, molecular genetic and biochemistry approaches to address questions about the cell cycle and the cytoskeleton using yeast and filamentous fungi as model systems.
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James D. Gorham, M.D., Ph.D.
Office: 650W Borwell
Phone: 603-650-8373
Our laboratory studies immune tolerance and autoimmunity. We examine the myriad roles of T helper cells, regulatory T cells, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells, with particular emphasis on their participation in tolerance and immune pathogenesis in the liver.
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William R. Green, Ph.D.
Office: 603W Borwell
Phone: 603-650-8607
Our research focuses on the T-cell immune responses to retroviruses.
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Casey Greene, Ph.D.
Office: 615 Vail
By coupling data-driven bioinformatics with high-specificity experiments, we are able to solve diverse problems that cannot otherwise be addressed on a genome-scale by experimental strategies. Current projects in the lab are diverse and include topics such as the cell cycle, identification of targets for cancer treatments, and the tissue-specific action of genes.
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Erik E. Griffin
Office: 348 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-8269
We are interested in understanding how protein concentration gradients are generated in the cytoplasm and contribute to cell fate specification during development. We combine live imaging, biochemical and genetic approaches to study a series of cytoplasmic protein gradients that help pattern the early C. elegans embryo.
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Gevorg Grigoryan
Office: Sudikoff 113
Phone: 603-646-3173
We are interested in understanding the design principles underlying natural protein function on a quantitative, structure-based level. We employ a mix of computational and experimental approaches to both understand functions of natural proteins and engineer proteins with novel functionality.
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Karl E. Griswold, Ph.D.
Office: 128E Cummings Hall
Phone: 603-646-2127
The Griswold research group develops performance-enhanced biomolecules through the application of protein engineering technologies. Current projects are focused on biotherapeutic agents.
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Robert H. Gross, Ph.D.
Office: 343 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-2059
My research interest is in understanding and elucidating genetic regulatory mechanisms through development and application of computational algorithms.
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Mary Lou Guerinot, Ph.D.
Office: 325 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-2527
My principal expertise and research interests are in the area of metal transport and regulation of gene expression by metals. Plants are the major point of entry for essential metals into the food chain, so our work is laying the foundation for crops that offer sustainable solutions for malnutrition.
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Paul M. Guyre, Ph.D.
Office: 740W Borwell
Phone: 603-650-7924
Dr. Guyre's principal research interest is understanding how hormones and cytokines regulate the functional activity of white blood cells including monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and neutrophils.
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Leslie P. Henderson, Ph.D.
Office: 328 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1312
The long-term goals of my laboratory are to understand the cellular basis for behavioral changes, in particular in anxiety, aggression and reproductive behaviors, associated with anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use. We study both acute and long-tern effects on neural signaling, with particular emphasis on neurotransmission mediated by GABA-A receptors, modulation of neurotransmission by corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF), the role of androgen and estrogen receptor signaling pathways in imparting AAS actions, and the behavioral outcomes of these neural perturbations.
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Henry N. Higgs, Ph.D.
Office: 403 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1420
Mammalian cells use actin filaments in a huge number of ways, and we are trying to figure out how cells control when and where specific actin-based structures are made. We use a combination of cellular (live-cell microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, EM, cell-free assays) and biochemical (actin polymerization kinetics, analytical ultracentrifugation, structural analysis) in our research.
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Deborah A. Hogan, Ph.D.
Office: 208 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1252
We study the mechanisms by which bacterial and fungal pathogens regulate virulence determinants within multicellular populations, within microbial communities and in the context of mammalian hosts.
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Mark A. Israel, M.D.
Office: 801 Rubin
Phone: 603-653-3611
My laboratory is interested in alterations in metabolism that contribute to tumorigenesis and especially the development of brain tumors. In these efforts we focus on tumor stem cell biology and the function of a family of transcription factors, the ID genes.
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Thomas P. Jack, Ph.D.
Office: 331 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-3367
Molecular Genetics of flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Lloyd H. Kasper, M.D.
Office: 321A Remsen
Phone: 603-653-9909
My lab is interested in the autoimmunity of inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis.
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Arminja N. Kettenbach, Ph.D.
Office: 763 Rubin (starting December 1)
Research in the lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms by which phosphatases contribute to phosphorylation-dependent signal transduction in mitosis. We use cell biological, biochemical, and proteomics approaches to decipher the connectivity and complexity of these signaling events in normal and cancer cells.
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F. Jon Kull, Ph.D.
Office: 304 Burke
Phone: 603-646-2501
Our laboratory uses biophysical techniques to study protein structure and function. Our goal is to understand at a fundamental level the conformational changes that occur in proteins as they complete the various cellular functions.
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David A. Leib, Ph.D.
Office: 630E Borwell
Phone: 603-650-8616
We study the molecular pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus. In particular, we are interested in ways that viruses evade both innate and adaptive immune responses.
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Jennifer J. Loros, Ph.D.
Office: 704 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1154
Our laboratories are interested in the genetic and molecular dissection of circadian systems in eukaryotic cells with a research emphasis on the fungus Neurospora and mammalian tissue culture. The circadian system comprises the core molecular feedback loop, how this loop feeds information to the cell and organism and how input to the loop via temperature changes and photoreceptors is regulated.
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Lee R. Lynd, D.E.
Office: 128D Cummings
Phone: 603-646-2231
Professor Lynd is an expert on the production of energy from plant biomass and conducts leading research on microbial cellulose utilization.
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Dean R. Madden, Ph.D.
Office: 408A Vail
Phone: 603-650-1164
Structure and function of ion channels and proteins that regulate their intracellular trafficking.
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Robert A. Maue, Ph.D.
Office: 328 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1311
We are interested in understanding the mechanisms important for the development and differentiation of neurons in the brain.
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C. Robertson McClung, Ph.D.
Office: 323 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-3940
The ability of an organism to measure time is the product of a cellular biological clock. Many phenomena controlled by the biological clock cycle on a daily basis and are called circadian rhythms. My goal is to understand the genetic and biochemical mechanisms by which a plant measures time and uses that temporal information to regulate gene expression and cellular physiology.
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Dale F. Mierke, Ph.D.
Office: 202 Burke
Phone: 603-646-1154
Develop molecular inhibitors of specific protein-protein interactions which may find use as physiological tools or eventual therapeutic agents, using the structural features as determined from many experimental (mainly NMR) and computational techniques.
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Jason H. Moore, Ph.D.
Office: 706 Rubin
Phone: 603-653-9939
The goal of our research program is to develop, evaluate and apply novel computational algorithms and software for understanding the genetic basis of common human diseases. A central focus is on machine learning and data mining, network science and visualization.
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James B. Moseley, Ph.D.
Office: 412 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1159
Many cell types delay cell cycle transitions until they reach a critical size threshold. We are studying the cellular mechanisms that measure size, and their role in coordinating cell growth and division.
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David W. Mullins, Ph.D.
Our lab studies the molecular mechanisms that govern T cell infiltration of metastatic cancers. We translate our basic research findings into novel therapies that induce or augment immune cell infiltration of refractory tumors, thereby enhancing the clinical efficacy of immunotherapy.
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Larry C. Myers, Ph.D.
Office: Vail 412
Phone: 603-650-1198
The goal of our lab is to determine how genetic and epigenetic information in eukaryotic cells is used to regulate the transcription of genes. We are particularly interested in how human fungal pathogens utilize epigenetic regulatory strategies to switch phenotypes and facilitate virulence.
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Randolph J. Noelle, Ph.D.
Office: 702 Rubin
Phone: 603-653-9908
We study mediators that control the development of adaptive immunity. Our current focus is on the role of retinoic acid in controlling immunity, elements of the immune microenvironment that control allograft tolerance and tumor immunity, and new members of the PD-L family that govern how monocytes regulate T cell responses.
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George A. O'Toole, Ph.D.
Office: 202 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1248
My lab studies the molecular basis of biofilm formation on living and non-living surfaces, including the role of biofilms in disease. We also study host-pathogen interactions, and recently we have begun to explore the microbial communities associated with chronic lung infections, including cystic fibrosis.
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Kevin J. Peterson, Ph.D.
Office: 321 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-0215
The primary focus of my laboratory is the "Cambrian explosion," and we are currently interested in three interrelated questions that we address using molecular tools: 1) How rapid was morphological evolution in the late Precambrian and into the Cambrian? 2) What was the cause of this rapidity - was it due to novel genes and/or to novel environmental circumstances? and 3) What is the underlying cause of morphological disparity and complexity? We are particularly interested in the role microRNAs might have played in the early evolution of animals, and the impact microRNAs might have had on the evolutionary process.
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Claudio W. Pikielny, Ph.D.
Office: 604 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1046
Our lab studies the molecular and cellular bases of neuronal function using Drosophila as a model system. The fly proteins we study are related to human proteins with essential roles in the physiology and pathology of neurons.
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Ekaterina V. Pletneva, Ph.D.
Office: 114 Burke
Phone: 603-546-2501
Our studies examine the interplay between protein dynamics and redox reactivity in signaling transformations and address fundamental problems in reaction mechanisms, coordination chemistry and biology.
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William F.C. Rigby, M.D.
Office: 602E Borwell
Phone: 603-650-7700
Dr. Rigby is examining the changes that accompany clinical responses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics.
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R. Mako Saito, Ph.D.
Office: 601 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1110
Developmental regulation of cell cycle and cell fate in C. elegans
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G. Eric Schaller, Ph.D.
Office: 339 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-2525
Signal transduction by the plant hormones ethylene and cytokinin, and how these hormones act to control growth and development
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Charles L. Sentman, Ph.D.
Office: 640W Borwell
Phone: 603-653-0611
My laboratory is interested in innate immunity and how it regulates adaptive immunity in response to cancer and infectious disease. We focus our work on NK cells and CD8 T cells, and we are using innate immune receptors as a means to develop therapeutics for cancer.
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Roger D. Sloboda, Ph.D.
Office: 222 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-2377
We study microtubule dependent particle motility inside cells using intraflagellar transport (IFT) in the biflagellate green alga, Chlamydomonas and the primary cilia of MDCK cells in culture as the model systems.
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Elizabeth F. Smith, Ph.D.
Office: 226 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-1129
The proper assembly and regulated function of eukaryotic cilia is critical for development and sustained human health. We use a variety of biochemical, molecular, and genetic techniques to elucidate the signal transduction pathways that regulate motor proteins responsible for ciliary beating.
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Bruce Stanton, Ph.D.
Office: 615 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1775
Our laboratory studies the genetic disease Cystic Fibrosis. In particular we study host pathogen interactions between bacteria and human airway epithelial cells and the interactome of CFTR and how interacting proteins regulate CFTR trafficking. We also examine how environmental toxins, in particular arsenic, cause and contribute to respiratory and diseases and inflammation.
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Paula R. Sundstrom, Ph.D.
Office: 206A Vail
Phone: 603-650-1629
Molecular mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis and prevention of fungal disease for the most common fungal pathogen of man, Candida albicans.
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Surachai Supattapone, M.D., Ph.D., D.Phil.
Office: 311 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1192
Our lab investigates the molecular mechanisms responsible for the propagation of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases such as prion and Alzheimer's disease.
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Ronald K. Taylor, Ph.D.
Office: 110 Vail
Phone: 603-650-1632
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS The Taylor laboratory studies the intestinal pathogen Vibrio cholerae, specifically the regulation of bacterial virulence gene expression in response to encountering a suitable host environment and the molecular mechanisms that mediate intestinal colonization. They collaborate with the Kull lab to study the biophysical properties of transcription factors active in this process. The Taylor lab is elucidating the mechanisms of host colonization, extracellular protein secretion, and is identifying new bacterial virulence determinants. They are developing new tools to facilitate genetic analysis of bacterial pathogens, design vaccines, and to characterize novel antibiotic targets, as well as developing small molecule inhibitors of the key mechanisms of pathogenesis that they discover.
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Mary Jo Turk, Ph.D.
Office: 732 Rubin
Phone: 603-653-3549
Our research focuses on understanding how the immune system responds to cancer, with an emphasis on T cell memory. We are also interested in learning how autoimmunity influences anti-tumor immunity.
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Edward J. Usherwood, Ph.D.
Office: 608E Borwell
Phone: 603-650-7730
Immunity to virus infections, T cell memory, the immune-virus interface in persistent virus infection.
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Michael L. Whitfield, Ph.D.
Office: 705 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1109
The complexities of biological systems can now be studied with genome-wide approaches that take a global view of the underlaying biology.
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William T. Wickner, M.D.
Office: 425 Remsen
Phone: 603-650-1701
We study how membrane vesicles fuse as they deliver new proteins, hormones, and neurotransmitters to their destinations.
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Office: 024 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-8717
Our research focuses on the role that genetics plays in health disparities. This involves the study of many diseases that are differentially distributed among human populations, including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and preterm birth. This work includes studies of genetic variation within Africa as many of the diseases we study affect people of African descent more frequently. This latter work has helped to illuminate human evolutionary history and serves to bring disease presentation into an evolutionary perspective.
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Olga Zhaxybayeva, Ph.D.
Office: 025 Life Sciences Center
Phone: 603-646-8616
My lab's research focus is to better understand evolution of microbes through computational analyses of genomic and metagenomic data.
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