Developmental and Reproductive Biology
Researchers in this area explore the cellular
and molecular mechanisms of development ranging from gametogenesis
to reproductive behavior. Specific areas of study include mechanisms
of cellular differentiation and fate specification, mechanisms
of bone, cardiac, and neuronal development, and environmental
effects on reproductive hormone actions.
Research Laboratories
John
Castellot - Regulation
of vascular cell proliferation and fibroid formation
Jake
Chen - Gene expression and regulation in bone development
Thomas
Ducibella - Mammalian
oocyte maturation and in vitro fertilization
Eric
Frank - Development
of synaptic connections between neurons
Jonathan
Garlick - Interactions of stromal
cells with epithelial cells
Akiko
Hata - Signaling
pathways in vertebrate development
Victor
Hatini - Signal transduction
in early embryonic development
Ira
Herman - Molecular
control of cell growth, motility, and differentiation
Gordon Huggins -
Molecular genetic mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases
Richard Karas -
Effect of estrogen on the cardiovascular system
Charlotte
Kuperwasser - Aspects of normal and
carcinogenic breast development
Ronald
M. Lechan - Anatomy and neuroendocrine
regulation of the hypothalamus and pituitary
Andrew
Leiter - Transcriptional
regulation of development
Thomas
Linsenmayer - Extracellular
matrices
Dmitri
Nurminsky - Transcriptional regulation in spermatogenesis
Henry Querfurth - Cellular and molecular studies of muscle
pathogenesis as related to Alzheimer’s disease protein
aggregation
Beverly
Rubin - Control
of gonadtropin secretion and reproductive behaviors
James
Schwob - Olfactory
system development
Carlos
Sonnenschein - Regulation
of cell proliferation
Ana
Soto - Control
of cell proliferation
Michael
Steer - Physiology, cell biology and biochemistry of acute pancreatitis
Li
Zeng - Cartilage development |
