| Trainer |
Graduate Training Program(s) |
Judd M. Aiken, Prof.
Animal Health & Biomedical Sciences | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Comparitive Biomedical Sciences |
| jma@ahabs.wisc.edu |
| Mitochondrial involvement in aging processes, and characterization of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies |
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Elaine T. Alarid, Assoc. Prof.
Oncology | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology |
| alarid@oncology.wisc.edu |
| Molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone action |
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Caroline M. Alexander, Asst. Prof.
Oncology | Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology |
| alexander@oncology.wisc.edu |
| Mammary gland biology and neoplasia using transgenic mouse models |
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Lynn Allen-Hoffmann, Prof.
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Cellular & Molecular Pathology |
| blallenh@wisc.edu |
| Keratinocyte growth and differentiation; cancer biology; extracellular matrix; integrin receptors; apoptosis. |
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Philip Anderson, Prof.
Genetics | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| andersn@wisc.edu |
| Molecular genetics of mRNA degradation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
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Richard A. Anderson, Prof.
Pharmacology | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| raanders@wisc.edu |
| Cellular and molecular signal transduction mechanisms |
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Aseem Z. Ansari, Asst. Prof.
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| ansari@biochem.wisc.edu |
| Studying the regulation of gene expression at the interface of chemistry, biology and genomics |
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Alan D. Attie, Prof.
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biosciences, Nutritional Sciences, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| attie@biochem.wisc.edu |
| Genetics of diabetes and obesity, cell and molecular biology of plasma lipoproteins, genetic disorders of lipoprotein metabolism |
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James D. Bangs, Prof.
Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| jdbangs@wisc.edu |
| Molecular parasitology, basic cell biology and biochemistry of African trypanosomes, secretion and intracellular protein trafficking |
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Paul Bertics, Prof.
Biomolecular Chemistry | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Nutritional Sciences |
| pbertics@macc.wisc.edu |
| Characterizing the regulation of cell proliferation and function by growth factors and toxins |
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Robert Blank, Asst. Prof.
Medicine | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology |
| rbd@medicine.wisc.edu |
| Molecular basis of human disease: genetic determinants of bone's biomechanical performance |
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Christopher A. Bradfield, Prof.
Oncology | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Genetics, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology |
| bradfield@oncology.wisc.edu |
| Molecular biology of the PAS family of proteins
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Emery H. Bresnick, Prof.
Pharmacology | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Cellular & Molecular Pathology, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| ehbresni@wisc.edu |
| Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Hematology, and Vascular Biology: From Fundamental Mechanisms to Translational Medicine |
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David A. Brow, Prof.
Biomolecular Chemistry | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| dabrow@wisc.edu |
| Mechanisms of eukaryotic gene expression, especially transcription and pre-mRNA splicing |
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Edwin R. Chapman, Prof.
Physiology | Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Physiology |
| chapman@physiology.wisc.edu |
| Molecular mechanisms that underlie neuronal exocytosis |
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Elizabeth A. Craig, Prof.
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| ecraig@wisc.edu |
| Hsp70 molecular chaperone roles in protein folding and protein translocation across membranes |
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Cynthia M. Czajkowski, Prof.
Physiology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Physiology |
| czajkowski@physiology.wisc.edu |
| Structure, Function and Regulation of GABA-A Receptors |
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Loren C. Denlinger, Asst. Prof.
Medicine | Cellular & Molecular Biology |
| ldenling@wisc.edu |
| Pulmonary disease |
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Timothy J. Donohue, Prof.
Bacteriology | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu |
| Process and control of biological energy generation |
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Norman R. Drinkwater, Prof.
Oncology | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology |
| drinkwater@oncology.wisc.edu |
| Mechanism of action of cancer susceptibility genes using a "reverse genetic" approach |
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Katrina Forest, Assoc. Prof.
Bacteriology | Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| forest@bact.wisc.edu |
| Structural biology of microbial pathogenesis |
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Catherine A. Fox, Assoc. Prof.
Biomolecular Chemistry | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| cfox@wisc.edu |
| Cell-cycle progression, chromosome structure, and gene expression to control the differentiation of eukaryotic cells |
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Michael K. Fritsch, Asst. Prof.
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular Biosciences, Cellular & Molecular Pathology |
| mkfritsch@wisc.edu |
| We study the role of chromatin remodeling in regulating transcription using two different model systems:
estrogen induced gene transcription in breast cancer cells, and
changes in gene transcription during early embryonic stem cell differentiation |
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Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Assoc. Prof.
Bacteriology | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| hgblair@bact.wisc.edu |
| How microbes survive and flourish in the environments they occupy; host-microbe interactions |
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Jenny E. Gumperz, Asst. Prof.
Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology |
| jegumperz@wisc.edu |
| Molecular and functional analyses of T lymphocytes in innate immunity
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Paul M. Harari, Assoc. Prof.
Human Oncology | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology |
| harari@humonc.wisc.edu |
| Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signal transduction system |
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Anna Huttenlocher, Assoc. Prof.
Pediatrics, Pharmacology | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences |
| huttenlocher@wisc.edu |
| Migration, implications to tumor metastasis and inflammation |
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Jeffrey A. Johnson, Assoc. Prof.
Pharmacy | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| jajohnson@pharmacy.wisc.edu |
| Molecular Neuropharmacology/Neurotoxicology: Oxidative stress |
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Timothy J. Kamp, Assoc. Prof.
Medicine, Physiology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Physiology, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| tjk@medicine.wisc.edu |
| Cardiovascular ion channels, regulation, and dysfunction in disease |
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Patricia J. Keely, Asst. Prof.
Pharmacology | Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences |
| pjkeely@wisc.edu |
| How cellular interactions with the ECM determine differentation and epithelial polarization; how these interactions are altered during carcinogenesis to result in invasive metastatic carcinoma |
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Scott G. Kennedy, Asst. Prof.
Pharmacology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology |
| sgkennedy@wisc.edu |
| Molecular analysis of RNAi |
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Laura L. Kiessling, Prof.
Chemistry | Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences |
| kiessling@chem.wisc.edu |
| Biomolecular recognition processes; the chemistry and biology of protein-saccharide interactions |
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Patricia J. Kiley, Prof.
Biomolecular Chemistry | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| pjkiley@wisc.edu |
| Oxygen sensing, transcriptional regulation and Fe-S cluster assembly |
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Judith Kimble, Prof.
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biosciences |
| jekimble@wisc.edu |
| Regulation of development in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
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Laura J. Knoll, Asst. Prof.
Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| ljknoll@wisc.edu |
| Molecular mechanisms of development and pathogenesis of Toxoplasma gondii
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John S. Kuo, Asst. Prof.
Neurological Surgery | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience |
| j.kuo@neurosurg.wisc.edu |
| Molecular biology of normal and tumor-derived neural stem cells |
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James S. Malter, Prof.
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Pathology |
| jsmalter@wisc.edu |
| Study of post-transcriptional gene control in the brain and immune system |
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Thomas F. Martin, Prof.
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience |
| tfmartin@wisc.edu |
| Mechanisms of hormone action; signal transduction and second messengers; regulation of hormone and neurotransmitter secretion; inositol phospholipid biochemistry |
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Janet E. Mertz, Prof.
Oncology | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences |
| mertz@oncology.wisc.edu |
| Hormone receptors in breast cancer; Regulation of latent-lytic switch in Epstein-Barr virus |
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Shigeki Miyamoto, Prof.
Pharmacology | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences |
| smiyamot@wisc.edu |
| Rel/NF-kB transcription factors |
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Deane F. Mosher, Prof.
Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Cellular & Molecular Pathology, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| dfmosher@wisc.edu |
| Extracellular matrix and cell adhesion |
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Jon S. Odorico, Assoc. Prof.
Transplantation - Surgery | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology |
| jon@surgery.wisc.edu |
| Using embryonic stem (ES) cells to study pancreatic islet development |
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Ann C. Palmenberg, Prof.
Biochemistry, Institute for Molecular Virology | Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences, , Comparitive Biomedical Sciences |
| acpalmen@wisc.edu |
| Molecular virology and computer-based analyses of small, RNA-containing mammalian viruses |
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Tomas Prolla, Assoc. Prof.
Genetics | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Genetics, Nutritional Sciences |
| taprolla@wisc.edu |
| DNA repair, cancer and the aging process |
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Ronald T. Raines, Prof.
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences |
| raines@biochem.wisc.edu |
| Chemical biology, protein design and engineering, enzymology |
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Gail A. Robertson, Prof.
Physiology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Physiology, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| robertson@physiology.wisc.edu |
| Molecular mechanisms of membrane excitability and arrhythmia in the human heart |
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Paul M. Sondel, Prof.
Pediatrics, Human Oncology | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences, Cellular & Molecular Pathology |
| pmsondel@wisc.edu |
| Lymphocyte recognition and destruction of human malignant cells |
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Robert Striker, Asst. Prof.
Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Biotechnology, Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology |
| rtstriker@wisc.edu |
| Nucleotide selectivity, error rate, and supramolecular structure of the hepatitis C viral (HCV) polymerase
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James A. Thomson, Prof.
Anatomy, Biotechnology Center | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology, Neuroscience |
| thomson@primate.wisc.edu |
| Differentiation of human and rhesus monkey embryonic stem cells |
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Randal S. Tibbetts, Assoc. Prof.
Pharmacology | Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology |
| rstibbetts@wisc.edu |
| DNA damage, signal transduction, ataxia-telangiectasia, neurodegeneration |
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Jeffery W. Walker, Prof.
Physiology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Physiology, Translational Cardiovascular Science |
| jwalker@physiology.wisc.edu |
| Cell signaling in the cardiovascular system |
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Rodney A. Welch, Prof.
Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences |
| rawelch@wisc.edu |
| Bacterial pathogenesis; molecular genetics; protein secretion; and structure/function of bacterial toxins. |
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Christiane Wiese, Asst. Prof.
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Molecular Biosciences |
| wiese@biochem.wisc.edu |
| Molecular mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly and microtubule nucleation; cell-cycle dependent regulation of spindle assembly proteins; centrosome structure and function |
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Jon P. Woods, Prof.
Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Biotechnology, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biosciences, Cellular & Molecular Pathology |
| jpwoods@wisc.edu |
| Molecular biology and pathogenesis of Histoplasma capsulatum |
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Jerry Yin, Prof.
Genetics | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences, Neuroscience |
| jcyin@wisc.edu |
| Molecular genetics of learning and memory formation in Drosophila and mice (molecular neurobiology, nervous system function and dysfunction) |
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Su-Chun Zhang, Prof.
Anatomy, Neurology | Cellular & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program |
| zhang@waisman.wisc.edu |
| Embryonic stem cells and neural differentiation |
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