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James Stull

James Travis Stull, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman
The Fouad A. and Val Imm Bashour Distinguished Chair in Physiology

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Research interests:  Contractile Signal Integration and Protein Phosphorylation

       

Helen Yin

Helen L. Yin, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair
Peter and Jean D. Dehlinger Professorship in Biomedical Science

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Research interests:  Actin Cytoskeleton, Phosphoinositides and Apoptosis

       

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Ilya Bezprozvanny, Ph.D., Professor
Carla Cocke Francis Professorship in Alzheimer's Research

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Research interests:  Intracellular Release and Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

       

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Paul Blount, Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Research interests:  Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

       

George DeMartino

George N. DeMartino, Ph.D., Professor
Robert W. Lackey Professorship in Physiology
Distinguished Teaching Professor

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Research interests:  Ubiquitin/proteasome system of intracellular protein degradation

       

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Jay Gibson

Jay Gibson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:  Department of  Neuroscience
Secondary Appointment:  Physiology

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Research interests:  Neuronal Circuitry of Sensory Neocortex

       

Robin Hiesinger

P. Robin Hiesinger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  Neurogenetics: Synapse Specification, Formation and Function

       

Don Hilgemann

Don Hilgemann, Ph.D., Professor
Roy and Christine Sturgis Chair in Biomedical Research

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Research interests:  Regulation and Function of Ion Transport

       

Youxing Jiang

Youxing Jiang, Ph.D., Associate Professor
HHMI Investigator

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Research interests:  Ion Channels and Transporters

       

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Kris Kamm

Kris Kamm, Ph.D., Professor
Distinguished Teaching Professor

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Research interests:  Control of Smooth Muscle Contractility

       

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Andrey Karamyshev, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  ABC Transporters: Cystic Fibrosis

 

Ege Kavalali

Ege Kavalali, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary Appointment:  Department of Neuroscience
Secondary Appointment:  Physiology

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Research interests:  Regulation of Synaptic Function

       

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Jen Liou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  Calcium Signaling at ER-plasma membrane junctions

       

Yi Liu

Yi Liu, Ph.D., Professor
Chairman, Integrative Biology Graduate Program

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Research interests:  Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Clocks

       

Orson Moe

Orson W. Moe, M.D., Professor 
Donald W. Seldin Professorship in Clinical Investigation
The Charles Pak Distinguished Chair in Mineral Metabolism
Primary Appointment:  Internal Medicine - Division of Nephrology
Director, The Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research
Secondary Appointment:  Physiology

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Research interests:  Epithelial Biology, Ion Transport, and Metabolism

       

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Shmuel Muallem, Ph.D., Professor
Ruth S. Harrell Professorship in Medical Research

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Research interests:  Calcium signaling in polarized cells; CFTR, the SLC26A transporters and epithelial bicarbonate secretion

       

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Juan Pascual

Juan M. Pascual, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:  Department of Neurology
Secondary Appointments:  Physiology and Pediatrics

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Research interests:  Synaptic transmission in childhood neurogenetic disorders

       

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Robert F. Reilly, M.D., Professor
Fredric L. Coe Professorship in Nephrolithiasis Research in Mineral Metabolism
Primary Appointment:  Internal Medicine - Division of Nephrology
Chief of Nephrology, VAMC
Secondary Appointment:  Physiology

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Research interests:  Nephrolithiasis, Disorders of Calcium and Phosphorus Metabolism, and Chronic Kidney Disease

       

Joyce Repa

Joyce Repa, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Secondary Appointment:  Internal Medicine - Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

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Research interests:  Effects of Diet and Drugs on Nuclear Receptor Regulation of Gene Expressionhttp://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/home/education/nephrology/index.html

 

Hui-Qiao Sun

Hui-Qiao Sun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  Actin Cytoskeleton and Cell Signaling

       

Malu Tansey

Malu Tansey, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor

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Research interests:  Role of TNF and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases; neural progenitors in adult tissues

       

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Phil Thomas

Philip J. Thomas, Ph.D., Professor

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Research interests:  ABC Transporters: Cystic Fibrosis

       

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Jiang Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  Chromatin regulation of vertebrate neural development

       

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Sheng Ye, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  Ion Channels and Transporters

       

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Xiaoming Zhan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  Chromatin regulation of vertebrate neural development

       

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Chengcheng (Alec) Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  Mechanisms by which Angiopoietin-like proteins regulate HSC expansion and the interaction of HSCs and their in vivo microenvironment

       

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Last reviewed:  November 16, 2009