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

Stull Lab

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Research interests:  Contractile Signal Integration and Protein Phosphorylation

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

Yin Lab

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Research interests:  Actin Cytoskeleton, Phosphoinositides and Apoptosis

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

Bezprozvanny Lab

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Research interests:  Intracellular Release and Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

Paul Blount, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Blount Lab

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Research interests:  Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

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

DeMartino Lab

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Research interests:  Ubiquitin/proteasome system of intracellular protein degradation

Jay Gibson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:  Center for Basic Neuroscience
Secondary Appointment:  Physiology

Gibson Lab

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Research interests:  Neuronal Circuitry of Sensory Neocortex

Tom Gillette, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

DeMartino Lab

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Research interests:  Nucleotide Excision Repair and Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway

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

Hiesinger Lab

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Research interests:  Neurogenetics: Synapse Specification, Formation and Function

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, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  Ion Channels and Transporters

Kris Kamm, Ph.D., Professor

Stull Lab

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Research interests:  Control of Smooth Muscle Contractility

Ege Kavalali, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Primary Appointment:  Center for Basic Neuroscience
Secondary Appointment:  Physiology

Kavalali Lab

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Research interests:  Regulation of Synaptic Function

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

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Research interests:  Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Clocks

Anton Maximov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:  Center for Basic Neuroscience
Secondary Appointment:  Physiology

Sudhof Lab

Research interests:  Regulation of Synaptic Transmission

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

Moe Lab

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Research interests:  Epithelial Biology, Ion Transport, and Metabolism

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

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

Research interests:  Synaptic transmission in childhood neurogenetic disorders

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

Center for Hypothalamic Research

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Research interests:  Effects of Diet and Drugs on Nuclear Receptor Regulation of Gene Expression

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

Yin Lab

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Research interests:  Actin Cytoskeleton and Cell Signaling

Malu Tansey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Tansey Lab

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

Philip J. Thomas, Ph.D., Professor

Thomas Lab

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Research interests:  ABC Transporters: Cystic Fibrosis

Wei Zhong Zeng, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Research interests:  The Regulation of G Protein Signaling By RGS Protein

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

Zhang Lab

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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