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Current and Prospective Research Mentors |
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Faculty |
Departmental Affiliation |
Research Area |
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Stephen
Alexander, PhD |
Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Science |
Mechanisms of resistance to anticancer drugs and DNA repair; regulation of protein
secretion during development; proteomic approaches to cancer and cell biology |
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Deb Anderson,
PhD |
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine |
Host pathogen interactions of Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague |
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Brenda
Beerntsen, PhD |
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine |
Mosquito-parasite interactions of malaria and filarid worm disease |
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Cynthia
Besch-Williford, DVM, PhD |
Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine |
Infectious diseases of laboratory animals, cancer modulation by phytoestrogens,
molecular diagnostics |
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James Birchler, PhD |
Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Science |
Molecular genetics of multicellular eukaryotes |
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Frank Booth, PhD
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, College Veterinary Medicine
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Physiological, biochemical, molecular, genetic, and health adaptations to altered
usage of skeletal muscle
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Douglas Bowles, PhD
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, College Veterinary Medicine
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Effects of exercise, atherosclerosis, and gender on vascular ion channels
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Charles
Brown, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Immunopathogenesis of Lyme disease
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Elizabeth
Bryda, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Genetics of development; deafness and polycystic kidney disease
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Donald Burke, PhD
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
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Small RNA molecules (aptamers and ribozymes) in gene therapy and microbicide strategies
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Michael
Calcutt, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Molecular genetics and pathogenesis of Mycoplasmas
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Anand
Chandrasekhar, PhD
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Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
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Molecular genetics of motor neuron development in the brainstem
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Lane L. Clarke, DVM,
PhD
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Electrolyte transport across murine epithelia in health and disease
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Jimi Cook,
DVM, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Comparative orthopaedic surgery
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John
Critser, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Director of Comparative Medicine Center
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Fundamental cryobiology and cryopreservation of multiple cell and tissue types
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George Davis, MD, PhD
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Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
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Molecular control of capillary tube assembly during development and angiogenesis
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Dongsheng
Duan, PhD
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Life Sciences
Center
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Adeno-associated viral vector, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Craig
Franklin DVM, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Inflammatory bowel diseases; sex hormones and bacterial-initiated chronic inflammation
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Shubhra Gangopadhyay,
PhD
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
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Design and development of MEMS and NEMS based sensory platforms for detection of
chemical and biological threats and animal disease surveillance.
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Shelia
Grant, PhD
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Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering
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Biophotonics and development of diagnostic sensors and biosensors
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Marc Hamilton,
PhD
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Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Chronic metabolic diseases related to poor plasma lipid metabolism
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Eileen Hasser, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Neurohumoral control of circulation
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Cheryl Heesch, PhD
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Neurohumoral control of circulation
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Timothy
Hoffman, PhD
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology; Nuclear
Sciences & Engineering Institute; Department of Radiology, and the Radiopharmaceutical
Sciences Institute
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Pre-clinical development of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for
the detection and treatment of human cancers
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Virginia Huxley, PhD
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Departments of Medical Pharmacology & Physiology and Biomedical Sciences, National
Center for Gender Physiology, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center Health Activity
Center
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Mechanisms regulating microvascular transport in health and disease
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Salman M. Hyder, PhD
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Department of Biomedical Sciences; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
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Breast cancer, growth factors, angiogenesis, steroid receptors, anti-hormones
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Jamal
Ibdah, MD, PhD
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Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, School
of Medicine
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Molecular basis of diseases associated with fatty acid oxidation defects
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Marc Johnson, PhD
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine , Life Sciences
Center
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Retrovirus assembly
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Cathy Kuehl-Kovarik,
PhD
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Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Neural control of the reproductive system
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M. Harold Laughlin,
PhD
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Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Cardiovascular and Renal Physiology
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David R.
Lee, PhD
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
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Activation of dendritic cells and their role in T lymphocyte responses to antigens;
Protein pharmaceuticals produced in plants
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Michael Lewis,
PhD
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Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Development of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for the detection
and treatment of cancer
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Robert S. Livingston, DVM, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Infectious diseases of laboratory animals, molecular diagnostics
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Christian
Lorson, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Life Sciences Center
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Molecular genetic mechanisms which result in spinal muscular atrophy; RNA processing;
gene therapy and virology
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Dennis Lubahn,
PhD
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Departments of Biochemistry and Child Health, School of Medicine
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Estrogen and estrogen receptor functions
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Kerry McDonald, PhD
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Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine
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Regulation of striated muscle contraction
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Helen Mullen,
PhD
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Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School
of Medicine
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Murine models of autoimmune thyroiditis
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Satish S. Nair, PhD
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
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Dynamic Modeling and Control of Systems; Uncertainty Modeling; Robust, Adaptive,
Neural Network, and Intelligent techniques
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Michael Petris,
PhD
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Departments of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, School of Medicine , Life
Sciences Center
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Molecular regulation of metal ion homeostasis
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Charlotte Phillips,
PhD
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Departments of Biochemistry and Child Health, School of Medicine
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Murine< models of inherited connective tissue disorders
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David
J. Pintel, PhD
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Life Sciences
Center
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Molecular genetics of parvoviruses and adeno-associated viruses; epidemiological
and molecular aspects of newly identified rodent parvoviruses
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Randall
S. Prather, PhD
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Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
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Early embryo development, transgenesis, in vitro embryo production, transcriptional
profiling
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Bimal
Ray, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Inflammation, Gene Regulation, Control of inflammatory diseases, Cancer metastasis,
Transcription factors
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Lela
K. Riley, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Microbial Pathogenesis development of molecular diagnostic test, identification
of emerging agents, animal resource centers
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R. Michael Roberts,
PhD
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Departments of Animal Sciences and Biochemistry, Director of Life Sciences Center
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Maternal recognition of pregnancy, transcription factors, effects of maternal diet
on pregnancy
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Steven Segal,
PhD
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Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
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Control of tissue blood flow
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Krishna Sharma,
PhD
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Departments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
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Cataractogenesis
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Kathy
L. Sharpe-Timms, PhD
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Department of Animal
Sciences; Director of MU Assisted Reproduction Laboratories
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Endometrial pathophysiologies including endometriosis, endometrial cancer, abnormal
embryo implantation and early pregnancy loss.
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James R. Sowers, MD
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, School of Medicine
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Vascular biology, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, insulin signaling
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George
Stewart, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Regulation of virulence gene expression: Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus anthracis,
Fusobacterium necrophorum
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Roger
(Bill) Stich, PhD
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Ticks and tick-borne pathogens
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Grace Sun, PhD
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Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine
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Signal transduction pathways in neurological diseases including stroke and Alzheimer’s
disease
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Peter
Sutovsky, PhD
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Departments of Animal Science, and Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Ubiquitin system in mammalian spermatogenesis, epididymal sperm maturation, fertilization
and zygotic development; development of novel diagnostic tools for infertility treatment
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Ronald L. Terjung,
PhD
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine; Physiology, College
of Medicine
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Muscle, Energy Metabolism, Exercise Physiology, Training Adaptations
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Gary Weisman,
PhD
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Departments of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, Life Sciences Center
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Biochemistry of Nutrition, Biochemistry of Cancer, Biochemistry of the Nervous System,
Gene Regulation, Hormone Action/Receptor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Protein
Structure/Molecular Dynamic Simulation, Signal Transduction
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Habib Zaghouani,
PhD
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
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T Cell Tolerance and Autoimmunity
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