Faculty

Research Interest: Signaling transduction mechanisms in the vascular system

Research Interest: Pharmacology of brain and lymphocytic opioid receptors

Research Interest: Cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Role of Mitochondria and metabolism in ischemic preconditioning and anesthetic preconditioning.

Research Interest: Contribution of stem cells to the maturation, regeneration and lifelong maintenance of skeletal muscle in growth aging and cancer

Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of gene delivery and development of gene therapies for lung disease

Research Interest: Molecular Mechanisms of Calcium Signaling in Striated Muscle

Research Interest: Role of Mitochondria in regulation of cell fate in normal stem cells and cancer cells

Research Interest: Molecular biology of programmed cell death

Research Interest: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state

Research Interest: Basal ganglia and degenerative diseases

Research Interest: Androgen Effects on Reproduction and Cancer

Research Interest: Mechanism by which extracellular matrix protein, fibronectin affects cell and issue functions critical for would repair.

Research Interest: G protein coupled receptor signaling and modulation of ion channels in neurons

Research Interest: Innate and adaptive immune responses and cancer immunotherapy

Research Interest: Mechanotransduction of musculoskeletal cells and associated human disease; Physiology and pathophysiology of mechanosensitive ion channels

Research Interest: Determining the therapeutic promise of engineered tRNAs for treatment of nonsense associated diseases and investigating the pathomechanisms of skeletal muscle weakness and wasting in myotonic dystrophy

Research Interest: Mechanisms of neurotransmitter receptor function

Research Interest: Orphan G protein coupled receptors in brain and visual systems

Research Interest: Mechanisms that control the development of the heart

Research Interest: Redox signaling mechanism of Proinflammatory gene expression in pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory lung diseases caused by environmental toxicants.

Research Interest: Transcriptional regulation of fibroblast plasticity and cardiac fibrosis

Research Interest: Role of mitochondria in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.

Research Interest: Optogenetics to study the roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in mitochondrial physiology and stress signaling.

Research Interest: Molecular and signaling mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in memory formation and mental health

Research Interest: Mechanisms Underlying Ca²⁺ Signaling Events in Exocrine Cells