My research focuses on non-invasive, low cost MR imaging techniques--more specifically atherosclerosis imaging techniques of the heart and its coronary arteries.
Frank Aguilar
IGP
My area of interest is viral oncogenesis. Specifically, I am interested in investigating the strategies and mechanisms viruses employ to transform the host cell.
Garry Cooper
NUIN
I am interested in neuropharmacology. Specifically, understanding the mechanisms of neurodegeneration and finding chemical compounds that can regulate such mechanisms.
Desmond Henderson
NUIN
My research interests are diseases involved with vision and their molecular workings.
Kyle Laster
IGP
My area of interest lies in the immune system and its relationship to the development and maintenance of tumors.
Diana Monsivais
IGP
I am interested in studying cancer biology, particularly how the tumor environment affects the cellular signaling cascades that regulate cell adhesion, cell migration and angiogenesis.
Antonia Navarro
IGP
I am fascinated with how the endocrine system works, and my area of interest is in metabolic disorders with a focus in obesity and the cardiovascular system.
Ruth Quintana
NUIN
I am interested in neuroendocrinology. In particular how the hypothalamic-systemic circuits are regulated in mood, anxiety, memory and sleep disorders.
Rebecca Rodriguez
NUIN
I am currently interested in the genetic and physiological etiologies of mental disorders and the investigation of potential pharmacological treatments. I am also interested in the effects of these disorders on learning and memory.
Leidamarie Tirado
IBiS
I am interested in investigating the cellular processes that govern cell differentiation and organ morphogenesis.
CLIMB Scholars - entering class from 2009
CLIMB Scholars
Graduate Program
Research Interests
Crystle Ashford
NUIN
Nancy Au Yeung
IBiS
Carmen Capo
NUIN
Andy Cole
NUIN
I am interested in the use of electron and light microscopy to investigate the structural neurobiology of certain neurodegenerative diseases. One area of particular interest is the structural basis of memory and the changes that lead to dementia.
Bita Cyrus
IGP
My focus lies first within the molecular basis of autoimmunity in order to elucidate the relationship between the various autoimmune diseases. In addition, my aim is to better understand the framework of autoimmunity that will help to identify the causes and discover potential therapies.
Rachel Dudek
ChBE
I am interested in elucidating the cellular events of the immune response, and using this information to engineer immune cells to 1) overcome conditioning-induced tolerance to diseases such as cancer and 2) mitigate harmful inflammatory responses such as autoimmune disease and transplant rejection.
Adrienne Eastland
IBiS
Brian Fritz
ChBE
John Gallagher
NUIN
Liang Hao
IBiS
My research interest lies in the relationships between structure and function of proteins or catalytic RNAs, as well as their intracellular biological role, i.e. how the interactions between nucleic acids and proteins dominate gene expression and regulation, which finally result in the biologicial complexity.
Shoai Hattori
NUIN
Jennifer Heller
IGP
Vivian Hernandez
NUIN
Yiyun Lan
NUIN
Janitza Ortiz
NUIN
Alex Radian
IGP
Natalia Sanchez
BME
Alaina Schlinker
ChBE
Aline Thomas
BME
Marilyn Wells
IGP
I am interested in the viral cell cycle. I am specifically interested in the interactions involved between the target cell and associated factors involved in viral cell entry.
