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Key to Faculty Program Affiliations:
CBP= Cell Biology and Physiology | Cancer Biology | DB= Developmental Biology
GGR= Genetics and Gene Regulation | GTV= Gene Therapy and Vaccines | MVP= Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology

Cell and Molecular Graduate Group

CAMB programs:

Cell Biology and Physiology (CBP)
Cancer Biology
Developmental Biology (DB)
Genetics and Gene Regulation (GGR)
Gene Therapy and Vaccines (GT)
Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology (MVP)

CAMB Faculty, by last name: C
Martin Carroll: Cancer Biology
Molecular biology of leukemia.
 
Russ P. Carstens: GGR
Study of the molecular mechanisms of alternative splicing.
 
Samuel Chacko: CBP
Pathobiology of smooth muscle, signal transduction, myosin, thin filament-associated protein caldesmon, smooth muscle cell differentiation, translational research.
Britton Chance: Cancer Biology
Cancer detection: angiogenesis, hypermetabolism and molecular beacons; cognitive imaging: metabolic responses, hemodynamic response measured by NIR imaging; muscle function: oxygenation, blood volume in exercise; olympic athletes, geriatrics, and mitochondrial and vascular diseases.
 
Kyong-Mi Chang: MVP
Immune mechanisms of viral persistence and liver disease progression in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), an RNA virus with high rate of persistence (50-80%) associated with chronic necroinflammatory liver disease that can progress to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
 
Christopher S. Chen: CBP
Regulation of angiogenesis, cancer growth, and stem cell differentiation by adhesive and mechanical cues; Mechanochemical signal transduction; Cadherin and integrin signaling; Rho GTPases and cytoskeletal processes; Cell and tissue engineering.
 
Youhai Chen: GTV
Autoimmunity, apoptosis, and immune tolerance.
 
Jonathan Chernoff: Cancer Biology
Role of protein phosphorylation in adhesion-dependent signaling pathways.
 
Sara Cherry: MVP
Genetic and mechanistic studies of viral-host interactions.
 
Vivian G. Cheung: GGR
Human genetics, genomics.
 
Lewis Chodosh: Cancer Biology
Genetically engineered mouse models for breast cancer; Cancer stem cells; Molecular therapeutics; Genomics; Non-invasive imaging.
 
Yongwon Choi: Cancer Biology
Molecular mechanisms by which the TNF/TNFR superfamily regulates the immune system and bone.
 
Margaret Chou: Cancer Biology
Mechanisms of malignant transformation; signaling by small GTPases; regulation of vesicular trafficking; ubiquitination.
 
Gary Cohen: MVP
Herpes simplex virus entry mechanisms; structure-function of HSV viral Entry proteins vaccinia virus proteins involved in protection.
 
Ronald Collman: MVP
Mechanisms of HIV-1 entry, target cell tropism, and consequences for pathogenesis.
 
Nancy Cooke: GGR
The role of chromatin structure in eukaryotic gene regulation; biology and gene regulation of vitamin D binding protein.
George Cotsarelis: DB
Cutaneous stem cells, hair follicle biology, alopecia, wound healing, skin regeneration.
George Coukos: GTV
Host-tumor interactions in ovarian cancer and other gynecologic malignancies.
 
E. Bryan Crenshaw III: DB
Analysis of the role of developmental regulatory factors during mouse embryogenesis.
 
Tom Curran: Cancer Biology
The molecular basis of normal and neoplastic growth formation of the brain to uncover new approaches for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors.

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