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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 (GTV)
Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology (MVP)

CAMB Faculty, by last name: K
Thomas Kadesch: GGR
Notch signaling and the transcriptional regulation of cell differentiation and transformation..
 
Klaus Kaestner: GGR
Using modern genetic approaches (expression profiling, gene targeting, tissue-specific and inducible gene ablation) to understand the molecular mechanisms of organogenesis and physiology of the liver, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract.
 
Mark Kahn: CBP
Signaling pathways in angiogenesis and hemostasis.
 
Akira Kaji: MVP
Ribosome-recycling factor (RRF) in procaryotic and eucaryotic systems.
 
Gary D. Kao: Cancer Biology
Mechanisms controlling the expression and function of histone deacetylase 4 (HDAC4); mitotic checkpoints and progression.
 
Jonathan P. Katz: GGR
Functional analysis of gastrointestinal development, proliferation, and differentiation.
 
Anna Kashina: CBP
Protein modifications, mouse genetics, cancer, cytoskeleton, cardiovascular development, angiogenesis.
 
Haig Kazazian: GGR
Biology of mammalian retrotransposons; Gene correction of Hemophilia A.
 
Brian Keith: Cancer Biology
How cells and tissues adapt to oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) by modifying gene expression.
 
Ann Kennedy: Cancer Biology
Biological effects of radiation, with emphasis on carcinogenesis and cancer prevention.
 
Daniel Kessler: DB
Signal transduction and transcriptional regulation in the vertebrate embryo.
 
Tejvir S. Khurana: CBP
Cellular and Molecular basis of Muscle Functioning & the Development of Therapies for the Muscular Dystrophies
 
Joe Kissil: Cancer Biology
Genetic analysis of crosstalk between signaling pathways, signal transduction and cancer, molecular biology of neurofibromatosis type 2.
 
Peter Klein: DB
Early vertebrate development, Wnt signal transduction, and neuropharmacology of lithium action.
 
Dennis Kolson: DB
Mechansims of HIV induced neuronal injury/apoptosis.
 
Gary Koretzky: Cancer Biology
Role of adaptor proteins in immune cell develoment and function; Signals leading to T cell activation and termination of T cell responses; In vitro and in vivo function of mast cells and neutrophils; Signals leading to specification of blood vessels and lymphatics.
 
Constantinos Koumenis: Cancer Biology
Tumor hypoxia, Unfolded Protein Response, translational regulation of gene expression, radiation biology, radiation sensitizers
 
Claude Krummenacher: MVP
Herpes simplex virus entry and cell-cell adhesion.
Jake Kushner: DB
Cell cycle, transcriptional regulation of development, adult beta-cell replication.

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