| Name/Research Interest |
E-mail |
Phone/Fax |
Department |
Dr.
Charles S. Abrams
Phospholipid signaling in platelet and T-cells |
|
215.898.1058
215.573.7400 |
Department
of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Yair Argon
Control of IGF signaling in muscle |
E-mail |
267.426.5131
267.426.5165 |
Pathology, Division: Cell Pathology. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Dr.
Rita J. Balice-Gordon
Developmental neuroscience |
|
215.898.1037
215.573.9122 |
Neuroscience,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Robert Barsotti
Smooth and cardiac muscle physiology |
|
215.893.2368 |
Department
of Physiology, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology, PCOM |
Dr.
Elisabeth Ruth Barton
Mechanisms of muscle repair and mechanical signal transduction
through membrane complexes |
|
215.573.0887
215.573.2324
|
Department
of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Stephen M. Baylor
E-C coupling in skeletal muscle |
|
215.898.5559
215.573.5851 |
Department
of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Jill
Beech
Equine myopathies |
|
610.444.5800
610.925.8100 |
Department
of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Erfei Bi
Cell polarity and the control of cytokinesis |
|
215.573.6676
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Simona Boncompagni
Ultrastructure of striated muscle |
E-mail |
215.898.3345
215.573.2170 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Carsten Bönnemann
Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section |
|
301-594-5496
301-480-3365 |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH Porter Neuroscience Research |
Dr.
Tim Brazelton
Tissue regeneration and plasticity of adult stem cells |
|
267.426.0201
215.590.3324 |
Department
of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Dr.
Janis K. Burkhardt
Role of the cytoskeleton in T cell function |
|
267.426.5410
267.426.5165 |
Department
of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Thomas M. Butler
Control of smooth and catch muscle contraction |
|
215.503.6583
215.503.2073 |
Department
of Physiology, Thomas Jefferson University |
Dr.
Lynne Cassimeris
Regulation of microtubule assembly |
|
610.758.6275
610.758.4004 |
Department
of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University |
Dr.
Samuel K. Chacko
Regulation of smooth muscle |
|
215.898.5755
215.898.0719 |
Department
of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine |
Dr.
Margaret M. Chou
G-Protein & cell transformations |
|
215.573.4126
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
John C. Crocker
Mechanical response of cells to applied mechanical stress |
|
215.898.9188
215.573.2093 |
Department
of Chemical and Biomolecularl Engineering, University
of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Camille DiLullo
Integrins and myofibrillar cytoskeleton |
|
215.871.6542
215.871.6540 |
Department
of Anatomy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |
Dr.
Dennis E. Discher
Cell and molecular mechanics |
|
215.898.4809
215.573.2093 |
Chemical
/Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering, University
of Pennsylvania |
| Dr.
Roberto Dominguez |
|
215.573.4559 |
Department
of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Jonathan A. Epstein
Heart and muscle development |
|
215.898.8731
215.573.2094 |
Department
of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Alan W. Flake
Stem cell and gene therapy |
|
215.590.3671
215.590.3324 |
Center
for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, Surgery, Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia |
Dr.
Clara Franzini-Armstrong
Ultrastructure of striated muscle |
|
215.898.3345
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Yale E. Goldman
Molecular mechanism of muscle contraction |
|
215.898.4017
215.898.2653 |
Physiology,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Ekaterina Grishchuk
Biophysics of cell division |
E-mail |
215.746.8178
215.573.2273 |
Physiology,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Peter J. Gruber
Mechanisms of cardiac myocyte differentiation after specification |
|
215.590.2708
215.590.2715 |
Cardiac
Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Dr.
Michael M. Grunstein
Pulmonary smooth muscle and asthma |
|
215.590.3497
215.590.3500 |
Division
of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Dr.
Wei Guo
Molecular basis of polarized exocytosis |
|
215.898.9384
215.898.8780 |
Biology,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Howard Holtzer
Assembly of striated myofibrils |
|
215.898.8089
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Erika L. F. Holzbaur
Microtubule-based molecular motors |
|
215.573.3257
215.573.5851 |
Department
of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Paul Janmey
Cytoskeletal mechanics & signaling |
|
215.573.7380
215.573.6815 |
Physiology,
Institute
for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Peter Lloyd Jones
Pulmonary arterial hypertension |
|
215.898.0048
215.573.6815 |
Institute
for Medicine & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Roland G. Kallen
Molecular characterization of ion channels |
|
215.898.5184
215.573.7058 |
Biochemistry
& Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Anna S. Kashina
Physiological role of protein arginylation |
|
215.746.0895
215.573.5189 |
Department
of Animal Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Alan M. Kelly
Development of neuromuscular specialization |
|
215.898.8841
215.573.8837 |
Department
of Pathobiology, School
of Verterinary Medicine |
Dr.
Tejvir Khurana
Neuromuscular disease & gene therapy |
|
215.573.2640
215.898.2653 |
Department
of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Karen A. Knudsen
Integrins and Cadherins in muscle and cardiac development |
|
610.645.2673
610.645.2205 |
Department of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University |
Dr. Todd Lamitina
Cell and Molecular Biology |
E-mail |
215.898.3223
215.573.5851 |
Physiology,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Michael Lampson
Chromosome segregation and cell division |
E-mail |
215.746.3040
215.898.8780 |
Department
of Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Jon M. Lindstrom
Nicotinic acelytcholine receptors |
|
215.573.2859
215.573.2858 |
Neuroscience,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Frank Luca
Cell cycle, mitosis, cytokinesis |
|
215.573.5664
215.573.5188 |
Department
of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Gordon J. Lutz
Structural basis of myosin function in skeletal muscle |
|
215.762.2396
215.762.2299 |
Department
of Pharmacology & Physiology, Drexel University College
of Medicine |
Dr.
Virginia Man-Yee Lee
Biology of the neuronal cytoskeleton |
|
215.662.6427
215.349.5909 |
Department
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Michael S. Marks
Regulation and diseases of intracellular protein transport and organelle biogenesis
|
|
215-898-3204 |
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Kenneth B. Margulies
Heart Failure and Transplant Research |
|
215.707.4261
215.707.5737 |
Department
of Medicine, Cardiovascular
Division, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
John M. Murray
Ultra-structure of molecular motors |
|
215.898.3045
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Vivianne T. Nachmias
Regulation and control of the cytoskeleton |
|
215.898.3162
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
E. Michael Ostap
Biochemistry and cell biology of unconventional myosins |
|
215.573.9758
215.573.5851 |
Department
of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Michael S. Parmacek
Muscle-specific gene expression |
|
215.662.3140
215.662.8017 |
Division
of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, University
of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Jeffrey R. Peterson
Actin Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility |
|
215.728.3568
215.728.3574 |
Fox
Chase Cancer Center |
Dr.
Larry Rome
Design and function of muscular systems for locomotion and sound production |
|
215.898-9915
215.898-8780 |
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Neal A. Rubinstein
Control of contractile protein expression |
|
215.898.4162
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Daniel
Safer
Regulation of actin assembly and cell motility |
|
215.898.0045
215.898.9871 |
Department
of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Jean M. Sanger
Actin-based cell motility |
|
315.464.8551 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University |
Dr.
Joseph W. Sanger
Assembly and function of cytoskeletal proteins |
|
315.464.5120 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University |
Dr. Patrick Seale
Cell and Molecular Biology |
E-mail |
215.573.8856
215.898.5408 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Vivek Shenoy
Understand the basic principles that control the behavior of both engineering and biological systems. |
E-mail |
215-898-1558 |
|
Dr.
Joseph B. Shrager
Respiratory muscle pathology; Muscular dystrophy |
|
215.662.4767
215.349.5798 |
Surgery,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Henry Shuman
Endocytosis, cytoskeleton and biophysics of molecular
motors |
|
215.898.3408
215.898.5851 |
Department
of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Marion J. Siegman
Control of smooth and catch muscle contraction |
|
215.503.3975
215.503.2073 |
Department
of Physiology, Thomas Jefferson University |
Dr.
Margaret M. Sleeper
Inherited cardiomyopathies; Biochemical markers of cardiac
disease; Real time 3D echocardiography |
|
215.898.6439
215.573.6232 |
Department
of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Louis Soslowsky
Rotator cuff injury and repair, Scarless regenerative tendon healing, Tendon structure-function relationships and injury-repair |
E-mail |
215.898.8653
215.573.2133 |
Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Hansell H. Stedman
Gene therapy for inherited muscle diseases |
|
215.898.1432
215.573.8606 |
Department
of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Tatyana M. Svitkina
Mechanisms of cell motility and roles of the cytoskeleton |
|
215.898.5736
215.898.8780 |
Department
of Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
H. Lee Sweeney
Contractile protein function, human muscle diseases and
gene therapy |
|
215.898.8727
215.573.2273 |
Department
of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Phong T. Tran
Microtubule dynamics and cellular pattern formation |
|
215.746.2755
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
David R. Trentham
Energy transduction and its regulation in muscle |
|
+44 (0)20 8816 2082
+44 (0)20 8906 4419 |
NIMR/MRC |
Dr.
John W. Weisel
Blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and atherosclerosis |
|
215.898.3573
215.898.9871 |
Cell
and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr. Rebecca Wells
Mechanical and matrix factors in liver fibrosis |
|
215.573.1860
215.573.2024 |
Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology), University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
David F. Wilson
Integration of metabolism; Oxidative phosphorylation;
Neuroregulation |
|
215.898.6382
215.573.3787 |
Biochemistry
& Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania |
Dr.
Tim J. Yen
Structure and function of mammalian centromeres and kinetochores |
|
215.728.2590
215.728.3616 |
Cellular
and Developmental Biology, Fox Chase Cancer Center |
Dr. Christopher Yengo
Motors Proteins and the Cytoskeleton, Protein Structure/Function and Dynamics, Enzyme Kinetics, Molecular Mechanisms of Myosin Based Motility. |
E-mail |
717.531.8575
717.531.8997
717.531.7667 |
Cellular and Molecular Physiology,
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center |
Dr.
Sally H. Zigmond
Cell migration and chemotaxis |
|
215.898.4559
215.898.8780 |
Department
of Biology, University of Pennsylvania |
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