Research Projects

Current Research Projects

Current Supplement Project

Decoding Function, Dysfunction, and Dynamic Structure in Ion Signaling Pathways - Sean Edington, Ph.D.

Continuous Real-time Monitoring of Extracellular Glutamate Dynamics in Brain - Edward Song, Ph.D.

Biological DNA based cellular scaffolds - Nate Oldenhuis, Ph.D.

Characterization of the gut microbiota-gut-brain axis in adult Bhutanese adults - Maria Carlota Dao, Ph.D.

Cryopreservation utilizing antifreeze proteins and polymers -  Krisztina Varga, Ph.D. & John Tsavalas, Ph.D.

Defining heroin use phenotype - Sergios Charntikov, Ph.D.

Development of Gdf-1 as a Ceramide-Regulating Therapeutic for Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Brian Barth, Ph.D.

Engineering Pro-angiogenic Biomaterials with Defined Microstructures and Micromechanics to Enhance Wound Healing - Linqing Li, Ph.D.

Investigation of an Elastin-Like Polymer Sensing Paradigm for Interleukin-2 - Jeffrey Halpern, Ph.D.

Multiscale computational approaches for allosteric targeting of signaling receptorsHarish Vashisth, Ph.D.

Probing the synergistic effect of inhibitor binding to multiple sites on signaling proteins - Harish Vashisth, Ph.D. & Krisztina Varga, Ph.D.

Role of GLI3 in mediating innate immunity - Sherine Elsawa, Ph.D.

Role of STAT3 in Advanced Ovarian Cancer - Sarah Walker, Ph.D.

The essential bromodomain proteins TgBDP1 and TgBDP2 regulate transcription in Toxoplasma gondii - Vicki Jeffers, Ph.D.  

The role of PRMT5 in DNA damage repair and alternative RNA splicing regulation in Merkel cell carcinoma - Jingwei Cheng, Ph.D.

Toward the inhibitor-bound structures of Regulators of G-protein Signaling Proteins - Krisztina Varga, Ph.D. & Harish Vashisth, Ph.D.