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Departmental Faculty
Mailing Info: The Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building is located at 1600 NW. 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136.
Interim Department Chair: Dr. Charles Luetje

 
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Faculty List
Faculty MemberContact
Tatjana  Abaffy, Ph.D. Tatjana Abaffy, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Research Summary

Olfaction, olfactory receptors and ligands
Cancer cell biology and metabolism

305-243-4468 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building 6140A
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Suzy Drummond-Carvalho Bianco, Ph.D. Suzy Drummond-Carvalho Bianco, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Research Summary

G-Protein Coupled Receptor Signaling and Human Diseases; GPR54 and Pubertal Maturation

Functional Studies of Genetic Mutations Associated with Receptor Signaling

305-243-8164 (ph)
Batchelor's Children's Research Inst. #607
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John  Bixby, Ph.D. John Bixby, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, and Director, UM Neuroscience Center
Research Summary
Research in the lab is focused on axon growth and guidance during development and regeneration
305-243-4874 (ph)
305-243-3921 (fax)
Lois Pope LIFE Center 4-17
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Richard  Bookman, Ph.D. Richard Bookman, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Research; Executive Dean for Research and Research Training; Director, UM DNA Microarray Facility; Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
305-243-4487 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6056
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Peter  Buchwald, Ph.D. Peter Buchwald, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology & Director, Drug Discovery
Research Summary
"Computer-aided drug design, small molecule modulators of the costimulatory protein-protein interaction, immunomodulation for islet transplantation"
305-243-9657 (ph)
Diabetes Research Institute #3014
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Kerry  Burnstein, Ph.D. Kerry Burnstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Graduate Program Director
Research Summary
"My lab studies steroid hormone action in endocrine cancers. In particular, we focus on androgen and vitamin D regulation of oncogenesis in the prostate."
305-243-5732 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6160
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Anthony  Caswell, Ph.D. Anthony Caswell, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology.
305-243-6719 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6051
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Gennaro  D'Urso, Ph.D. Gennaro D'Urso, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology; Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics faculty member
Research Summary
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology; Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics faculty member
305-243-3105 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, 7151A
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Michael  Kim, Ph.D. Michael Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Summary
Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate dendrite morphogenesis and neural connectivity.
305-243-1690 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, RMSB 6056
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Sandra K. Lemmon, Ph.D. Sandra K. Lemmon, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and Director, MD/PhD Program.
Research Summary
Membrane Traffic: Sorting and regulation of protein transport in the endocytic and secretory pathways.
305-243-5758 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6165
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Konstantin  Levay, Ph.D. Konstantin Levay, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
305-243-3431 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6024
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Joy  Lincoln, Ph.D. Joy Lincoln, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Graduate Faculty: Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Summary
My lab focuses on embryonic heart development. Our goal is to determine the molecular and cellular regulatory mechanisms of heart valve formation using in vitro and in vivo model systems.
305-243-9613 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6048
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Irene  Litosch, Ph.D. Irene Litosch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology.
Research Summary
"We study how intracellular mediators interact to regulate signal output by G protein coupled receptors (GPCR). Understanding how GPCR signaling is regulated, in health and disease, can lead to new therapeutic strategies."
305-243-5862 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6088
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Charles  Luetje, Ph.D. Charles Luetje, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Chairman, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
Research Summary
Receptor Structure and Function: Mammalian olfactory receptors, insect olfactory and taste receptors, mammalian neuronal nicotinic receptors.
305-243-4458 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6085
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James D. Potter, Ph.D., F.A.H.A. James D. Potter, Ph.D., F.A.H.A.
Professor and Chair Emeritus of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology and Senior Advisor to the Dean.
Research Summary

Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Muscle

305-243-5850 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6001
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Claudia  Rodrigues, Ph.D. Claudia Rodrigues, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Research Summary
Mechanisms of stem cell survival
305-243-3008 (ph)
305-243-6082 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6041
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Stephan C.  Schuerer, Ph.D. Stephan C. Schuerer, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
305-243-4842 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
CRB 944
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Vladlen Z.  Slepak, Ph.D. Vladlen Z. Slepak, Ph.D.
Professor and Program Director, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Research Summary
"Novel mechanisms of signal transduction, with a focus on heterotrimeric G proteins and Ca2+ binding proteins. Structure-function aspects and subcellular localization of signaling proteins"
305-243-3430 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6130
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Danuta  Szczesna-Cordary, Ph.D. Danuta Szczesna-Cordary, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
Research Summary
"My research is directed toward unraveling the mechanisms of Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (FHC), an autosomal dominant disease originating from mutations in genes that encode for the major contractile proteins of the heart, including the ventricular myosin regulatory (RLC) and essential (ELC) light chains. Using a combination of molecular biological and physiological approaches we are trying to answer important questions regarding the molecular determinants of the myosin light chain mutations - mediated pathology in the heart."
305-243-2908 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6113
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Fulvia  Verde, Ph.D. Fulvia Verde, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics Miami Yeast Group member
Research Summary
Control of cell morphogenesis in fission yeast 
305-243-3106 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6130
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Yingcai  Wang, Ph.D. Yingcai Wang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
305-243-6766 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6104
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Keith  Webster, Ph.D. Keith Webster, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology; Director of the Vascular Biology Institute; Walter G. Ross Chair of Vascular Biology
Research Summary
Myocardial ischemia, Apoptosis, Gene and Stem Cell Therapy  
305-243-6779 (ph)
305-243-6082 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6038
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R. Grace  Zhai, Ph.D. R. Grace Zhai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Research Summary
"Understanding the genetic and cellular basis of neural development, degeneration and protection using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system."
305-243-6316 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building - 6069
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