RESEARCH FOCUS

Witt Lab -
Alpha-synuclein as a regulator of vesicle trafficking in melanoma and Parkinson’s disease; sorting nexins; accelerators and inhibitors of alpha-synuclein fibrillization

De Benedetti Lab -
Altered protein synthesis in solid tumors; gene expression; radioresistance by the protein kinase Tousled

First Lab -
Aminoacylation of tRNA; expansion of the genetic code; Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder; enzyme catalysis; protein engineering

Gross Lab -
Regulation of gene expression; chromosome conformation of genes and their 3D nuclear organization; transcriptonal response to heat shock.

Huang Lab -
mTOR signaling in tumorigensis and metastasis; neuronal apoptosis

Leidenheimer Lab -
Role of GABA shunt in cancer cell metabolic reprogramming; function, trafficking and degradation of Gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) receptors

Reed Lab –
Functions of GLUT1CBP (GIPC), a myosin VI adapter protein

Robinson Lab -
Control of cell growth and division, protein phosphorylation, vesicular trafficking and yeast genetics

Sunavala Lab -
Genotoxin-mediated DNA damage and repair; salivary function

Tatchell Lab -
Type 1 protein phosphatase (PP1) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Nathan Lab - 
​​​​​​​From bench to bedside novel treatments for head/neck, thyroid and skin cancers

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