Site   People About the GCC Mailing List Governance GCC Directory Events Job Board Press Releases Resources FAQs GCC Support Members Only Contact About the BioScience Research Collaborative GCC Home Directory   Advincula, Rigoberto   Associate Professor Chemistry University of Houston Email (713) 743-1760 Website Polymer and organic ultrathin films. We investigate the design and synthesis of organic macromolecules and oligomers capable of controlled-assembly or self-organization as ultrathin films. This includes functional amphiphile synthesis, polymerization on surfaces, network formation, and preparation of ð-electron conjugated polymers. Aldaz, Claudio M.   Professor Science Park Research Division UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 512-237-2403 Website Breast cancer genetics, carcinogenesis, molecular cytogenetics, mammary tumor models. The main focus of my research program is to identify and elucidate the role of key abnormalities that affect the genome and transcriptome of breast cells that lead to cancer development. Allaman, Aimee   Anesthesiology Resident Anesthesiology Residence Training UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Anesthesiology Almeida, Jonas   Professor Biostatistics & Applied Math UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713/792-9875 Website Systems biology, Biomarker identification, Drug / target discovery, Statistical mechanics. Professor Almeida's research interests are directed towards the computational and mathematical tools and mathematical formalisms needed to tackle the twin challenges of identifying biomarkers and targets for drug discovery. Altenberg, Guillermo   Assistant Professor Physiology and Biophysics UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-3026 Website The focus of the work in my laboratory is the structure and function of membrane transport proteins. We study the structure, transport function and regulation of proteins of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily such as P-glycoprotein, CFTR and MRP1. We also have a project on the structural bases for the regulation of connexins, the proteins that form the gap junctions. In addition, we are developing new sensors for glucose and calcium based on the use of specific glucose- and calcium-binding proteins fused to autofluorescent proteins (green fluorescent protein family). Amos, Chris   Professor Epidemiology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-2480 Website Statistics, oncogenes, genetics, disease susceptibility. My lab focuses on developing mathematical tools to study genetic etiology of common diseases. I collaborate with Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D., (The University of Texas School of Public Health) in genetic studies of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. An, Kyungeh   Associate Professor School of Nursing UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website symptom management for chronic health conditions using CAM (Complementary and Alternative therapies) Annapragada, Ananth   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3982 Website Targeted drug delivery; computational methods in biomedicine. My research interests are in the area of novel drug delivery systems and MEMS technology applied to drug delivery. Current projects include the development of engineered porous particles for aerosol drug delivery, the simulation of particle flow in pulmonary airways, and targeted drug delivery. Aoki, Noriaki   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3930 Website Decision science/clinical decision support; Data mining/ modeling in healthcare; Healthcare technology assessment; Clinical informatics in extreme environments Arap, Wadih   Professor Genitourinary Medical Oncology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713/792-3871 Website Pathologic neovascularization, angiogenesis inhibitors, biological tumor markers, drug delivery system. Our research is aimed at targeting blood vessels for delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic agents by using probes that can bind to specific addresses in selective vascular beds. Atmar, Robert L.   Associate Professor of Medicine and of Molecular Virology and Microbiology Infectious Diseases Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6849 Website My research interests are in two main areas. The first is in the study of respiratory viruses, including their epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. My second area of interest is in enteric viruses and environmental virology, with a special emphasis on noroviruses. We use Norwalk virus as a model virus for our studies, both in the laboratory and in an experimental human infection model. I am interested in the development and application of diagnostic approaches to detect enteric viral pathogens in waters, shellfish, and other foods. Attala, Mohamed Naguib   Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website The clinical pharmacology and pharmacokinetics properties of analgesic and anesthetic drugs. Ayers, Steve   Diabetes and Metabolic Disease The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email Genomic medicine Azencott, Robert   Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email 832 330 4706 Website Probability theory, Data Mining, Automatic learning, Image Analysis Azevedo, Ricardo   Assistant Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-2636 Website My aim is to understand how phenotypic variation is generated and how it influences the course of evolution. To answer these questions I am employing a variety of approaches from developmental biology, genetics, comparative analysis, computational biology and mathematical modelling. As an experimental system I use the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and other closely related species. I am particularly interested in how cell lineage variability evolves in different groups of animals. Baggerly, Keith   Assistant Professor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-5994 Website Proteomics (mass spectrometry); microarrays; serial analysis of gene expression; My research focuses on the processing of high-throughput bioinformatics experiments. Baillargeon, Jacques G.   Associate Professor Preventative Medicine and Community Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-2642 Website Health services research, infectious disease epidemiology, epidemiologic methods, correctional health care, cancer epidemiology Baker, Jeff   Associate Professor Division of Rehabilitation Sciences UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Treatment of pain, adjustment disorders, chronic medical conditions, quality of life, psychological stressors Bankson, Jim   Assistant Professor Imaging Physics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website * Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), phased arrays, parallel MRI and fast acquisition techniques Baraniuk, Richard   Professor Elec & Comp Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-5132 Website Multiscale, computational signal and image processing Barrett, Alan   Professor Pathology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email (409) 772-6662 Website My research program focuses on two groups of viruses: flaviviruses and bunyaviruses. Both groups contain viruses that are transmitted by arthropods, such as mosquitoes and ticks, and are given the general term of Barron, Andrew   Charles W. Duncan-Welch Prof.; Professor of Materials Science Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348=5610 Website Research in the Barron Group focuses on the chemistry and materials science of aluminum and its related elements in the periodic table. Our initiatives encompass problems across the fields of traditional inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, nanoscale science and technology, and materials science. Barry, Michael   Associate Professor Molecular and Human Genetics, Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5959 Department We are interested in testing the ability of genetic vaccines to combat pathogens that have evolved to escape the immune system. To do this, we are taking advantage of the fact that genetic vaccines are simple plasmids and that these can be easily manipulated by recombinant techniques to improve the immunogenicity of vaccine antigens. Bartel, Bonnie   Associate Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-5602 / Website Genetic analyses of the roles of auxin conjugates and indole-3-butyric acid in auxin homeostasis, auxin response mutants, forward and reverse genetic approaches to understanding peroxisome biogenesis and plant peroxisomal functions, functional genomics in understanding how and why plants synthesize diverse triterpenoids, and the roles and targets of microRNAs in plants Bartholomew, L. Kay   Associate Dean for Educational Programs & Associate Professor Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research UT School of Public Health Email 713-500-9630 Website Intervention mapping, developing and evaluating theory- and evidence-based program for health education and health promotion, health education planning Bast, Robert   Professor Experimental Therapeutics; Translational Research UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-7743 Website Signal transduction, ovarian neoplasms, breast neoplasms, biological markers, tumor suppressor genes. Our laboratory has focused on the biology, detection, prevention, and treatment of epithelial ovarian and breast cancers. Over the past decade, we have found that ovarian cancer is generally a clonal disease and have focused our attention on molecular changes that occur during malignant transformation. Bates, Theodore   Professor Pharmacokinetics Texas Southern University Email Baxter, Douglas   Professor Neurobiology & Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5565 Website Our laboratory uses two approaches, one computational and the other experimental, to investigate how neural circuits are organized, what principles underlie their function, and the consequences of sensory inputs and of modulatory influences. Bear, John   Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-2618 Website Over the past few years our research has been aimed at understanding structure reactivity relationships of several group VIII-B dinuclear transition metal complexes and to use this information to control the chemical and electrochemical reactivity at the metal centers. Beauchamp, Michael   Professor Neurobiology and Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cognition and Perception Beckingham, Kate   Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4016 Website Calcium signaling in Drosophila; Gravity sensing in Drosophila; Analysis of developmental processes mediated by the ubiquitous calcium sensor calmodulin and investigation of a new testis-specific calcium sensor protein which we have identified and termed Androcam. To identify the pathways involved in gravitational responses, we are isolating mutants of Drosophila melanogaster that show aberrant gravitaxic behavior. Bedi, Supinder   Postdoctoal Fellow Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Integrative biology and pharmacology Bell, Edward   Assistant Professor Pharmaceutics TSU Email Bellamy, Henry   Associate Professor Research/PX Beamline Manager J. Bennett Johnston, Sr., Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) Louisiana State University Email 225-578-9342 Website Bennett, George N.   Professor/ Department Chair Biochemistry and Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4920 Website Molecular biology of prokaryotes. Metabolic engineering: Current work is directed toward compounds derived from central metablism intermediates such as succinate, esters, solvents and other small molecules. Mathematical approaches, bioreactor studies and genetic strategies are used to guide experiments. Gene regulation: As part of efforts to understand the regulation of metabolic and environmental response functions, natural and constructed expression systems are studied. Bernstam, Elmer V.   Associate Professor of Health Informatics School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3927 Website Shareable executable clinical practice guidelines; consumer health informatics; MEDLINE searching (Medline Query-By-Example), informatics in clinical and translational research Berry, Donald   Chair Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-4141 Website Clinical trials, statistical data interpretation, genetic predisposition to disease, biological markers Bessman, J. David   Professor Internal Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) and Pathology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website the nondiscrete heterogeneity of biologic events, with a focus on red cell size Bikram, Malavosklish (Liz)   Assistant Professor Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Houston Email 713 795 8317 Drug and Gene Delivery Systems: The development of polymeric prodrugs, biomimetic drug and gene delivery systems, and genetically engineered plasmids for the treatment and understanding of breast and ovarian cancer. Our focus is to understand the pathophysiology of a tumor environment with the goal of designing polymeric drug carriers that can be used to optimize the delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs and gene delivery systems. Additionally, combination therapies involving both chemotherapeutic drugs as well as gene delivery systems are promising treatments in the fight against cancer. Therefore, another area of our research will involve the development of therapeutic plasmids for the delivery of specific cytokine genes that are effective in eliciting strong immune responses against cancer cells in tandem with the administration of standard chemotherapeutic drugs. Bittner, Eric   Associate Professor Chemistry University of Houston Email (713) 743-2775 Website Theoretical chemical physics. My research in the area of quantum dynamics is primarily focused upon understanding how motions in the condensed phase influence the dynamics of an imbedded quantum mechanical system. Bjorklund, Nicole   Postdoctoal Fellow Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Pain Medicne Blaney, Susan   Associate Professor Pediatrics-Hema & Oncology Baylor College of Medicine Email 832-822-1482 BlaneyHome Page Neuro-Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology Programs. A primary focus of my research is the development of new drugs for the treatment of central nervous system tumors in children with a particular emphasis on the development of new agents for intrathecal administration. Bodmann, Bernhard   Assistant Professor Mathematics University of Houston (713) 743-3581 Website Analysis of linear, redundant representations of analog signals. Boerwinkle, Eric   Professor School of Public Health UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-9800 Website Human genetics; epidemiology; heart disease; lipid metabolism; apolipoprotein genes; DNA variation. The objective of research in this laboratory is to understand the role of individual genes in complex physiological systems characterized by gene-gene and gene-environment interactions. The model system used is lipid metabolism and its contribution to atherosclerosis. This laboratory also has experience in typing and characterizing DNA variation in highly repetitive and polymorphic VNTR loci. Bolen , D. Wayne   Professor Human Biological Chem & Genetics (HBC&G) UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-0754 Website The research in my laboratory involves two closely related areas of protein physical chemistry: (1) the physico-chemical bases of the ability of naturally occurring protecting osmolytes to stabilize proteins, and (2) the thermodynamics of denaturant-induced transitions of proteins. Bond, Richard A.   Associate Professor Pharmacology University of Houston Email 713-743-1210 Website Pharmacology of receptor theory, Characterization and classification of G protein-coupled receptors Borcea, Liliana   Associate Professor Comp & Applied Mathematics Rice University Email 713-348-5723 Website Inverse scattering in random media, Electro-magnetic inverse problems, Study of physical media: effective properties of composite materials, transport in heterogeneous media, Transport in high contrast media, flow in porous media, percolation, Magnetorheological elastomers and fluids Boriek, Aladin   Associate Professor Medicine Pulmonary Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6091 Website Modeling diaphragm mechanics; Modeling force transmission based on fiber architecture of skeletal muscles; Modeling force transmission based on the structural arrangements of cytoskeletal proteins in skeletal muscles. Mechanical signal transduction. We are interested in signal transduction in skeletal and smooth muscles in response to mechanical forces. Bornmann, William   Professor, Synthetic Chemistry Experimental Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-0081 Website Synthesis, purification and characterization of various novel biologically active molecules that can be developed into new optical, PET and MRI/MRSI imaging probes; Synthesis of precursor molecules for radiolabeling, paramagnetic and fluorescent labeling. Bourne, Nigel   Associate Professor, Pediatrics Microbiology and Immunology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-8144 Website Structural biology of viral infection Braam, Janet   Associate Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-5287 Website Regulation and functions of genes encoding calmodulin-related proteins and cell wall modifying enzymes of plants. Control of gene expression in response to environmental stimuli Brandt, Michael   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3463 Website Biomedical engineering; computational biomedicine; neuroimaging Brasier, Allan   Professor Internal Medicine - Endocrinology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website cellular mechanisms of genetic responses to inflammatory hormones in the liver (the hepatic acute-phase response) and the respiratory epithelium (the pulmonary cytokine cascade) Braun, Werner   Professor Human Biological Chem & Genetics (HBC&G) UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-6810 Website The challenge in the post genomic era is to make full use of the vast genomic data in understanding the molecular mechanism of the function of proteins. Brennan, Richard G.   Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email (713) 834-6390 Website Multidrug resistance, protein-nucleic interaction, regulation of gene expression; oxidative stress responses; protein-ligand interaction, toxin-antitoxin structure and function; macromolecular crystallography Briggs, James   Associate Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-8366 Website Computational studies of protein structure and function; Our research is focused on computational studies of protein structure and function, inhibitor design, investigations of possible inhibitor resistance pathways, and development of methods for the above project areas. Targets for these studies include those important in the treatment of AIDS, cancer, bacterial infections, and other disease states. In addition, we work on inhibitors to aid in biowarfare defense (botulinum neurotoxins, anthrax toxin). Brinkley, William (Bill)   VP Dean Of Grad Sch Corporate Officers-Molecular and Celular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5263 Website We seek to understand the molecular basis of errors and defects in the nucleus and mitotic apparatus (MA) that cause aneuploidy. Our research utilizes molecular biology and genetic approaches combined with digital image analysis at the light and electron microscopy levels to analyze normal and defective features of chromosome condensation, attachment and alignment on the spindle and movements during mitosis in normal and neoplastic cells. Broom, Bradley   Associate Professor Department of Biostatistics and Applied Math UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-348-6220 Website high-performance computing in general and strategies for effectively supporting the efficient implementation of computationally-intensive statistical methodologies in particular. Brown, David   Distinguished Professor and Chair Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Anesthesiology and pain medicine Brownell, William   Professor Otorhinolaryngology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8540 Website Fundamental mechanisms of hearing and biophysics of electromobility Budde, Ray   Associate Professor Neuro-Oncology Research UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Protein tyrosine kinase, enzyme inhibitors, catalysis, enzyme activation Bujalowski , Wlodzimierz   Professor Human Biological Chem & Genetics (HBC&G) UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-5634 Website We have a long-term interest in quantitative understanding of the structure-function relationships in protein-nucleic acid interactions in solution.Such understanding can be achieved through rigorous thermodynamic, kinetic, and structural (spectroscopic) studies of both macromolecules and their relevant complexes. Burrus, C. Sidney   Maxfield & Oshman Professor Emeritus Brown School of Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-5484 Website digital filter design and implementation, and in efficient signal processing algorithms Burton, Allen W.   Professor and Section Cheif Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Cancer pain treatment Butel, Janet   Distinguished Service Professor and Head Molecular Virology & Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4443 Website We are interested in small DNA tumor viruses called polyomaviruses, the structure and function of the viral oncogene proteins, and mechanisms of tumor development. Butler, Bruce D.   Ast VP Research & Technology Anesthesiology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6231 Website Byrne, John   Professor and Chairman Medical School UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5602 Website Dr. Byrne's research interests involve elucidating the neuronal and molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory Byrne, Michael D.   Associate Professor Department of Psychology Rice University Email 713-348-3770 Website Human error, models of human cognition and performance, usability, judgment and decision-making Cai, Chengzhi   Assistant Professor Chemistry University of Houston Email (713) 743-2710 Website supramolecular nanostructures Calvert, Tally   Medical School UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Canic, Suncica   Cullen Distinguished Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email (713) 743-3466 Website Research Interests include Mathematical Biology, Hemodynamics, and Compressible Flow Cantor, Scott B.   Associate Professor Department of Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-5984 Website Decision making, costs and cost analysis, decision support techniques Carlton, Susan Mary   Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website The analysis of neuroplasticity that underlies chronic pain. Caskey, Tom   Director and Chief Executive Officer Institute of Molecular Medicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Cates, Mary Susan   Faculty Lecturer and Graduate Laboratory Coordinator Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-5777 Website Cavasotto, Claudio   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3934 Computational Biochemistry & Biophysics, and Drug Discovery: Computer-aided drug discovery; protein modeling; study of protein interaction and function; chemoinformatics; simulation theory, force-field development. Studied biomolecular systems include, but not limited to, hormone nuclear receptors, protein kinases and GPCRs. Chang, Rowen   Professor & Director of the Center for Protein Chemistry Institute of Molecular Medicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email +1 (713) 500-24 Website Chapman, Walter G.   William W. Akers Chair in Chemical Engineering; Director of Environmental & Energy Systems Institute Chemical Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-4900 Website Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Molecular Simulation Chen, Rui   Assistant Professor Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Email (713) 798-5194 Website Functional genomics of visual system development and diseases; High throughput technology; Bioinformatics Chen, Wei   Associate Professor Neurobiology & Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Understanding how external sensory inputs are encoded, processed and stored in the brain Chen, Xiaomin   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-834-6279 Website X-ray crystallography, macromolecular interactions, signal transduction, transcription regulation, apoptosis Cheng, Xiaodong   Associate Professor Pharmacology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-9656 Website Mitogen-activated protein kinases Cheung, Margaret S.   Assistant Professor Department of Physics University of Houston Email 713-743-8358 Website Theoretical Biological Physics, Nanobiophysics, and Soft Condensed Matter Chiu, Wah   Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6985 Website Structural and Computational Biology of Biological Machines; Biological applications include viruses, ion channels, membranes, oligomeric proteins and cyotskeletal protein complexes. Dr. Chiu has been a leading investigator in the development of electron cryomicroscopy to solve structures of macromolecular assemblies at increasingly high resolutions. Computationally, his group has developed single particle reconstruction software, which has been widely adopted by other investigators. He directs an NIH supported center (http://ncmi.bcm.edu). Among many structures his group has done, Chiu is pursuing the structural studies of viruses including herpes simplex virus, bacteriophages andVenezuelan equine encephalitis virus. His approach includes single particle and tomographic electron cryomicroscopy. Choi, Kay   Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email (409) 747-1402 Website Our research focuses on the structure and mechanism of viral replication and infection machinery using X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. High-resolution X-ray crystal structures of individual component proteins can be fitted into lower resolution cryo-EM density maps to generate pseudo-atomic structure of large macromolecular complexes. Choudhary, Sanjeev   Instructor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Mechanism of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)- induced airway inflammation Chow , Dar-chone   Assistant Professor Chemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-1798 Website One research goal in our laboratory is to understand the basis of conformational changes in the function of a protein. Christie, Peter   Professor Medical School UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5440 Website macromolecular transport processes during pathogenesis Chung, Jin Mo   Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website pathophysiological mechanisms of neuropathic pain and neurobiological mechanisms underlying acupuncture analgesia Chung, Kyungsoon   Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Mechanisms of persistent (or chronic) pain. In particular, the plasticity of the sensory and sympathetic nervous systems after nerve injury or tissue inflammation Clark, Richard   Professor Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Mechanisms of activation and desensitization of the human â2-adrenergic receptor (â2AR), and its relevance to various diseases in particular asthma Clark, Jr. , John W.   Professor Elec & Comp Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-3597 Website Biological Systems Modeling, Medical Electronics Cleeland, Charles   Chair Symptom Research UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website To prevent the development of symptoms and to develop enhanced treatments for the symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment, which may lead to improvement in patient function, stress level, satisfaction with and willingness to endure therapy, and quality of life during and after treatment. Clementi , Cecilia   Associate Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-3485 Website Theory of protein Folding; computational molecular biology Cody, Dianna   Professor Imaging Physics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-5545 Website 3D imaging methods; finite element modeling; prediction of mechanical bone characteristics; medical image processing; lesion volume determination and measurement precision Cohen, Trevor   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3900 Distributional semantics, cognition and error recovery Cole, Blaine   Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email (713) 743-2679 Website My research interests are at the interface of evolution, ecology and behavior. One of the major problems in evolutionary biology concerns the evolution of social groups. My research is in several areas involving the evolution of social behavior including the behavioral and genetic prerequisites for group living and the functional consequences of living in groups. The organisms that I use for studies of social behavior are the social insects, particularly the ants. Ants provide thousands of social species, many of which can be kept under controlled laboratory conditions, and manipulated to answer questions about social behavior. Collins, Alan   Research Associate Medicine The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-2027 diabetes, endocrinology, diabetic cardiomyopathy Colvin, Vicki L.   Professor/Executive Director, CBEN Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-5741 Website Nanocrystals and photonic band gap materials Conboy, Claire   Dow Chemicals Dow Chemical Email 979 238-4941 Conneely, Orla M.   Ph.D Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6233 Website Cook, John   Head of Software Development Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email (713) 794-4166 Website Cook, Richard   Professor Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6318 Website Structure and Function of Class I MHC Molecules Coombes, Kevin   Research Associate Professor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-4154 Website Analysis of microarray data; Development of programming tools for bioinformatics; Multivariable calculus; Applications of differential equations in computing Cooney, Austin   Assistant Professor Cell Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-790-1275 Website Regulation of gene expression by orphan nuclear receptors Cooper, Cary   Pharmacology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-1902 Website Cooper, Tim   Assistant Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713 743-2552 Website My research interests center on understanding processes underlying adaptive evolution. Using tractable experimental systems I aim to identify and integrate these mechanisms at genotypic and phenotypic levels, and examine how they depend on genetic and environmental factors. Cox, Alan L   Associate Professor Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-5730 Website parallel processing, computer architecture, distributed systems, concurrent programming, and performance evaluation Cox, Dennis Dean   Professor Statistics Rice University Email 713-348-6007 Website Computational Statistics, Nonparametric Function Estimation, Spatial Statistics, Time Series Analysis, Data Mining, Computational Statistics, Monte Carlo methods, Environmetrics, Bayesian Methods, Applied Statistics, Theoretical Statistics, Probability Theory Cox, Steven J   Professor Comp & Applied Mathematics Rice University Email 713-348-5192 Website inference of material properties from electrical and optical recordings from single nerve cells Cristini, Vittorio   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences, Health Informatics UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3965 Development, integration and application of computational and experimental models in the field of predictive oncology; integrated computational and experimental study of tumor response to chemotherapy, with particular attention to effects of biobarriers Cruz, Miguel   Assistant Professor Medicine Thrombosis Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-3470 Website define the molecular basis of platelet adhesion, particularly the mechanism by which VWF adheres to collagen coated surfaces, is then activated and binds to the platelet GpIb receptor. Our lab is also studying the structure and function of the platelet collagen receptor GPIa/IIa (integrin a2b1). Cui, Kemi   TMHRI The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-3549 Neuroprotection drugs and brain tumors, image-based screening Cunningham, Kathryn   Professor Pharmacology and Toxicology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Neural basis underlying the effects of psychoactive drugs Cunningham, Sonia   Associate Professor Pediatrics Leukocyte Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-0370 Website Czernuszewicz, Roman   Associate Professor Chemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-3235 Website Analytical-Bioinorganic Chemistry Czerwinski, Edmund   Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-3287 Website Dafny, Nachum   Professor and Course Director, Medical Neuroscience Neurobiology and Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website pain mechanisms, including pain suppression and electro-acupuncture, and drug abuse mechanisms, involving morphine, cocaine, amphetamines, ritalin and ecstasy Danforth, Rebecca   Postdoctoral Fellow Radiation Oncology The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-4653 DNA damages Davey, Robert   Assoc Professor Microbiology and Immunology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-4915 Website Our research focuses on how membrane enveloped viruses enter cells. Understanding this event would aid the development of drugs to prevent the cell to cell spread of viruses such as HIV. Research mixes Virology and Structural Biology to dissect the trigger mechanism and the molecular motor that drive the fusion of the viral and cell membranes. We are working on Murine Leukemia Viruses but will soon look at other enveloped viruses that cause human disease; Use of nanoscale technologies to treat human genetic and infectious disease. Davies, Michael   Assistant Professor Melanoma Medical Oncology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Davies, Peter   Ex VP Research Administration UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3082 Website biology and pharmacology of the Retinoid X Receptor (RXR), of the factors controlling the expression of the enzyme tissue transglutaminase Davis, Justin   Resident Anesthesiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Davis, Ronald L.   Professor/R. P. Doherty-Welch Chair in Science Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6641 Website We study genes that have known or suspected roles in learning and memory processes. Daw, E. Warwick   Assistant Professor Epidemiology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-2470 Website Statistical genetics; identification of genetic risk factors for common diseases; oligogenic models for linkage analysis in large families; gene-environment interactions Decuzzi, Paolo   Visiting Associate Professor Nanomedicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Deem , Michael W.   John W. Cox Professor Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-5852 Website Vaccine design; physical theories of pathogen evolution and the immune response; Newton's laws of biology. Delattre, Veronique F.   Associate Professor & Director of Quality Assurance Department of Restorative Dentistry UT Dental Branch at Houston Email 713-500-4284 Clinical quality assurance, dental education, forensic science, forensic dentistry Delcour, Anne   Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-2684 Website molecular mechanisms of ion channel function and modulation Deng, Tuo   Postdoctoral Fellow Diabetes and Metabolic Disease The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-4783 Website Denner, Larry   Internal Medicine UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-8703 Website Dessauer, Carmen   Associate Professor Medical School UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6308 Website Structural, biochemical, and molecular biology techniques; Dynamics of cAMP production by signaling complexes at the plasma membrane Diaz, Stacy   Coordinator, Special Programs Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Dickinson, Mary   Assistant Professor Molec.Physiology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-2104 Website My laboratory uses a multi-disciplinary approach to study the role of fluid-derived mechanical forces in vascular remodeling and heart morphogenesis in early vertebrate embryos. We have recently developed methods for time-lapse, confocal imaging of rapid blood flow and heart mechanics using vital fluorescent protein reporters. With these methods we are studying the response to changes in mechanical stress in mouse and zebrafish models, taking advantage of the wealth of mutant animals. Diehl, Michael   Assistant Professor Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-4568 Website Biomotor Cooperativity, Biomaterial, Supramolecular Biophysics, Molecular Bioengineering Do, Kim-Anh   Associate Professor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-4155 Website Computational Statistics and Biostatistics, Bioinformatics , Statistical Genetics , Non-parametric statistical methods, including the Bootstrap Dougherty, Partick M.   Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Determining the mechanism of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy Doulatram, Gulshan   Associate Professor Anesthesiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Pain management Doursout, Marie-Francoise   Associate Professor Anesthesiology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Dowhan, William   Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6051 Website Structure, function and assembly of cell membranes Dragoi, Valentin   Assistant Professor Neurobiology and Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713.500.5710 Website Drezek, Rebekah A.   Professor Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-3011 Website Nanotechnology; molecular imaging; biophotonics Driver, Larry   Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Pain and sympton management Dryer, Stuart   John and Rebecca Moores Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-2697 Website Du, Guangwei   Assistant Professor Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Phospholipid Signaling and Metabolism in Human Disease Du, Junhui   Assistant Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website investigation of receptors on peripheral nociceptors using an in vitro skin-nerve preparation Dubinsky, William   Professor Integrative Biology & Pharm UT Health Science Center at Houston Email +1 (713) 500-63 Website Dudley, Jenny   Sr. Director of Development Vice President for Development Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6138 Dunn, Kim   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3913 Website Telehealth, E-health, outcomes, quality Dunning, F. Barry   Sam & Helen Worden Professor/Department Chair Physics and Astronomy Rice University Email 713-348-3544 Website Experimental Atomic and Molecular Physics, Surface Physics, Spin Dependent Phenomena, Surface Magnetism, Chemical Physics, Optics and Instumentation Eagleman, David   Assistant Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6699 Website Eick, Christoph F.   Associate Professor/Director of Graduate Studies Computer Sciences University of Houston Email 713-743-3345 Website Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Based and Expert Systems, Evolutionary Programming, Machine Learning, Databases Eikenburg, Doug   Chair and Associate Professor of Pharmacology Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Houston Email 713-743-1217 Website Ellmore, Timothy   Instructor Neurosurgery UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Imaging, electrophysiology, and modeling of learning and memory Elting, Linda S.   Professor Department of Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-4305 Website Health services research, cost-effectiveness, quality of cancer care Embree , Mark Patrick   Assistant Professor Comp & Applied Mathematics Rice University Email 713-348-6160 Website Krylov subspace methods for linear systems and eigenvalue problems; Nonnormal operators and spectral perturbation theory; Toeplitz matrices, random matrices. Ensor , Katherine   Professor Statistics Rice University Email 713-348-4687 Website Time series including categorical time series, spatial statistics, spatial-temporal methods, estimation for stochastic process and environmental statistics Epstein, Henry   Chair Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website The role of chaperone-mediated folding in regulatory mechanisms of development and disease. Epstein, Henry   Professor and Chair ANATOMY & NEUROSCIENCES UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email (409) 772-1826 Website Estes, Mary K.   Professor Virology & Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-3585 Website Molecular biology and structure of virus assembly; multidisciplinary approaches to probe the structure and molecular biology of GI viruses to understand the basic mechanisms that control virus replication, morphogenesis, virus-host interactions, and pathogenesis. Ethun, Karen   Executive Director, Keck Center GCC/Keck Center Gulf Coast Consortia Email 713-348-4753 GCC/Keck Center Programs Etzel, Carol   Instructor Epidemiology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-2468 Website Fang, Bingliang   Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-4039 Website Special interests in drug discovery and development, cancer biology and tumor targeting. Fang, Li   Assistant Professor Division of Neurosurgery, Dept of Surgery UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Signal transduction pathways in the regulation of nociceptive transmission in the spinal cord; mechanisms underlying the transmission and modulation of nociceptive signals in the central nervous system Farrell, Brenda   Assistant Professor Otorhinolaryngology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8541 Website Feeley, Thomas   VP, Division Head Anesthesiology & Critical Care UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email to Elizabeth Perez, Senior Administrative Assistant Website Anesthesia for patients having outpatient surgery Fernandez, Ariel   Karl F. Hasselmann Chair in Engineering; Professor of Bioeningeering Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-3861 Website Dr. Fernandez's current interests are centered in Molecular Biophysics, specifically in cooperativity and many body problems associated with protein folding, protein interactions and derived pharmacological problems. He introduced the category of structural wrapping and established its importance in the contexts of network centrality, molecular disease, drug discovery and molecular theranostic engineering. Fernandez, Maria E.   Assistant Professor & Director of Diversity Programs Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research UT School of Public Health Email 713-500-9626 Website Informed decision-making, health promotion planning and evaluation, health informatics, health communications, Hispanic populations Fernandez, Susan   Admin Services Officer III EVP Research UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 1 (713) 500-347 Ferrari, Mauro   Professor and Director Nanomedicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-2444 Website Biomedical nanotechnology; translational science; medical therapeutics in drug delivery application in oncology, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; biosensors and bioseparation technology; multiscale discrete/continuum mechanics and biomechanics Fishman, Harvey   Medical School UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Fitzgibbon , William E.   Professor & Chair, Department of Mathematics Mathematics University of Houston Email 713-743-3455 Website My interests lie in the application of reaction-diffusion equations and other coupled distributed parameter systems to problems in mathematical biology especially in population biology, epidemiology and the environment. Fofanov, Yuriy   Assistant Professor Computer Sciences University of Houston Email 713-743-8553 Website Causality in genetic networks; Microarray technology; Gene/Protein expression; Sequence analysis; Structural identification of nonlinear dependencies; Mathematical methods of discovering non-linear conformities in experimental data; Informativity and planning of experiments on discovering nonlinear regularity Forman, Robin   Professor/Department Chair Mathematics Rice University Email 713-348-4835 Website Combinatorial Methods in Topology and Geometry Fox, Donald A.   Professor Department of Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email (713) 743-1964 Website 1. Retinal anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and pharmacology 2. Retinal cell development, death (apoptosis) and degeneration 3. Mitochondrial cell biology 4. Cell signaling and bio-informatics 5. Neurotoxicology 6. Nutrition Fox, George E.   Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-8363 Website Molecular Evolution, Bioinformatics, RNA structure and Evolution, Origin of Life, Environmental Monitoring, Molecular Biology, Array Hybridization; Protein folding, genomics, proteomics and systems biology Fox , Robert O.   Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-2163 Website Our laboratory investigates the structural basis of macromolecular interactions using a variety of biophysical tools including X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. The general goal of our laboratory is to determine the manner in which amino acid sequence information promotes the formation of stable folded globular protein molecules and modulates the affinity and specificity of protein ligand interactions. We use molecular genetic tools to produce variant protein molecules for characterization by biophysical methods. Francheck, Matthew A.   Chairman Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Email (713) 743-4502 Website engineering sciences: Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control. Linear and nonlinear system identification, information synthesis, multivariable control theory, nonlinear control theory, controller design, diagnostics/prognostics, and targeted adaptive control. Engineering applications: Internal combustion engines, exhaust after-treatment components, noise/vibration control of structures, and health prognostics of cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Frankino, Tony   Assistant Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email (713)743-2173 Website My current research interests revolve around elucidation of the intrinsic and external forces that shape the evolution of complex traits, focusing primarily on the evolution of morphology in holometabolous insects. During my graduate work, I studied the evolution of life histories and the evolution and maintenance of polyphenisms. Franklin, Amy   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3900 Frieden, Lex   Professor & Senior VP of the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3900 Website Disability informatics; health care access, effectiveness and costs; independent living and community-based service systems; disability policy; disability rights and consumer empowerment; rehabilitation technology and robotics Friedlander, Michael J.   Wilhemina Robertson Professor and Chair Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Fu, Yun-Xin   Betty Wheless Trotter Prsh School of Public Health UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-9813 Website Molecular Evolution , Population Genetics , Computational Biology , Biomathematics Gabbiani, Fabrizio   Associate Professor Division of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-1849 Website Biophysics of information processing in the nervous system Galko, Michael   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Identifying the elusive signals that initiate and terminate different aspects of the wound healing program, as well as the genes that are required to execute the repair program. Gao, Xiaolian   Professor Chemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-2805 Website Biophysical and organic chemistry; Research in the laboratory is at the interfaces of chemistry and biological sciences. Our work focuses on two areas: (1) Biological NMR of nucleic acids, proteins, and their complexes with ligand molecules. (2) Microarray BIOCHIP technologies in synthesis and applications. Gelovani, Juri   Radiology and Neurology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-3343 Website Gershon, Paul D.   Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Biophysics: IBT TAMU Email 713-677-7665 Website mechanisms of mRNA 5' cap and poly(A) tail formation by vaccinia virus Ghorbel , Fathi H.   Associate Professor Mechanical Engr & Materials Sci Rice University Email 713-348-3738 Website Control Systems, Robotics, Gibbs , Richard   Professor Human Genome Sequencing Center Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6539 Website The Human Genome Project; molecular basis of human genetic diseases; molecular evolution. Gilbert, Hiram   Associate Dean Graduate School Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5880 Website Protein Folding Gilbertson, Scott R.   M. D. Anderson Professor Chemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-8821 Website Development of Chemistry for Small Molecule Library Synthesis; Total Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry of Biologically Important Natural Products; Rhodium Catalyzed Synthesis of Medium Sized Rings; Peptide Based Catalysts. Glantz , Raymon M   Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4915 Website Neurophysiology, computational biology, sensory information processing, neural networks. Glowinski, Roland   Cullen Professor Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Email 713-743-3473 Website The numerical solution of partial differential equations originating in mechanics, physics and the engineering sciences; The numerical simulation of phenomena modeled by partial differential equations; Optimal design and control of systems governed by systems of partial differential equations and/or ordinary differential equations. Glueck, Melissa   Administrative Program Director Keck Center Gulf Coast Consortia Email 713-348-4563 Melissa manages the following GCC/Keck Center Training Programs: AHRQ Patient Safety and Quality, Computational and Structural Biology in Biodefense (CSBB), Keck Virus Imaging, Nanobiology, Pharmacoinformatics, and NLM. Goldman, Ronald   Professor Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-5729 Website My current research interests lie in the mathematical representation, manipulation, and analysis of shape using computers. I am particularly interested in algorithms for polynomial and piecewise polynomial curves and surfaces, and I have investigated both parametrically and implicitly represented geometry. My current work includes research in computer aided geometric design, solid modeling, computer graphics, and splines. Gomer, Richard H.   Professor | Investigator, H H M I Biochemistry and Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4872 Website Determination and maintenance of cell fate, cell density sensing, tissue size regulation, Scleroderma, cataclysmic variable stars Gorenstein, David G.   Professor and Deputy Director The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-2408 Website Proteomics and nanomedicine for both diagnostics and therapeutics in both infectious diseases and cancer; structural biology, drug design, nucleic acid and protein chemistry Gorry , Tony   Professor of Computer Science Jones Graduate School of Management Rice University Email 713-348-6054 Website Information technology to support information acquisition, sharing and management in collaborative work. Grabois, Martin   Professor and Chairman Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Administration; Health Care Access, Effectiveness Grande-Allen, K. Jane   Associate Professor Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-3704 Website Work in my laboratory uses the engineering analysis of tissue composition and behavior to investigate tissue and cellular responses to disease, using the cardiac valves as a paradigm for other soft tissues. My research interests include: integrative biomechanics, biochemistry, pathology, & therapies of heart valve disease; extracellular matrix; proteoglycans, organ cultured & tissue engineered surrogates for studies of soft tissue biology & disease. Graur, Dan   John and Rebecca Moores Professor Department of Biology & Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-7236 Website Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetic Methodology, Patterns of Protein Evolution, Patterns of Pseudogene Evolution, Detection of Selection, Phylogeny and Evolution of Mammalian Orders and Suborders, Societal Aspects of Genetics, Genetic Engineering and Eugenics Greenberg, Stephen B.   Professor Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4775 Website I have been involved in the impact of respiratory viral infections in asthmatic and COPD patients. In addition I have been defining the role of non-typeable Hemophilus influenzae (NTHi) in COPD patients as a major cause of exacerbations. These studies have led to a rethinking of the relative importance of viruses such as rhinoviruses and parainfluenzaviruses in causing exacerbations Grill, Raymond   Assistant Professor Neurosurgery UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Spinal cord injury, Trauma, Vascular repair, Inflammation, Axonal regeneration, Extracellular matrix, Growth factors, Gene therapy, Functional recovery Gu, Yanping   Assistant Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Gudibanda, Raghunath   Pain Medicine Fellow Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Pain management Guerra, Rudy   Associate Professor Statistics Rice University Email 713-348-5453 Website I am generally interested in biological problems with an emphasis in biomedical research Guerrero, Thomas   Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-2300 Website My research focus borders medical imaging and radiation oncology. On the imaging side, my focus is on deformable image registration algorithms and applications. On the radiation oncology side, the goal of this research is to develop imaging procedures that may be utilized in the radiotherapy treatment planning and to follow radiation injury to the lung after treatment. I plan to develop animal models of regional pulmonary biomechanical compliance in rodents and cardiac wall motion in dogs using CT and optical flow. With these I will investigate the temporal course and dose response to radiation and radio-protectors. Guidoboni, Giovanna   Assistant Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email 713-743-3776 Website The main focus of my research is on the mathematical modeling of fluid flow in deformable domains, Gunaratne, Gemunu   Professor and Associate Chairman Physics University of Houston Email (713) 743-3534 Website Pattern Formation. Our group has introduced several classes of measures to characterize the Gupte, Anisha   Postdoctoral Fellow Physiology The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email diabetes, obesity, and lipids Gustin, Mike   Associate Professor Biochemistry and Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-5158 Website Molecular genetics and biochemistry of signal transduction. Gutstein, Howard   Associate Professor Anesthesiology / Molecular Genetics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of opioid tolerance and dependence and the interactions between pain and analgesic signaling. Gwak, Young S.   Sr. Research Scientist Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Neuroscience and cell biology Hafner, Jason   Associate Professor Physics and Astronomy Rice University Email 713-348-3205 Website Nanometer-scale tools to study biological systems Halas, Naomi   Stanley C. Moore Professor Elec & Comp Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-5611 Website Development of nanoscale tools and devices for intracellular sensing, spectroscopy and detection of biomolecules, and applications in cancer diagonostics and therapeutics Hamid, Basem   Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Neuropathic pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Hamilton, Susan   Professor Academic Department Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5704 Website Hancock, John   Professor and Chairman Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Plasma Membrane Microstructure and Signal Transduction Hanneman, Sandra K.   Associate Dean for Research & Professor Center for Nursing Research UT School of Nursing at Houston Email 713-500-2030 Translational research in critical care, efficacy and safety of critical care interventions, circadian rhythm response to stress Hartgerink, Jeffery Dale   Associate Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-4142 Website Supramolecular chemistry Hartley, Craig J.   Professor Medicine and Cardiovascular Sciences Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-3384 Website Design and application of implantable, intravascular, and noninvasive ultrasonic sensors; techniques for monitoring blood flow, vascular mechanics, and cardiac function in mammals from transgenic mice to humans. Hauge, Robert H.   Chemistry Rice University Email (713) 348-6384 Website Physical, inorganic and materials chemistry Hawke, David H.   Proteomics Facility Manager Molecular Pathology-Research UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email (713) 792-5575 Hayes, Barbara   Dean, College Of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Professor Pharmacology TSU Email 713-313-7280 Molecular mechanisms involved in inflammatory and vascular proliferative disease processes Hayes, Maureen   Associate Professor Anesthesiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Hazle, John D.   Professor and Dept. Chair Imaging Physics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-0612 Website Magnetic resonance imaging, interventional ultrasonography, induced hyperthermia He, Xiangwei   Assistant Professor Mol. & Human Gen Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-2093 Website Chromosome Segregation: Interaction Between Spindle and Kinetochores. Research in my laboratory aims at a specific aspect of chromosome segregation, namely, how the proper interaction between spindle microtubules and kinetochores is established and maintained. Our model organism is the fission yeast, Schizosacchromyces pombe. Our short term goal is to dissect the protein composition of the kinetochore in fission yeast to provide the structural basis for functional study. Using genetic approaches, we isolated mutants that specifically disrupt kinetochore functions. We also take the biochemical approach to purify and analyze kinetochore proteins that are of minute amount in the cell. Heidelberger, Ruth   Assistant Professor Neurobiology and Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5624 Website Mechanisms Of Neurotransmitter Release Heinkenschloss , Matthias   Associate Professor Comp & Applied Mathematics Rice University Email 713-348-5176 Website Optimization, Optimal Control and Parameter Identification, Partial Differential Equations Herskovic, Jorge R.   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3985 Biomedical informatics; Information retrieval. Biomedical NLP and AI. EMR implementation and hospital IT consulting. Herzog, Norbert K.   Professor and Assistant Dean, GSBS; Member Faculty, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases Department of Pathology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-2618 / Website My laboratory is engaged in research into the processes of cellular signal transduction and their role in disease pathogenesis. I study the role of cellular transcription factors in normal cellular signal transduction in an effort to understand how alterations in these systems lead to or contribute to diseases such as cancer and infectious diseases. Lassa Fever, and many other hemorrhagic fever viruses as well as West Nile virus are on the select list of bioterrorist threat agents. Hess, Kenneth   Associate Professor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-4157 Website Biostatistics, clinical trials, pathologic neovascularization, genomics Hewett-Emmett, David   Associate Professor School of Public Health UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-9835 Website Organization, expression and evolution of the carbonic anhydrases; protein and DNA polymorphisms as genetic markers; molecular evolution Higgins, Catherine   Research Consortia Gulf Coast Consortia Email 713-348-4772 Hilsenbeck, Susan   Professor Breast Cancer Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-1627 Website Design and analysis of expression array experiments. I am interested in developing strategies for optimal design of microarray experiments, and in comparing methods of analysis. Modeling xenograft tumor growth. I am working on nonlinear parametric models of tumor growth, regression, and regrowth as a way to assess delay of resistance to treatment. Hilser, Vincent   Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-6813 Website Research in our lab is focused on the experimental characterization of conformational fluctuations, the development and refinement of a general ensemble-based model for fluctuations, and the projection of this thermodynamic model into genomic analysis. Our goals are to unify the description of protein behaviors in such a way as to understand their relationships at the phenomenological level, to codify these relationships in a simple structure-based model, and to apply our model to a number of experimental systems that can be used to test and refine our approach. Hirschi, Kendal   Associate Professor Pediatrics Nutrition Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-7011 Website Plant Ion Homeostasis Hittelman, Walter N.   Professor Experimental Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email (713) 792-2961 Website Holbrook, Michael   Assistant Professor Department of Pathology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email (409) 772-2882 Website The interests in the Holbrook laboratory include the use of cryo-electron tomography for the examination of viral architecture of highly pathogenic non-icosohedral viruses. These viruses include BSL-4 viruses such as the arenaviruses, bunyaviruses and filoviruses. We are also interested in determining methods for inactivating BSL-4 viruses such that we may examine their structure under BSL-3 conditions. Tomography has proven itself by defining the architecture of vaccinia virus, HSV, MMLV and HIV. While tomography currently provides lower resolution image reconstructions than cryo-EM of icosohedral viruses, advances in technology will most likely improve the utility of this methodology. There are currently no cryo-reconstructions of any BSL-4 virus. Holland, Nat   Assistant Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Rice University Email 713-348-3987 Website Hoppe, Ronald   Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email (713) 743-3452 Website Numerical Analysis, Multilevel Methods in PDE Constrained Optimization, Goal-oriented Mesh Adaptivity for Constrained Optimal Control and Optimization Problems, Modeling, Analysis and simulation of Surface Acoustic Driven Microfluidic Biochips, Numerical Methods for Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations of the Monge-Ampere Type. Horrigan, Frank   Associate Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Mechanisms that govern the opening and closing (gating) of ion channels Hsu, Chiehwen Ed   Associate Professor of Public Health Informatics School of Health Information Sciences and School of Public Health UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Disaster vulnerability, disability informatics, emergency preparedness & response, and the reduction of health disparities Hsueh, Willa   Director, Diabetes Research Center Medicine The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-2520 Website Diabetes, obesity, and lipids Hu, Ming   Professor of Pharmaceutics Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Houston Email 713-795-8320 College of Pharmacy Interests targeted in the development of pills for prevention of colon and hormone related cancers. Ongoing project involves the improvement of bioavailability of chemopreventive agents. Other areas are focusing on purifying anticancer ingredients of herbal materials and decreasing the bioavailability of dietary carcinogens. Huang, Huey   Sam & Helen Worden Professor Physics and Astronomy Rice University Email 713-348-4899 Website membrane-membrane interactions (fusions) and protein-membrane interactions Huang, Li-Yen   Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Chronic Pain Hudson, Kara   Student Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Neuroscience Hughes, Emily   Director, Intramural Funding & Awards Office of Research Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6394 Hulsebosch, Claire Elizabeth   Vice Chair and Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Acute, subacute and chronic models of spinal cord injury; traumatic brain injury; chronic inflammation; neuropathic pain; regeneration and repair Hussain, Fazle   Cullen Distinguished Professor Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Email (713) 743-4545 Website Hussain, Tahir   Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacological University of Houston Email (713) 743-1274 Website To understand the role of renal angiotensin and dopamine receptors and associated cellular signaling pathways in obesity/diabetes related hypertension Hyser, Joseph   Postdoctoral fellow; Mary Estes lab Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine Email Structure/Funcation studies of the pore-forming domain of rotavirus NSP4 Igoshin, Oleg   Assistant Professor Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-5502 Website Evolutionary design principles of master level gene expression regulation in bacteria; Organization and evolution of intercellular signaling networks in bacterial communication; Spatial organization, dynamics and metabolism in bacterial communities Iwahara, Junji   Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-1403 Website target search process whereby gene-regulatory proteins are able to efficiently and rapidly locate their specific DNA target sequence in a sea of non-specific DNA Iyengar, M Sriram   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3976 Dr. Sriram has focused his research in bio-medical informatics Research & Development including mathematical/statistical modeling, algorithms, and software development across diverse areas such as biochemistry, immunohematology, endocrinology, oncology, orthopedics, neural imaging, and clinical trials. Jackson, Amy   Assistant Director, Grant Programs Keck Center Gulf Coast Consortia Email 713-348-4752 Amy manages the following GCC/Keck Center Training Programs: AHRQ Patient Safety, Biomedical Discovery Training Program, HAMBP, Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Training Program, NSF REU. Jackson, Ed   Professor Imaging Physics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Jackson, Shaun   Pain Medicine Fellow Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Jacobson, Raymond   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-834- Website Biochemical and 3-Dimensional Structure Analysis of Basal Transcription Proteins/Complexes Jayaraman, Vasanthi   Associate Professor Center for Membrane Biology, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6236 Website Structure and function; membrane bound proteins; ion channels Jermaine, Christopher M.   Associate Professor Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-5690 Website Relational database systems, approximate query processing, physical database design and data mining Ji, Guangchen   Postdoctoal Fellow Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Investigation of receptors on peripheral nociceptors using an in vitro skin-nerve preparation Jing, Naijie   Assistant Professor Medicine Infectious Disease Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8918 Website Johnson, Craig   Associate Professor of Health Informatics School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3923 Website Conducting design, analysis, interpretation, and publication of education and health oriented research and evaluation studies; statistics; and Human learning Johnson, Don H   J.S. Abercrombie Professor Elec & Comp Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-4956 Website Statistical signal processing; theoretical neuroscience Johnson, Todd R.   Associate Dean for Academics & Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3921 Website Patient safety, human factors engineering for medical devices and software, decision making and decision support, computational models of human cognition Johnsson, Lennart   Cullen Distinguished Professor Computer Sciences University of Houston Email 713-743-3371 Website Computational and data grids Johnston, Daniel   Professor Division Of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5984 Website Cellular neurophysiology and membrane biophysics; mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in hippocampus. Josic, Kresimir   Associate Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email 713-743-3485 Website Mathematical and computational analysis of coherent behavior in networks, modelling and analysis of the dynamics of single cells and information processing in dendrites. Kahn, Adnan   Pain Medicine Fellow Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Kakadiaris, Ioannis   Professor Computer Science University of Houston Email 713-743-1255 Website Biomedical image analysis, modeling, and simulation; Computational biomedicine; Computer vision; Pattern recognition Kalatsky, Valery   Assistant Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Houston Email Website Neuro-engineering, Optical Imaging of Intrinsic Signals, Neuro-biology, Neuroimaging, Brain Mapping, Representation of Sensory Modalities (Vision, Hearing, Somatosensation) in Mammalian Neocortex Kao, Edward   Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email (713) 743-3456 Website Research Interests include Computational Finance and Stochastic Processes. Kaplan, Heidi   Associate Professor Microbiology and Molecular Gen UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5448 Website cell-cell interactions required for multicellular development and biofilm formation Kaplan, Samuel   Professor and Chairman Microbiology And Molecular Gen UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-5502 Website Role of oxygen and light in the regulation of gene expression and the nature of genome complexity in microorganisms. How the flux of cellular reductant through the various redox pools and terminal oxidases serves to regulate gene expression; the roles of assembly factors and redox intermediates in regulating the assembly of membrane complexes; the use of DNA chip technology to understand how redox-mediated signals serve to regulate global gene expression. Kaur, Dhavinder   ANP Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Kavraki , Lydia   Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science & Professor of Bioengineering Computer Science and Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-5737 Website Kavraki's group develops computational tools on high-performance systems to model protein structure and function, understand biomolecular interactions and help analyze, in the long run, the molecular machinery of the cell. This is done by integrating sequence information with three-dimensional structural information to capture, represent and exploit relevant molecular motion. Of particular interest are the identification of three-dimensional functional motifs in protein databases, docking of flexible molecules to flexible receptors, computer-assisted drug discovery, and the understanding and compact representation of structural changes in large biomolecular machines. Keitel, Wendy A.   Associate Professor Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5250 Website We are interested in the development and evaluation of a number of vaccines, with a particular emphasis on prevention of respiratory infections. Our group is involved in both the preclinical and clinical stages of vaccine development, including phase I to phase III clinical trials. Recent research activities have focused on the development of live attenuated and improved inactivated influenza virus vaccines, acellular pertussis vaccines, and pneumococcal vaccines. Major goals for improved vaccines include enhancement of mucosal and cell-mediated immune responses. Keller, Sallie   Professor and Dean, George R. Brown School of Engineering Statistics Rice University Email Website Applied and theoretical statistics Kiang, Ching-Hwa   Assistant Professor Physics and Astronomy Rice University Email 713-348-4130 Website Molecular biophysics; soft condensed matter physics Killian, Tom   Associate Professor Physics and Astronomy Rice University Email 713-348-2927 Website Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics: Cold collisions, Bose-Einstein condensation, fundamental measurements, high resolution spectroscopy, atom-photon interactions, and low temperature plasmas; Manipulation of biological systems with magnetic and electric fields. Kim, Choel   Assistant Professor Pharmacology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8411 Website Signal transduction, protein-protein recognition, assembly of higher order signal transduction complexes, localized cyclic nucleotide signaling Kim, Daniel   Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Spinal Neurosurgery and Reconstructive Peripheral Nerve Surgery Kim, Hee Y.   Postdoctoral Fellow Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409 772 6707 Kimmel, Marek   Professor Statistics Rice University Email 713-348-5255 Website Informatics and statistical modeling of genome dynamics Kirken, Robert   Assistant Professor Integrative Biology & Pharm UT Health Science Center at Houston Email +1 (713) 500-63 Kleerekoper, Quinn   Research Fellow Medical School UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6119 Website Klimpel, Gary R.   Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-4917 Website Two areas of immunobiology are investigated in this laboratory. One area is the study of how the human innate immune response is affected by Francisella tularensis, a select agent, Category A on the NIAID list of priority pathogens. This work involves investigating human monocytes, macrophages, NK cells, and dendritic cells. We are interested in comparing avirulent versus virulent bacteria. A second project involves investigating the immunobiology of leptospirosis, a very problematic disease of underdeveloped countries, caused by a spirochete of the genus Leptospira. In this study, we are investigating not only the human innate immune response but also T cell memory responses. Knierim, James   Associate Professor Neurobiology & Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5622 Website Koehler, Theresa M.   Professor Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5450 Website Our lab studies the genetics, physiology and virulence in the gene expression of Bacillus anthracis. Work is focused on the pathogenesis of anthrax, host-parasite relationship and signal transduction. Bacillus anthracisis distinguished by its ability to cause anthrax in mammals. Depending upon the route of entry, infection with spores can result in cutaneous disease, which is readily treatable with antibiotics, or systemic disease, which is often fatal. The continuing worldwide incidence of anthrax in animal populations, risk of human infection associated with animal outbreaks, and potential for use of B. anthracis as a biological weapon, warrant continued investigation of this organism and its virulence mechanisms Koelbel , Charles H   Research Scientist Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-5868 Website Chuck Koelbel's research interests center on mapping algorithms and programs onto distributed memory multiprocessors. Kohn, Hans   Assistant Professor Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering Rice University Email (713) 348-3779 Website Evolutionary biology, genomics, population genetics, conservation genetics, medical genetics Kolomeisky, Anatoly B.   Associate Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-5672 Website Theoretical physical chemistry and biophysics Kong, Xiaohui   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3973 Cognitive science and artificial intelligence Koothan, Thillai   Senior Clinical Veterinarian Animal Resource Center UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Kortum, Philip T.   Professor in the Practice & Faculty Fellow Department of Psychology Rice University Email 713-348-4813 Website Telecommunications human factors, E-health, visual perception, usability Koyyalagunta, Lakshmi   Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Chronic pain Kripke, Margaret   EVP & Chief Academic Officer/ Professor of Immunology Administration UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-4495 Website Photoimmunology, ultraviolet carcinogenesis, tumor antigens, skin cancer Kubota, Yoshihisa   Assistant Professor Neurobiology & Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5577 Kulmacz, Richard   Professor Medical School UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6772 Website Eicosanoid Biosynthesis Kumar, Rakesh   Professor Molecular and Cellular Oncology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-3558 Website Growth factor signaling, chromatin remodeling, transcription regulation, and mammary gland development and cancer Kunz, Jeannette   Assistant Professor Molec. Physiology Kunz Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5797 Website the role of the lipid second messenger phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PI4,5P2) in eucaryotic cells Kuo, Grace M.   Associate Professor Department of Clinical Pharmacy UC San Diego School of Pharmacy Email 1-858-822-7751 Website Patient safety, health services, the effect of electronic medical records on medication safety Kurosky, Alexander   Human Chemistry & Genetics UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-2771 Website Kuznetsov, Yuri   Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email (713) 743-3493 Website Computational Mathematics LaConte, Stephen   Assistant Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Utilization of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in machine learning for interpretation of mental representations and enhancement of fMRI for biofeedback in neural rehabilitation. Ladbury, John   Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Specificity in tyrosine kinase-mediated signal transduction Lalani, Irfan   Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Landes, Christy   Assistant Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-4232 Website Dynamic heterogeneity and its role in biological and synthetic materials function. Lau, Ching C.   Associate Professor Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4543 Website molecular biology of pediatric brain and bone tumors and the clinical applications of genomic technologies. Leal, Suzanne M.   Professor Dept. of Molecular & Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4011 Website My interest in statistical genetics/genetic epidemiology lies in the mapping of complex and Mendelian traits and understanding the interactions between genes and between genes and the environment. In addition to applied work of localizing disease loci through statistical genetic methods, I am interested in methodological research. Ledlie , Betty   Coord Admin Sr Huffington Center On Aging Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6661 Lee, Angel Wai-mun   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3852 Website Understanding Signal Transduction in hematopoiesis and neurogenesis Lee, J. Jack   Professor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-4158 Website Biostatistics; design and analysis of clinical trials; longitudinal data analysis; statistical computing and graphics; chemoprevention Lee, James C.   Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-2281 Website My laboratory is interested in elucidating the molecular mechanisms of regulation, in particular, the ground rules employed in recognizing specific targets and transmitting of signals among these macromolecular components. Legge, Glen   Assistant Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-8380 Website structural biology to link the fields of biology and chemistry by an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of biological processes Lemon, Stanley   Dean Department of Medicine UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email (409) 772-4793 Website The research in my lab focuses on hepatitis C and hepatitis A viruses: two plus-strand RNA viruses that cause significant disease in human populations. We are particularly interested in building better model systems for hepatitis C, and in characterizing the mechanisms by which these virus RNAs initiate cap-independent translation of their polyprotein. Levy, Eugene   Howard R. Hughes Provost | Professor Physics and Astronomy Rice University Email 713-348-4026 Website theoretical cosmic physics Lewis, Vahn   Associate Professor Neurobiology and Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Neurobiological Basic of Pain and Analgesia Li, Chun   Associate Professor Experimental and Diagnostic Imaging UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-5182 Website Molecular imaging, drug delivery systems, nanotechnology Li, De-Pei   Assistant Professor Critical Care UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website to understand The cellular mechanisms involved in the neural control of circulation and autonomic function in normal and disease conditions. Li, Renhao   Assistant Professor Center for Membrane Biology, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-7233 Website Molecular regulation and structural basis of transmembrane signaling Liang, Dong   Associate Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences TSU Email 713-313-1885 Mebendazole in the suppression of tumor growth and inhibition of cancer cell growth Lichtarge, Olivier   Professor Molecular & Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5646 Website Protein functional surfaces; assembly of active complexes Lichtenberger, Lenard   Professor Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Mechanism of peptic ulcer disease Liebschner, Michael   Associate Professor Neurosurgery Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4696 Research Interests: Spine/Bone Biomechanics, Computational Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering, Tissue Fracture Mechanics Lim, Jung   Graduate Student/ Resident Neurology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Lin, Qing   Associate Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Mechanisms of Neurogenic Inflammation Induced Pain Lin, Shiaw-Yih (Phoebus)   Assistant Professor Systems Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713 - 563-4217 Website DNA damage checkpoint and DNA repair; genetic and chemical screens; cancer stem cells; cancer metastasis. My lab is interested in studying genes involved in DNA damage responses and DNA repair, cancer stem cells phenotypes and cancer metastasis. Liu, Jun   Assistant Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5342 Website 3-D structure/function of macromolecular assemblies, intact bacteria and enveloped viruses; AIDS virus; viral entry and antibody neutralization; signal transduction Liu, Yin   Assistant Professor Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5632 Website large-scale analysis of protein interactions, signal transduction pathways, genomic sequences, and gene expression Lokhandwala, Mustafa F.   Executive Vice Dean for Research and Professor of Pharmacology Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Studies University of Houston Email (713) 743-1259 Website Loose, David   Associate Professor & Dir Integrative Biology & Pharm UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-7440 Website Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel   Bioimmunotherapy UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-8143 Website Lu, Yiling   Assistant Professor Molecular Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email (713) 563-4218 Website Ludtke, Steve   Associate Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6989 Website My work involves the 3D reconstruction of molecules and macromolecules using a technique called single particle reconstruction. My most significant contribution to the field is the development of the EMAN software package (see below), which performs semi-automated processing of individual molecule images to produce accurate 3D reconstructions. Lumpkin, Ellen   Assistant Professor Neuroscience, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Molecular & Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Email Website The goal of our research is to understand how cells respond to mechanical forces. Luxon, Bruce   Director, Professor UTMB Bioinformatics Program, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-6802 Website Metabolomics studies related to diabetes, occupational exposure, cancer, addiction, and infectious disease. We specialize in integrating these data with parallel experiments including genomics, proteomics, kinomics, lipidomics, and LC/MS metabolomics. Lyon, Chris   Medicine The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-2665 diabetes, obesity, and lipids Ma, Qing   Assistant Professor Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center for Cancer Immunology Research UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-3327 Website Ma, Wei Ji   Assistant Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Decision-making, multisensory perception, and causal inference in perception and cognition. Ma , Jianpeng   Associate Professor Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-5713 Website Simulation of supermolecular complexes; computer-aided drug-design. Our group is using combined experimental and computational methods to study the fusion mechanisms of influenza virus, especially the hemagglutinin-mediated cell membrane fusion. Of particular interest is to derive structural information for intermediates along the pH-triggered conformational transition, which is an extremely difficult problem. We will employ a suite of biophysical techniques including various imagining methods and computer simulation techniques. MacKenzie , Kevin R   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-2228 Website Structure and stability of membrane proteins MacLeod, Michael C.   Professor Carcinogenesis UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 512-237-2403 Website chemical carcinogenesis, global gene expression, gene regulation, chromatin structure Man, Tsz-Kwong (Chris)   Assistant Professor Pediatrics Hema & Oncology Baylor College of Medicine Email 832-824-4682 Website Applying computational methods to classify pediatric cancer patients based on high throughput genomic and proteomic profilings. Also interested in DNA and protein interactions and identifying transcription factor binding sites and proteomics using surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization (SELDI). Mancini, Michael A.   Associate Professor Cell Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8952 Website Functional relationship(s) between dynamic nuclear organization and transcription Marchetti, Dario   Professor Pathology and Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email (713) 798-2335 Cancer invasion and metastasis; Brain metastasis; Angiogenic mechanisms in cancer and other pathologies Margolin, William   Professor Microbiology and Molecular Genetics UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713)-500-5452 Website targeting and assembly of the bacterial cell division complex Markham, Christine   Assistant Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-9646 Adolescent and child health, including HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention, substance use prevention, chronic disease management, influence of parental factors, qualitative research, outcome and process evaluation Marpeau, Fabien   Postdoctoral Research Fellow Mathematics University of Houston Email Website Scientific computing, Conservation Laws, Transport in porous media, Aerodynamics, Biomathematics in ecosystems, finite volumes, finite elements, and residual distribution schemes Marshak, David   Professor Neurobiology and Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5617 Website Neural circuits in the primate retina; Retinal ganglion cells and perception of motion; Dopamine and light adaptation; Morphology and synaptic connections of local circuit neurons Martin, Emil   Assistant Professor IMM - Cell Imaging UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Molecular basis of nitric oxide/cGMP signaling in cells Mathew, Omana   Research Associate Pharmacy and Health Sciences Texas Southern University Email Matsuda, Seiichi   Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-6158 Website Recombinant biosynthetic approaches to natural product biosynthesis. Directed evolution and DNA shuffling to generate new oxidosqualene cyclases. Metabolic engineering to produce terpenes. Matthews, Kathleen S   Stewart Memorial Professor, Biochemistry/Cell Bio Wiess School of Natural Sciences Rice University Email 713-348-4871 Website Structure and function of genetic regulatory proteins Mayer, Andreas   Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email McMurray, John   Associate Professor Experimental Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-3763 Website Bio-organic chemistry, peptide and peptidomimetic chemistry, structure-guided drug design, protein-protein interaction, enzyme inhibitor design. Our work concerns the design of inhibitors of important protein-protein interactions with the overall goal of developing chemotherapeutic agents as well as reagents to probe signal transduction mechanisms. Our current targets are the STAT (signal transduction and activator of transcription) proteins. Our strategy is to find high affinity peptides to inhibit target protein-protein interactions, determine which parts of the peptide contributes to binding energy, determine the bound conformation, then combine this information to develop small molecule inhibitors that mimic the action of the peptide. Another strategy is screening a small molecule library to find leads. McNearney, Terry   Associate Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Arthrits Pain and Inflammation, Scleroderma McNew, James   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-3133 Website Molecular mechanism of biological membrane fusion. We use biochemistry, cell biology and molecular genetic techniques to study membrane fusion in two major model systems: vesicular transport in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae and neurosecretion in the fruitfly D. melanogaster. A primary focus of the lab is the functional reconstitution of exocytosis in the yeast. Another focus of the lab is the regulation of neuroscretion. We use our in vitro reconstituted fusion system containing SNARE proteins from Drosophila to examine neuronal specific regulatory factors. Mehta, Chander   Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences Texas Southern University Email Mellor-Crummey, John   Associate Professor; Deputy Director, HiPerSoft; Senior Faculty Fellow Department of Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-5179 Website High performance computing, with a particular emphasis on parallel computing. His current work includes data-parallel compiler technology, compiler and run-time technology for high performance scientific computing, tools for application performance analysis, compiler support for grid computing, Merényi, Erzsébet   Research Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-3595 Website Artificial neural networks, self-organized learning, pattern recognition, segmentation and classification of high-dimensional patterns, precision data mining, knowledge discovery. Application to information extraction from multi- and hyperspectral data/imagery, for 1. planetary surface composition identification, geologic, soil, resource mapping, environmental monitoring and 2. medical image and data analysis. Metcalfe, Ralph   Professor Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Email (713) 743-4521 Website Engineering Sciences: Fluid Mechanics Mikos, Antonios G.   J. W. Cox Professor, Director of J. W. Cox Lab for Biomedical Engineering Bioengineering Rice University Email (713)348-5355 Website Biomaterials; drug delivery; gene therapy; tissue engineering. The synthesis, processing, and evaluation of new biomaterials for tissue engineering, scaffolds for three-dimensional cell culture, conduits for guided tissue regeneration, substrates for targeted cell adhesion, carriers for controlled drug delivery, and non-viral vectors for gene therapy. We are also developing new CAD/CAM and polymer chemistry fabrication technologies for the production of synthetic biomimetic materials that exhibit the mechanical responsiveness and biochemical processing capabilities of living cells and tissues. Mills, Gordon   Professor and Chair Department of Molecular Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-4200 Website Our research program aims to identify the mechanisms by which normal cells (lymphocytes) and tumor cells (ovarian and breast cancer) perceive and respond to their environment. The mission of the laboratory is to understand the mechanisms by which signal transduction is linked to proliferation, invasion, and programmed cell death in T lymphocytes and in breast and ovarian cancer.We recently identified a unique phospholipid growth factor, OCAF, in the ascites of ovarian cancer patients. We will explore the role of OCAF in early diagnosis, establishment of prognosis, monitoring of therapy, and therapy of breast and ovarian cancer patients. Milosavljevic, Aleksandar   Associate Professor Human Genome Sequencing Center Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8719 Website Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics. Pooled Genomic Indexing (PGI). In a first genome-scale application of PGI, our lab is mapping a whole-genome BAC library of rhesus macaque onto human genomic sequence. Clone-Array Pooled Shotgun Sequencing (CAPSS). Comparative Sequence Assembly. We are further refining and applying methods and software for comparative assembly on the scale of mammalian genomes. Genome-scale Sequence Comparison Methods. One of our goals is to enable comparison of genomes at arbitrary levels of sequence assembly and to enable comparative assembly of shotgun fragments. Genboree (http://www.genboree.org). Genboree is an ¿electronic whiteboard¿ for sharing and development of sequence assemblies and annotations. Mittleman, Daniel M.   Associate Professor Elec & Comp Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-5452 Website THz spectroscopy and imaging; Photonic crystals; Our current research involves the generation and detection of sub-picosecond pulses of far-infrared radiation. Montague, Jr., P Read   Professor Division Of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-3134 Website Computational neuroscience - the connection between the physical mechanisms present in real neural tissue and the computational functions that these mechanisms embody. Work in the Montague group also extends into several experimental areas including synaptic physiology, human neuroimaging, and human behavior. Moore, David   Professor Cell Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-3313 Website Functions of Nuclear Hormone Receptors. Current efforts focus on three that have emerged as key regulators of metabolic pathways in the liver: CAR, FXR and SHP. We use pharmacologic and mouse knockout approaches to define the metabolic regulatory functions of the nuclear hormone receptors Morais, Marc   Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email (409) 747- 1401 Website Our work focuses on virus structure and the general principles by which viruses self-assemble. In particular, we are interested in how virus self-assembly strategies can be targeted in the design of anti-viral therapeutics, and how these same strategies might be employed in the construction of nanomachines. We are also interested in the structures of morphologically heterogeneous viruses with low, partial, or no internal symmetry. Finally, we are interested in virus evolution and the viruses which infect the archea. Moran, Sean   Bio NMR Facility Manager; NMR Facility Manager RE Smalley Inst Nanoscale Sci & Tec Rice University Email 713-348-4255 Morgan, Jeff   Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email Website Research Interests include chemical reaction-diffusion systems and mathematical biology. Morris, Andrew   Associate Professor Integrative Biology & Pharm UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-6681 The cellular mechanisms leading to the attainment and maintenance of membrane asymmetry (cellular polarization); cellular factors that facilitate apical membrane vesicular trafficking (movement) and targeting (direction) and, consequently, how transport vesicules containing newly-synthesized ion channels regulate transepithelial Cl secretion. We study the polarized movement of the cAMP-activatable Cl channel, the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) in differentiating epithelial cells. Utilizing modern physiological (patch-clamp), morphometric (real time confocal ratio-metric fluorescence) and molecular techniques, we are now in the process of identifying factors that facilitate the movement of CFTR-containing apical targeting vesicles. Lastly, my laboratory is also involved in the study of intracellular second messengers, in particular the role of inositol polyphosphates in the modulation of [Ca2+]i and the activation of Ca2+-sensitive ion channels in epithelial cells. Three-dimensional computer modelling of [ion] with predefined time frames allows us to compartmentalize ion mediated signal transduction at the subcellular level. Morrisett , Joel   Professor Medicine Athero & Lipo Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4164 Website Imaging, Genomics, and Proteomics of Human Atherosclerosis; elucidating the mechanism(s) whereby Lp[a] exerts its atherogenic effects; The apo[a] protein; Peptide segmenets found in the proline-rich motif of cytokine receptors are under study using the techniques of molecular modeling, circular dichroism, and nuclear magnetic resonance spetroscopy. Mueller, Peter   Professor Biostatistics & Applied Math UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-4296 Website Numerical integration in Bayesian Statistics, Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, Simulation based optimal design, Mixture of Dirichlet process models, Neural network models, Longitudinal data models, Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic models, Case-control studies, Hierarchical models, Dynamic models, Nonparametric Bayes. Mullen, Patricia D.   Professor School of Public Health UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-9658 Health promotion for disadvantaged or incarcerated women; transtheoretical model of behavior change; contraception and STD/HIV risk reduction; informed decision making for cancer and other screening tests; patient education; evaluation methods; systematic review and meta-analysis Murad, Ferid   Scientific Director ; RegProf, Chr & Dunn DistCh IBP IMM ; Integrative Biology & Pharm UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-7509 Website My research focuses on the formation, metabolism and function of nitric oxide and cyclic GMP as they participate in various cellular signaling processes. Some of our current research is focusing on the formation of peroxynitrite from nitric oxide and the nitration of various cellular proteins. Murphy, Robert E.   Adjunct Assistant Professor & Medical Director, Information Systems, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3900 Computerized physician order entry, clinical decision support, physician IT adoption and physician change management Murray, Barbara   Professor Internal Medicine, Infectious UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-6767 Website The genetic and biochemical mechanisms of resistance to antibiotics and bacterial pathogenicity, particularly relating to enterococci, and molecular epidemiologic typing methods; Defining the enterococcal antigens that elicit antibody responses in infected patients, generation of isogenic mutants for studies of virulence, testing the potential protective effect of antiserum, identification of gene(s) encoding adherence to extracellular matrix proteins and characterization of a polysaccharide biosynthesis gene cluster of E. faecalis Nair, Bindu   Research Assistant II, Behavioral Lab Manager Neurosurgery UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Neurosurgery Nakhleh, Luay   Assistant Professor Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-3959 Website Bioinformatics and computational biology. In this area I work on reticulate evolution, multi-locus genotype-phenotype inference, and biological signaling networks. Historical linguistics. In this area, I work on developing computational methods for reconstructing the evolution of natural languages and detecting borrowing among them. Narayana, Ponnada   Professor of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging; Director of MR Research Radiology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Nauta, Harig   Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery Division of Neurosurgery, Dept of Surgery UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Navarro, Javier   Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-5480 Website The molecular mechanism of G protein-coupled receptors; Applying X-ray crystallography to elucidate the atomic structure of seven-helix transmembrane receptors; Genetic and biophysical approaches to determine the role of specific domains. Nelson , David   Professor Mol. & Human Gen. Nelson Lab Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4787 Website The identification of unstable trinucleotide repeats involved in high frequency mutations leading to genetic disorders, including myotonic dystrophy and Huntington's disease; The FMR1 and FMR2 genes; Genetic epidemiological studies to define gene variants with altered risks for tumor formation. Nesic-Taylor, Olivera   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website chronic neuropathic pain Neugebauer, Volker   Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website The systems and cellular neurobiology of the emotional-affective component of pain Neugebauer, Volker   Professor/Associate Director of Neuroscience Graduate Program Dept. of Neuroscience & Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email (409) 772-2124 Website How sensory experience and behavior are modulated by affective state and disorder; The systems and cellular neuroscience of the emotional component of pain and the reciprocal relationship between pain and affective states. We combine electrophysiology and pharmacology in vivo and in vitro and behavioral approaches to analyze the role of the amygdala in persistent pain and to determine the underlying synaptic and cellular mechanisms. Newhauser, Wayne   Assistant Professor Radiation Physics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Proton radiation therapy; radiation transporto physics; Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport; computational phpysics; radiation detection and measurement; theoretical dosimetry; and nuclear cross section measurements Nicol, Matthew   Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email 713-743-6181 Website Research Interests include ergodic theory, dynamical systems, probability theory and applications. Nikonowicz, Edward   Associate Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4912 Website RNA-Protein biochemistry, structure-function relationships in nucleic acid systems; In addition to NMR spectroscopy, we use biochemical, computational, and optical methods to investigate the kinetic, motional, and structural properties of the component molecules; The interaction of primary ribosomal proteins with their RNA targets; Post-transcriptional modification of tRNA. Noebels, Jeffrey L.   Professor Department of Neurology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5860 Website Epilepsy and Inherited Neurological Disease Novy, Diane   Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Pain management Nowak, Robert David   Adjunct Associate Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering Rice University Email Website Signal Processing in Networking; Modular Strategies for Internet Monitoring O'Malley, Bert W.   Chairman/Professor Academic Department Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6205 Department Regulation of eucaryotic gene expression; cell- and gene-specific transcriptional regulators. O'Malley, Marcia   Assistant Professor Mechanical Engr & Materials Sci Rice University Email 713-348-3545 Website Modeling, design, and control of haptic interfaces; Modeling, design, and control of telemanipulation and human augmentation systems; Study of human-robot interactions. Oberhauser , Andres   Associate Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-1309 Website Protein folding and protein mechanics; The mechanism by which proteins respond to mechanical forces. Currently we are studying the mechanical properties of the cell matrix protein perlecan (an abundant component of the basal lamina), polycystin-1 (a cell membrane receptor) and projectin (a protein found in insect flight muscles). Odegard, Jan   Executive Director Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology Rice University Email Website Oghalai, John S.   Assistant Professor Otorhinolaryngology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5118 Website Otology (chronic otitis media, cholesteatoma, otosclerosis, and conductive hearing loss), Neurotology (cochlear implantation, inner ear disease, and facial nerve disorders), and Skull Base Surgery (acoustic neuroma, meningiomas, glomus jugulare tumors, temporal bone and other skull base tumors) Ogmen, Haluk   Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Houston Email 713-743-4428 Website Neuro-engineering, vision, visual psychophysics, sensory-motor control, computational neuroscience. Olaleye, Omonike   Assistant Professor Pharmacology Texas Southern University Email Development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Olson, John Steve   Dorothy/Ralph Looney Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4762 Website Application of rapid reaction techniques to biophysical and biochemical problems; protein engineering by recombinant DNA technology; structural (X-ray, IR, and NMR) and functional studies of ligand binding to hemoglobins, myoglobins, and model heme compounds; design of heme protein-based blood substitutes; red blood cell physiology; biosynthesis of heme and hemoglobin; gas transport and exchange in capillaries. Osborne, C. Kent   Professor Breast Cancer Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-1641 Home Page The molecular mechanisms for hormonal resistance in breast cancer focusing on crosstalks with growth factor signaling pathways, phosphorylation of estrogen receptor, and interaction with receptor coregulators. Palmer , Graham A   Professor Emeritus Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4860 Website Mechanisms of oxidase enzymes Palzkill, Timothy   Chair and Professor Pharmacology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5609 Website Molecular Basis of Antibiotic Resistance, Functional Genomics of Bacterial Pathogens Pan, Hui-Lin   Professor and Deputy Division Head for Research Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Mechanisms of chronic pain; Regulation of ion channels in sensory neurons and synaptic transmission in the spinal cord and brain; # Hypothalamic control of sympathetic nervous system Pan, Tsorng-Whay   Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email (713) 743-3448 Website Fictitious domain methods and its applications; Numerical simulations of particulate flows (suspensions, sedimentation, liquid-solid fluidized bed, slurry transportation, and etc.); Computational fluid dynamics; Scientific computing; and Numerical analysis. Pan, Zhizong   Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website The functions and interactions of opioid receptors, and the neural mechanisms underlying acute and chronic opioid-induced effects, including opioid analgesia, opioid tolerance and opioid addiction. Papadakis, Manos   Associate Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email (713) 743-3449 Website Wavelet Analysis, Frame Theory, Biomedical Image Analysis (Atherosclerotic Plaque in Coronary and Carotid Arteries, Neurobiology), Seismic Imaging. Parcel, Guy S.   Dean & John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion & David Low Chair in Public Health Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research UT School of Public Health Email 713-500-9052 Website Health promotion, health prevention, effective school-based health-promotion programs for children and youth Parry, Ronald J.   Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-2446 Website Biosynthesis of natural products and the mechanisms of enzymatic reactions; Investigations of the biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine, the antibiotic aristeromycin, and the antitumor agents sparsomycin and valanimycin. Pasquali, Matteo   Associate Professor Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-5830 Website The interaction of flow and liquid micro- and nano-structure; Microstructured liquids; Computational modeling of processing flows; Free surface flows; Visualization of flowing single DNA molecules; Rheology and phase behavior of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes; Rheology and microstructure of Polymeric Nanoparticles (particoils); Rheology and microstructure of Emulsions; Single-molecule behavior of semiflexible macromolecules. Pasqualini, Renata   Professor Genitourinary Med Onc - Rsch UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-3872 Website Proteomics-- the systematic analysis of the proteins in biological samples that aims to document the overall distribution of proteins in cells, identify and characterize individual proteins of interest, and ultimately to elucidate their relationships and functional roles. Vascular proteomics-- the molecular phenotyping of cells forming blood vessels at the protein-protein interaction level. Identification, validation, and prioritization of molecular targets in human blood vessels. Identification of endothelial receptors expressed differentially in normal and pathological conditions and the isolation of peptides or antibody ligands. Patel, Vimla   Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3901 Applied cognitive science and biomedical informatics Pati, Debananda   Assistant Professor Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Baylor College of Medicine Email 832-824-4575 Website My laboratory is interested in identifying proteins that coordinate aneuploidy, cell division, and apoptosis in cancer tissues in an effort to understand the regulatory network that assures accuracy of chromosomal separation in dividing cells. Premature or erroneous separation of sister chromatids or homologous chromosomes can result in birth defects or inherited genetic diseases, including cancer. My research is aimed at elucidating the molecular mechanism of chromosomal instability through analysis of the factors that mediate sister chromatid cohesion and separation during mitosis. To characterize the molecular interactions of cohesin subunit with chromatids and other nuclear proteins and to visualize the cohesin structures and topology on the chromosomes, we intend to utilize nanobiology reagents. Patterson, Joel   Assistant Professor Surgery, Neurosurgery UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Pathophysiology and neuroanatomy of chronic radiculopathy Pautler, Robia   Assistant Professor Neuroscience, Radiology Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Dr. Pautler develops and applies methodologies that permit high- resolution images of the structure and function of the brain in intact, living animals. Pavlidis, Ioannis   Associate Professor Computer Science University of Houston Email 713-743-0101 Website Computational Medicine: Bioheat Modeling, Vital Signs Computation. Computer Vision: Face Detection, Object Detection, Object Recognition, Object Tracking, Deformable Models, Automatic Target Recognition. Pattern Recognition: Classification, Handdrawn Sketch Recognition, Handwriting Recognition. Biometrics: Face Recognition, Facial Thermal Screening, Disguise Detection, Signature Identification. Robotics: Visual Servoing. Pedemonte, Carlos H.   Professor Pharmacology University of Houston Email 713-743-1211/12 Website Sodium reabsorption in the kidney; sodium pump in hypertension; Function-structure relationship of the sodium pump. Pedersen, Steen   Associate Professor Molec. Physiology Pederson Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-3888 Website Allosteric mechanisms of ion channel function. Current research efforts in the lab comprise three general areas: structure-activity of ligand binding, kinetic analysis of conformational transitions, and determination of structural changes upon binding and conformational changes. Penczek, Pawel   Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5416 Website We are interested in the determination of three-dimensional structures of large macromolecular complexes with low or non-existing symmetry in single-particle form using stain and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and computer image processing techniques. Pennings, Steven   Associate Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713 743 2989 Website Factors that structure plant communities in salt marshes; Factors that mediate herbivore feeding choices; How interactions between parasitic plants and host plants parallel or contrast with interactions between herbivores and plants; Aspects of plant primary production, plant community structure and plant-herbivore interactions; and the ecology and chemical ecology of sea hares. Perachio, Adrian   Professor Emeritus Otolaryngology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-3770 Website Vestibular Physiology; Basic and applied research on the effects of the space environment on human health Pereira, Frederick A.   Assistant Professor Huffington Center On Aging Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6933 Website Aging and Regeneration of the hearing and balance systems Perez, Marco   Pain Medicine Fellow Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Pain management Perez-Polo, Regino   Chair and Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website To understand the mechanisms of neuronal cell death and deficits associated with both acute and chronic trauma to the central nervous system at a molecular and cellular level Peters, Christopher   Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email Peters, Clarence (C.J.)   Professor; Director for Biodefense, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Department of Pathology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-0090 Website The pathogenesis and epidemiology of the viral hemorrhagic fevers and other emerging viral infections; Virology, immunology and structural biology applied to this field; Bunyaviridae (phleboviruses such as Rift Valley fever), Arenaviridae (Lassa fever, South American hemorrhagic fevers) and SARS CoV. He works closely with members of the trining center who are specialists in imaging to choose and execute experiments that are of biological significance and to prepare viruses for examination. Peterson, Laura A.   Associate Professor Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Quality of health care, health care safety, health care financing, health policy Peterson, Leif   Adjunct Associate Professor Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Email 713 441-6121 Website My research focuses on computational methods for combinatorial optimization, racing algorithms for metaheuristic tuning, evolutionary algorithms (evolution strategies, genetic algorithms), neural adaptive learning (artificial neural networks, radial basis function networks), distance metric learning for cluster analysis, text mining, image classification, and data fusion with ensemble classification techniques. Advancement of new machine learning methods for biopattern survival analysis in personal medicine; optimization of health care utilization based on care provider treatment preference and patient choice. I am 2009 Chapter Chair of the Houston-area IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, co-chair of CIBB’09, and session chair at IJCNN’09 , and ICMLA’09 . Pettitt, B. Monte   Cullen Distinguished Professor Chemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-3263 Website Chemical physics; Physical chemistry; Biochemistry; Computer Science; Development of methods for calculating internal conformational structure and interpreting conformational equilibria of biomolecular solutes in aqueous environments; Structural and thermodynamic description of neat polar molecular fluids, including water, ions, polar biomolecular solutes and other condensed phase systems via integral equation and density functional methods; Development of theoretical techniques for the description of the thermodynamics and structure of ionic and anisotropic fluids; Development of methods to compare and search genomes Phan, Phillip   Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Pain management Phillips, Kevin   TMHRI The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email Website Diabetes, obesity, and lipids Plunkett, William   Professor Experimental Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-3335 Website Cell cycle regulation, DNA repair, DNA synthesis, clinical pharmacology; Developing a molecular and biochemical understanding of how nucleoside analogues kill cells and how cells become resistant to these agents and to apply this knowledge to the design of clinical trials of combination therapies that will optimize therapeutic activity Pomerantz, James   Professor; Director of Neuroscience Psychology Rice University Email 713-348-3419 Website Cognitive psychology, human perception, cognitive neuroscience; Research focuses on human visual perception with special emphasis on the perception of form and of structure in visual patterns, Gestalt psychology, and on the role of attention in perceptual organization; Poon, Ivy   Associate Professor Pharmacy and Health Sciences Texas Southern University Email 713-313-4400 Poplack, David   Professor Pediatrics-Hema & Oncology Baylor College of Medicine Email 832-822-4556 Baylor Home Page Porter, Sheila   Pain Clinic Compliance Anesthesia Pain Clinic UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Pain management Prasad, B.V.   Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5686 Website Structure-function relationships in medically important viruses. Three-dimensional structural analyses on viruses that are causative agents of endemic severe diarrhea in humans. These viruses include rotavirus, calicivirus, and Norwalk virus. Price, Jeffrey H.   Associate Professor The Burnham Institute Email (858) 646-3162 Website Signal Transduction; Stem Cells & Regeneration; Automated analytical microscopy research for tissue proteomics; Tracking of cell migration and differentiation; Rare cell diagnostics Priebe, Waldemar   Professor Experimental Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-3777 Website Drug Design, Kinase Inhibitors, DNA Binding Agents, Drug Resistance, Hypoxia Proll, Melissa   Dir, Rsrch Ed, Int & Compl EVP Research UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-3192 Putkey, John   Professor Medical School UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6061 Website My laboratory applies a synergistic blend of molecular and structural biology to study the molecular anatomy of calcium binding proteins; The mechanisms of regulation of calmodulin activity by post-translational modification and modulation of calmodulin binding to target proteins; Exploring the molecular mechanism of regulation of cardiac muscle contraction by calcium binding to cardiac troponin C, and how cardiotonic drugs lead to an increased efficiency of cardiac muscle contraction; Using NMR to reveal the strucutral basis behind why mutations in the extracelluar matix protein COMP lead to skeletal dysplasias and dwarfing syndromes. Qin, Jun   Associate Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-1507 Website Network analysis proteomics--dissecting signaling networks in which disease proteins function; the human DNA damage signaling network Queller, David C.   Professor Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Rice University Email 713-348-5220 Website Evolutionary Biology: I work on both theoretical and empirical aspects of the evolution of social interactions, including both sexual selection and kin selection. Recent theoretical studies have focused on generalizing inclusive fitness theory, the role of relatedness in viscous populations, and the importance of demographic advantages in the evolution of sociality in insects. Quiocho, Florante   Professor Hhmi Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6565 Website Structural Biophysics and Biology; X-Ray Crystallography of Proteins; Molecular Recognition and Protein-Ligand Interactions. Our research interest is centered on the study of the tertiary structure and function of proteins and enzymes at atomic resolution. Rajarathnam, Krishna   Assistant Professor Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-2238 Website Exploiting the structural elements of chemokines and their receptors towards rational design of therapeutics. We are interested in understanding the molecular basis of ligand-receptor interaction. Ram, Prahlad   Assistant Professor Systems Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713/563-4227 Website Signal transduction; signaling networks; computational modeling; tartgeted molecular therapeutics; proteomics; cancer biology. We are addressing this issue in breast cancer cells using the EGFR/ErbB2 signaling network as our in silico and in vitro model system. Single nucelotide polymorphisms in MC1R receptor is a high risk factor for the development of melanoma. We are studying the possible mechanism underlying this observation. Ranganathan, Govindaraj   Assistant Professor Anesthesiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Ranganna, Kasturi   Research Scientist Pharmacy and Health Sciences Texas Southern University Email Raphael, Robert   Associate Professor Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-3494 Website Cell Mechanics, Electromechanical Transduction in Cochlear Outer Hair Cells and Soft Materials, Theoretical Modeling of Biological Systems, Biophysical Factors Mediating Gene Delivery, Aspirin-Like Molecules and Membrane Mechanics Rasband, Matthew   Associate Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website To elucidate the processes that underlie the molecular assembly of electrogenic compartments of axons and the role that myelinating cells (oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells) play in this process in health and in disease. Rasband, Matthew   Associate Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Molecular basis of assembly of electrogenic compartments of axons; role of neuronal-glial signaling in brain development, function, injury and disease. Reedstrom, Ross   Programmer | Research Scientist, ConneXions Elec & Comp Engineering Rice University Email 713-348-6166 Website Richards-Kortum, Rebecca   Stanley C. Moore Professor Professor and Department Chair Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-3823 Website Her research centers on new, non-invasive cancer detection technologies that use high-resolution, optical imaging; the use of fluorescent imaging agents for cancer detection; biophysical studies of the light-scattering properties of cells and tissues; and the use of fiber-optic sensors for in vivo detection of cancer Ridge, Kevin   Associate Professor Center for Membrane Biology, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-5908 Website Dynamic aspects of integral membrane protein structure, development and application of general approaches for the large-scale expression and purification of GPCR's Roberts, Norbert J.   Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Member, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases Department of Infectious Diseases UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-0236 Website Host defense mechanisms, antiviral immunity, influenza virus infections, influenza virus pathogenesis, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pathogenesis Rodin, Andrew S.   Assistant Professor School of Public Health UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-9826 Genotype-to-phenotype analyses; Data mining methods Roebuck, Joseph   Chief of Experimental Clinical Imaging Radiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Rojo, Javier   Professor Statistics Rice University Email 713-348- 2797 Website Nonparametric Statistics, Survival Analysis and Reliability, Decision Theory, Partial Orders of Probability Distributions, Extreme Events Rosenmund, Christian   Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-9022 Website Rosenstrauch, Doreen   Assistant Professor Internal Medicine and Cardiology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Dr. Rosenstrauch is Prinicipal Investigator for studies on (1) Gene therapy and tissue engineering, (2) Development of coronary artery stents, (3) Dichloroacetate improves left ventricular function in isolated mammalian hearts, and (4) Auricular chondrocytes genetically engineered with E-NOS. She is Co-Investigator for studies on Hypothermic ischemic arrest. Rosner, Gary   Professor Biostatistics & Applied Math UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713/563-4285 Website Bayesian methods; clinical trial design and analysis; longitudinal data models; population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; survival analysis Ruan, Kehe   Professor Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Houston Email 713-743-1771 Website Using small compounds/peptide/protein/gene/cells to develop novel approaches targeting Vascular Diseases (such as stroke and heart diseases), cancers and tissue regenerations Rumbaut, Rolando E.   Associate Professor Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-0316 Website Physiologic and pathologic regulation of micro vascular permeability Sadygov, Rovshan   Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Safe, Stephen   Distinguished Professor; Director, Center for Environmental and Genetic Medicine Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology and Institute of Biosciences and Technology TAMU Email 979-845-5988 Website Toxicology and molecular biology of estrogenic and antiestrongenic compounds; molecular mechanisms of estrogen receptor and Ah receptor action and their crosstalk in breast cancer cells Saggau, Peter   Professor Division Of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5082 Website Modulation of synaptic transmission; The research interests in our lab are twofold: to understand the biophysics of central mammalian neurons that control both the communication between cells and their individual computational properties, and to develop advanced optical imaging tools for studying living brain tissue that help us to achieve this goal. Samuel Miao-Sin , Wu,   Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic transmission and neural function in the brain. San, Ka-Yiu   E.D. Butcher Professor Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-798-5361 Website Genomic and metabolic engineering; biochemical engineering; biotechnology. My research laboratory is mainly concerned with the development of new concepts and novel ways of altering metabolic routes in Escherichia coli using recombinant DNA technology to improve cellular activities and achieve more advanced production systems. Sankaranarayanapillai, Madhuri   Research Scientist Experimental Imaging UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email MRS of cells and tissues, metabolomics Sarkar, Poonam   Research Associate Pharmacy and Health Sciences Texas Southern University Email Sass, Ronald L.   Professor Emeritus; Co-Director, Center for Education Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4919 Website Wetland trace gas processes, biosphere/atmosphere interactions, biogeochemical cycles and science policy Sastry, Jagannadha K.   Professor Immunology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-3304 Website HIV-AIDS; cervical cancer; vaccines; cellular immunology; synthetic peptides. Research in my laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular basis of immune disorders, and developing therapeutic and vaccine reagents. We are concentrating on two immune disorders: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) induced by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and cervical cancer associated with infection by human papillomavirus (HPV). Schein, Catherine   Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-6843 Website Structure based design of antiviral and antibacterial drugs; Inhibiting protein aggregation in disease; Computer modeling of immune system complexes and allergy inducing proteins; Comparing the physicochemical properties of allergenic proteins and their epitopes; sequence analysis and databases of allergens (SDAP) and viral proteins (Flavitrack) Schmid, Michael   Associate Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5734 Website Image Processing and Electron Crystallography of Macromolecular Machines; Actin-based cytoskeletal structure Schneider, Virginia   Physician Assistant Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Schonbrunn, Agnes   Professor Integrative Biology & Pharm UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-7470 Website The mechanisms by which members of the seven-transmembrane domain (7TMD), G protein-coupled, receptor family respond to extracellular signals and the manner in which responsiveness is regulated. Schroit, Alan   Professor Cancer Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-8586 Website The mechanism by which cells control the transbilayer distribution of phospholipids between the bilayer leaflet and the machinery responsible for the pathologic redistribution of phospholipids in different cell types Schumacher, Maria A.   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email (713) 834-6392 Website Structural biology; crystallography; DNA partition/segregation; transcription regulation; nucleic acid-binding proteins Schwartz, Erica   Graduate Assistant Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Scott , David W   Noah Harding Professor Statistics Rice University Email 713-348-6037 Website Basic theoretical studies of multivariate probability density estimation, computationally intensive algorithms in statistical computing, and data exploration using advanced techniques in computer visualization Scuseria, Gustavo E   Robert A. Welch Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-4746 Website Theoretical chemistry, ab initio computational quantum chemistry, density functional theory, development of new methods for molecular electronic structure, and applications to nanostructures. Sereno, Anne   Associate Professor Neurobiology and Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Higher Cognitive Functions of Attention, Short-Term Memory, and the Programming of Eye Movements Serysheva, Irina   Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5523 Website Molecular mechanisms underlying ion transport into and out of the cell across the surface membrane, or between different intracellular compartments using structure-function studies of membrane proteins and the macromolecular assemblies they form Shabot, M. Michael   Adjunct Professor & VP and Chief Quality Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3900 Quality, patient safety, outcomes, research Shamoo , Yousif   Associate Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-5493 Website sequence-specic RNA recognition, DNA replication and molecular evolution of microbial populations Shaulsky, Gadi   Associate Professor Mol. & Human Gen. Shaulsky Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8082 Website Genetics and Functional Genomics of Dictyostelium Development Shaw , Chad A.   Assistant Professor Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8087 Website Galton-Watson processes, microarray normalization, and genome scale data mining. Shegog, Ross   Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research UT School of Public Health Email 713-500-9677 Website Application of behavioral theory and methods in the development, implementation, and evaluation of technology-based health promotion and disease-prevention programs; primarily targeting adolescent populations Sheldon, Michael H.   Assistant Professor Pediatrics Hema & Oncology Baylor College of Medicine Email 832-824-4683 Website neuronal migration and tumorigenesis Sherman, Michael B.   Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-6310 Website I am interested in studying macromolecular assemblies, including cellular organelles, viruses and single particles with lower or without symmetry. Actin-scruin bundle from horseshoe crab sperm is an example of an ordered assembly whose structure has been determined by cryoEM in collaboration with Drs. W. Chiu, P. Matsudaira and M. Schmid. I have studied LDL (asymmetric particles) with plant virus (RCNMV) structures. In BSL3 cryoEM containment at UTMB, we will be studying various infectious agents, e.g. Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Rift Valley fever, Lassa fever, SARS, and other viruses. Shi, Zheng-Zheng   Adjunct Assistant Professor Radiology The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-8691 Website Shipley, Gregory   Ast Pr of Integrative Bio NTR Integrative Biology & Pharm UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-7458 Website Shipley, Nancy   Research Coordinator HSC Core Labs UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Shortliffe, Edward   Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3671 Biomedical Informatics Shouval, Harel   Assistant Professor Neurobiology & Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5708 Website The molecular basis of synaptic plasticity; Simplified cellular models of synaptic plasticity; The contribution of synaptic plasticity to receptive field development Siddik, Zahid H   Professor Experimental Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-7746 Website Drug resistance, cell cycle, pharmacology, drug design Siefert, Janet Louise   Faculty Fellow Statistics Rice University Email 713-348-3891 Website Phylogeny reconstruction, prokaryotic biochemical systems and ecosystem evolution, origin of life, RNA's, and Astrobiology Sifers, Richard   Associate Professor Pathology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-3169 Website Cellular Glycobiology, Conformational Disease, Glycoprotein Folding, Quality Control, Oligosaccharides, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Conformational Disease, alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Glycobiology Silberg, Jonathan (Joff)   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-3849 Website In our lab we are using a combination of biochemical, computational, and molecular biological methods to evolve folded and functional proteins with altered properties. Singh, Hardeep   Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Diagnostic errors, information technology, communication, ambulatory care Sittig, Dean F.   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-7977 Website Clinical information systems (CISs): Design and development of new features and functions within CISs; Implementation methods and strategies for CISs; Evaluation and monitoring of existing CISs implementations Smirnakis, Stelios   Assistant Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Functional reorganization of cortical neuronal networks after brain injury; encoding of visual perception in multi-neuronal assemblies. Smith, Jack W.   Dean & Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3925 Website Artificial intelligence, modeling problem-solving in healthcare, implementation of decision support and tutoring systems, modeling complex human problem-solving, application of cognitive science to understanding, human-computer interaction Sokolov, Konstantin V.   Associate Professor Imaging Physics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-795-2656 Website development on new optical imaging and spectroscopic modalities for pre-cancer detection and monitoring Solanki, R. Daneshvari   Professor Anesthesiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Intrathecal Baclofen, Simulator Training Songyang, Zhou   Associate Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5220 Website Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction; Proteomics and Protein-protein Interactions; Cell Senescence and Telomere Biology; Regulation of Cell Survival, Apoptosis, and Proliferation Sorensen , Danny C   Noah Harding Professor; Department Chair Comp & Applied Mathematics Rice University Email 713-348-5193 Website Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Model Order Reduction, Control of Dynamical Systems, Numerical Optimization, Parallel Numerical Algorithms. Spanos , Pol D   Lewis B. Ryon Professor Mechanical Engr & Materials Sci Rice University Email 713-348-4909 Website Signal Processing, Response Determination, and Safety Assessment for Vibrations and Dynamics Problems in Aerospace, Biomedical, Marine, Petroleum, Structural, and Seismic Engineering Spratt, Heidi   Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Spudich, John   Professor/ R. Welch Dist Chr in Chemistry Center for Membrane Biology, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-5473 Website Structure and function of photoactive membrane receptors and signal transduction triggered by light; rhodopsins and related heptahelical receptors. Stancel, George   Dr. John P. McGovern Professor and Dean Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-9880 Website Regulation of cell proliferation by estrogens; growth factors and cellular oncogenes as mediators of hormonally induced growth; regulation of transcription by estrogens; regulation of angiogenesis by estrogens and antiestrogens; regulation of uterine function by steroid hormones and antihormones; regulation of breast and uterine cancer cell proliferation by estrogens; developmental effects of exposure to environmental estrogens and other endocrine disruptors Standifer, Kelly   Associate Professor Pharmacology University of Houston Email 713-743-1771 Website ORL1 and m opioid receptor signaling; mechanisms of receptor cross-talk; opioid tolerance. States, David J.   Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3845 Website alternative splicing in cancer, the analysis of genome regulation and data integration in molecular biology Steffen, David   Dir Bioinf Rsrch Ctr V.P. & Dean Of Research Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-2098 Stephan, Clifford   Assistant Professor Center for Clinical and Translational Science UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Stephens, Nicholas   Postdoctoal Fellow Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Integrative biology and pharmacology Stewart, Charles R.   Professor Biochemistry & Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4926 Website Molecular Genetics. Microbial Biotechnology, The mechanisms by which bacteriophage SPO1 accomplishes takeover of the host cell Stivers, David   Assistant Professor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-4161 Website Bioinformatics at the gene expression level to investigate the dynamic relationship between genes, Bioinformatics at the population level to investigate inheritance of genetic traits, Application of data mining techniques to problems in genetics, Mathematical genetics, Population structure and evolution, Forensic applications of genetics Strassmann , Joan E   Professor; Department Chair Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4922 Website Evolutionary biology, particularly social evolution and genetic conflicts of interest in social insects and social amoebae Strobel, Henry   Professor/Assoc. Dean Faculty Affairs/Asst. Dean Student Affairs Medical School UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6078 Website Gene expression, Gender-Specific CYP3A Expression in Rodents, Identification and Characterization of Novel CYP3As in Primates Suarez-Almazor, Maria E.   Professor of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Outcomes research, medical decision-making, musculoskeletal diseases, cancer Subramanian , Devika   Professor Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-5661 Website Computational Biology, Conflict forecasting, Adaptive compilers, Machine learning, artificial intelligence, hybrid control, bioinformatics, cognitive science Takada, Shinako   Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-834-6275 Website Transcription, gene regulation, TATA-less promoters, hepatitis B virus Tao, Yizhi   Assistant Professor Biochemistry &Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4910 Website Regulation of virus genome replication; molecular mechanism of eukaryotic chromosome condensation. Influenza viruses cause highly contagious, acute respiratory illnesses which have inflicted humans since ancient times. Today influenza remains as a major concern of public health with frequent threat for widespread epidemics. Replication and expression of virus genome are crucial parts of the virus life cycle. Influenza virus RNA transcription is initiated using a capped RNA primer snatched from host mRNAs, whereas RNA replication does not require any primer and hence the replication products are not capped. Four viral proteins are needed for influenza virus RNA synthesis, including the three viral polymerase proteins PA, PB1 and PB2, and the viral nucleoprotein. Our laboratory uses the electron microscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction method to elucidate how influenza virus polymerase, the nucleoprotein, the viral RNA, and other essential components coordinate their functions to ensure both cap-dependent and cap-independent RNA synthesis. In particular, the structures of various polymerase-RNA complexes will be studied to characterize the transient molecular interactions. Detailed mechanistic studies of influenza virus polymerase will uncover fundamental rules underlying the unique gene expression and replication process shared by segmented, negative-strand and ambi-sense RNA viruses. New antiviral drugs can be designed against the polymerases of these viruses, targeting a few of their virus-specific activities. Tapia, Richard A   University Professor; Maxfield-Oshman Chair in Engineering Comp & Applied Mathematics Rice University Email 713-348-4049 Website Computational sciences; in particular, mathematical optimization theory and iterative methods for nonlinear problems. Taylor, Wendell   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-9635 Health promotion; CVD risk factors in children; Physical activity in children; Cancer prevention in underserved populations Thall, Peter   Professor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email (713) 794-4162 Website Medical statistics , Clinical trial design , Applied decision theory , Regression analysis Thiviyanathan, Varatharasa   Research Scientist Molecular Medicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-2232 Thomas, Eric J.   Professor Department of Internal Medicine UT Houston Medical School Email 713-500-6702 Website Patient safety, healthcare quality Thomas, Renard   Assistant Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences Texas Southern University Email Thompson, Edward Bradley   Professor and Chair Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-772-3367 This laboratory has a longstanding interest in the cellular and molecular actions of steroids, especially glucocorticoids and oxysterols. Thompson, James R.   Professor Statistics Rice University Email 713-348-4828 Website Model building,Quality Control,Simulation,Biometry, Nonparametric Function Estimation, Financial Statistics Tian, Shiqiang   Assistant Professor Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Use of PC-NSAIDs in the Treatment of Central Nervous System Injury Timofeyev, Ilya   Associate Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email 713-743-3483 Website Stochastic differential equations; statistical and stochastic modeling; applied mathematics and numerical simulations of partial differential equations; atmospheric fluid dynamics. Ting, Joseph   Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Pain Medicne Tolias, Andreas   Assistant Professor Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Electrophysiological, computational and functional imaging approaches to processing of visual information in the cerebral cortex of alert behaving primates. Tong, William Ping-Yiu   Professor Experimental Diagnostic Imaging UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-0082 Website Torok, Andrew   Associate Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email (713) 743-3478 Website Dynamical systems: ergodic theory, statistical properties of dynamical systems, systems with symmetry; stochastic processes; and operator algebras. Trautner, Barbara   Assistant Professor Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4264 Prevention of catheter-related urinary tract infections Travisano, Michael   Associate Professor Biology & Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-2627 Website the causes of biological diversity and complexity; Speciation in Saccharomyces, Tsai, Ah-Lim   Professor Medical School, Internal Medicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6771 Website Structure/Function and Reaction Mechanism of Important Metalloproteins Tsai, Francis   Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8668 Website Structure and function of macromolecular complexes and supramolecular assemblies involved in protein folding, transcriptional regulation and cellular signaling. Tsai, Ming-Jer   Professor Cell Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6253 Website the role of transcription factors in gene regulation, development and diseases. Tu, Shiao-Chun (David)   John and Rebecca Moores Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-8359 Website enzymology; flavin-dependent monooxygenases (or hydroxylases) that catalyze the activation of molecular oxygen for substrate hydroxylation; the elucidation of molecular mechanisms for the activation and resistance of antituberculosis drugs by Mycobacterium tuberculosis; enzyme-related biotechnologies such as the development of diagnostic kits, drug design, bioremediation, DNA sequencing and enzyme bioengineering. Turley, James P.   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3924 Website Patient health records, electronic health records, knowledge modeling, data display Tweardy, David   Professor Medicine - Infectious Disease Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Impact of trauma and shock on host susceptibility to hospital-acquired infections; signal transduction events activated in cells and tissues by cytokines, focusing on signal tranducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 Tweardy, David J.   Professor Medicine-Infectious Diseases Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8918 Website signal transduction events activated in normal and leukemic human myeloid cells by granulocyte colony stimulating factor and other inflammatory mediators; the impact of trauma and shock on host susceptibility to hospital-acquired infections and the role of the inflammatory response in infection. Vailas, Art   VC/VP, Research & Int Prop Mgt Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-9104 Website My research program primarily focuses on the mechanisms associated with connective tissue plasticity. We have been interested in studying biological processes that impact extracellular matrix assembly, collagen maturation and turnover, and gene expression of various cytokines and macromolecules. Also, our work involves investigating collagen and proteoglycan interactions that impact the viscoelastic properties of dense fibrous connective tissues. Vance, Leonel   Pain Medicine Fellow Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Pain management Vannucci, Marina   Professor Statistics Rice University Email Website Theory and practice of Bayesian variable selection techniques and on the development of wavelet-based statistical models and their application Vardi , Moshe Y   George Professor of Comp Eng Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-4834 Website Applications of logic to computer science, including database theory, finite-model theory, knowledge in multi-agent systems, computer-aided verification and reasoning, and teaching logic across the curriculum. Veeraraghavan, Sudha   Research Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6089 Website molecular basis of cellular function, growth, and apoptosis Vekilov, Peter   Associate Professor Chemical Engineering University of Houston Email 713-743-4315 Website Protein crystallization; physico-chemical aspects of sickle-cell anemia; kinetics and stability of crystal growth; Nucleation and phase transitions in protein solutions; Protein intermolecular interactions and phase diagrams; Crystallization of membrane proteins Vogler, Robert W.   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3940 Website Lifestyle modification, hypertension, reactivity, learning technology Volk, David   Research Scientist Molecular Medicine UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website human health and structural biology Wagner, David   Associate Professor Mathematics University of Houston Email Website Theory of systems of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws; Applications of the above to combustion theory, in particular, detonation waves. Wakil, Salih   Chairman Professor Academic Department Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-4783 Website Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Multifunctional Enzymes, Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase and Fatty Acid Synthase Walji, Muhammad F.   Adjunct Assistant Professor & Assitant Professor, Diagnostic Sciences, UT Dental Branch School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-4420 Website Adoption of evidence-based practice, point-of-care reminders, persuasive communications, dental informatics Walker, David H.   Professor and Department Chair Pathology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409 - 772-2856 Website My research interests are broadly in the area of obligately intracellular bacteria that are transmitted by arthropod vectors. Two research projects currently funded by the NIH are focused on immune mechanisms against rickettsiae and ehrlichiae and identification of the immuno-dominant surface protein antigens that stimulate immunity. Walters, Edgar T.   Professor Integrative Biology and Pharmacology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Website Neuronal injury, pain, and memory Walters, Scott T.   Associate Professor School of Public Health UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 214-648-1519 College student health and substance abuse prevention, motivational theories of change, mailed and computerized interventions for substance abuse, brief negotiation in medical settings, religious and spiritual aspects of psychology Wang, Hongbin   Associate Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3911 Website Spatial cognition; Medical decision making abductive/diagnostic reasoning; Human machine learning; Computational modeling; Human-computer interaction Wang, Ji-gong   Postdoctoal Fellow Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Wang, Jing   Instructor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-4190 Website Multivariate statistical analysis, Cluster analysis , Principal components analysis , Discriminant analysis , Pattern recognition , Biological/medical infrared spectral data analysis and classification Wang, Jue   Assistant Professor Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Email (713) 798-8182 Website Regulation of DNA replication and maintenance of genomic stability in bacteria Wang, Qinghua   Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email Website Structural and Functional Study of Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Wang, Yanping   Postdoctoal Fellow Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Pain Medicne Warren , Joe D   Professor Computer Science Rice University Email 713-348-5728 Website algebraic geometry, computer-aided geometric design, mesh generation, symbolic computation, visualization, subdivision , wavelets Watowich, Stanley   Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-4749 Website Dr. Watowich has long-standing interest in virus structure, function, host-responses to infection, and antiviral drug development. The laboratory has solved the crystal structures of individual non-structural and structural proteins from alphaviruses, and carried out biochemical and biophysical studies of flavivirus and alphavirus proteins. Structures of intact RNA viruses and their assembly mechanisms are studied by electron cryomicroscopy, image reconstruction, and biophysical techniques. Structure-based computational drug discovery, in vitro inhibition assays, and cell- based replication assays are used to develop antiviral agents. Waxham, Neal   Professor Neurobiology & Anatomy UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713.500.5621 Website synaptic plasticity and transmission in the mammalian CNS Weaver, Scott C.   Professor Department of Pathology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email 409-747-0758 Website Our research focuses on the genetics, ecology, evolution and pathogenesis of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), virus-mosquito interactions and vaccine development. We study arboviruses, principally alphaviruses and dengue virus, with emphasis on viral mutations that mediate host range changes, leading to disease emergence. Using confocal microscopy in concert with alphaviruses or replicon virus-like particles that express green fluorescent protein (GFP), we study infection of rodents and horses with alphaviruses, as well as mosquitoes. We also collaborate with Wah Chiu and Stan Watowich on structural studies of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus (TC-83 vaccine strain) using cryoelectron microscopy, and we intend to extend these studies to wild-type strains with the ultimate goal of understanding the structural changes that mediate VEE emergence. Webb, Paul   Research Scientist Diabetes and Metabolic Disease The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-2516 Website Nuclear receptors, genomics Weinstein, John   Chair Bioinformatics and Computational Biology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Chemical engineering, Electrical engineering, Mathematics, Computer science Weisman, R. Bruce   Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-3709 Website Molecular photochemistry; photophysics of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes Wendt, III, Richard   Professor Imaging Physics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-3250 Website Nuclear medicine, radionuclide imaging, telemedicine, radiation monitoring Weng, Han-Rong   Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Website Investigation of the role of glutamate transporters and glial-neuronal interactions in the pathogenesis of pain by using multi-discipline-research techniques Wensel, Theodore G   Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-6994 Website Structure and Dynamics of Signal Transducing Membranes West, Jennifer L.   Professor; Director, Inst of Biosciences & Bioengr Bioengineering Rice University Email 713-348-5955 Website Bioactive and biomimetic biomaterials; tissume engineering; nanotechnology; gene therapy; drug delivery Wheeler, David   Associate Professor, Director of Molecular Biology Computational Resource Cell Biology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-7206 Website Wheeler, Lewis T.   Professor Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Email (713)743-4519 Website Engineering Sciences: Continuum Mechanics; Mathematical Elasticity Theory, Lattice Dynamics and Structure. Engineering Applications: Scale Effects in Multiscale Engineering, Structure-property Relationships. White, Mark A.   Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email (409) 747-4747 Website My research interests are in the areas of computational biophysics and crystallography. Crystallography is a tool for examining diverse structures of genomic proteins. Structural genomics combined with homology and 3D modeling of proteins promises to reveal the relationship between the structure and function of proteins. White, R. Allen   Professor Biostatistics & Applied Math UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-2616 Website Computer analysis of DNA sequence data; cell kinetics; mathematical modeling Whitmire, Kenton H.   Professor | Department Chair Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-5650 Website Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry. Clusters of the heavy main group elements and transition metals. Chemistry of metal alkoxides, carboxylates and their conversion to metal oxides. Chemical Education and Curriculum Development. Widger, William   Associate Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email (713) 743-8368 Website Identifying unique drug target in e.coli; how and why ROS production occurs and how this is linked to the enzymatic mechanism of NUO; the structure/function studies of proteins involved in photosynthetic energy transduction Wilkes, Denise M.   Assistant Professor Anesthesiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Willerson, James T.   President of UTHSC at Houston, P E R Chr IM, A/W DisPs Office Of The President UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-3000 Website Williams, Courtney   Associate Professor Anesthesiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Pain Medicne Willis, William   Professor Emeritus Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website The structure and function of the vertebrate spinal cord and brain stem Willson, Richard   Professor Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston Email 713-743-4308 Website Biomolecular recognition and its applications in separations and molecular diagnostics; the structural determinants of molecular recognition in complexes of proteins with recognition agents such as monoclonal antibodies and aptamers. Our primary techniques are expression, mutagenesis, fluorescence anisotropy (kinetics) and titration calorimetry. Wilson, Bill   Biochemistry and Cell Biology Rice University Email 713-348-4914 Website Wilson, John   Professor Biochemistry Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5760 Website Targeted Genome Modification; Basis for instability of trinucleotide repeats, oligonucleotide-based therapy for diseases of the eye Wilson, Lon J.   Professor Chemistry Rice University Email 713-348-3476 Website Metal ions in biological processes and their use in medicine Wong, Michael Sha-Nang   Associate Professor Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Rice University Email (713) 348-3511 Website Nanotechnology and materials chemistry; Nanoparticle Assembly Wong, Stephen   Director Center for Bioengineering and Informatics The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-5883 Website Cancer and neuro drug discovery and repositioning, microenvironment modeling, image-based screening Wood, Thomas   Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Recombinant DNA Laboratory Core and Molecular Genomics Core Wooldridge, Ann   Administrative Secretary Anesthesiology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Website Worley, Kim Carlyle   Associate Professor Human Genome Sequencing Center Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-8292 Human Genome Sequencing Center: annotating the sequences, pointing out where there are known genes, regulatory regions, repeat sequences and markers that can be used for navigating the genetic landscape. Wu, Jing   Neurology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email Wu, Kenneth   Professor & Director, Center for Vascular Biology Internal Medicine, Hematology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email (713) 500-6801 protein expression profiling Wyne, Kittie   Neurology The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-0005 diabetes, obesity, and lipids Xia, Xiaofeng   Instructor, Research Associate Bioengineering and Informatics The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-8692 Website Cancer stem cells, image-based screening Xia, Youlin   Research Associate Chemistry University of Houston Email 713-747-9267 Website Xie, Huan   Assistant Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences Texas Southern University Email Nanoparticle-based drug formulation, drug delivery system, cancer therapy and diagnostics Xin, Wen-Jun   Postdoctoal Fellow Anesthesiology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Anesthesiology Xu, Bo   Medicine The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-3996 DNA damages and cell cycle studies Xu, Jijun   Postdoctoal Fellow Symptom Research UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Symptom management Yates, Robin   Physician Assistant Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Pain management Yeo, Hye-Jeong   Assistant Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email (713)743-8377 Website Yepes, Pablo   Senior Faculty Fellow Physics and Astronomy Rice University Email 713-348-5942 Website Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Computing Applications, Medical Physics Yowtak, June   Graduate Assistant Neuroscience and Cell Biology UT Medical Branch at Galveston Email Yung, W. K. Alfred   Professor, Chair Neuro-Oncology UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-794-1285 Website Cell cycle, pathologic neovascularization, gene therapy, antisense oligonucleotides Zechiedrich, E. Lynn   AssociateProfessor Molecular Virology & Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine Email 713-798-5126 Website DNA topoisomererases and antimicrobial resistance Zhang, Haijun   Postdoctoal Fellow Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email Pain Medicne Zhang, Jiajie   Associate Dean for Research & Professor School of Health Information Sciences UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-3922 Website Biomedical informatics, electronic health records, human-centered computing, cognitive science in medicine, information display and visualization, medical error, decision making Zhang, Li   Assistant Professor Biostatistics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-563-4298 Website Computational genome biology; gene expression microarray data modeling; networks of gene expression regulation Zhang, Ming   Assistant Professor Biostatistics & Applied Math UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email (713) 792-2607 Website docking; computer-assisted drug design; protein folding; mathematical modeling; algorithms Zhang, Shuxing   Assistant Professor Experimental Therapeutics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-2958 Website The fundamental foci of my research are to develop new computational methods and strategies that are urgently needed to efficiently deal with difficulties encountered in drug design and discovery, mainly in three areas: ligand-based drug design, structure-based drug design, and protein structure bioinformatics. Zhang, Wei   Associate Professor, Director of Cancer Genomics Core Laboratory Pathology Research UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-745-1103 Website Cancer Genomics by gene and protein expression profiling. Zhang , Yin   Professor Comp & Applied Mathematics Rice University Email 713-348-5744 Website Computational Mathematical Programming: Algorithm Development and Analysis; Interior point Algorithms for linear, semidefinite and nonlinear programming; Optimization Software Development; Optimization Problems in Computational Biology and Information Technology Zhao, Hong   Research Associate Advanced Tissue and Cellular Imaging Laboratory The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-3557 Website Breast cancer brain mets, image-based screening Zhao, Sheng   Research Programmer Biomathematics UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Email 713-792-2606 Structure of viruses and macromolecular assemblies; electron cryomicroscopy; computer image processing; bioinformatics; high performance computing Zheng, Lei   Assistant Professor Center for Membrane Biology, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UT Health Science Center at Houston Email 713-500-6083 Website Maintaining ion homeostasis across the cell membrane is fundamental to normal cell function. The research of our lab focuses on structure, function and regulation of ion transport proteins by using a combination of biochemical and biophysical approaches, primarily X-ray crystallography. Zhou, Xiaobo   Associate Professor Bioengineering and Informatics The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Email 713-441-8692 Website Systems biology, microenvironment modeling, image-based screening Ziburkus, Jokubas   Assistant Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email (713) 743-0659 Website The long-term goal of my laboratory is to understand the role of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal synaptic function and plasticity in normal and in pathological rodent and human brain tissue by employing a multi-disciplinary approach that synthesizes neurophysiology, imaging, molecular biology, immunohistochemistry, and modeling. Ziburkus, Jokubas   Assistant Professor Biology & Biochemistry University of Houston Email Website Role of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal synaptic function and plasticity in normal and in pathological rodent and human brain tissue by employing a multi-disciplinary approach that synthesizes neurophysiology, imaging, molecular biology, immunohistochemistry, and modeling. Zouridakis, George   Associate Professor, Director Biomedical Imaging Lab Computer Sciences University of Houston Email 713-743-8656 Website Biomedical Imaging, Computational Biomedicine, Functional Brain Mapping, Biosignal Analysis and Modeling Zufall, Rebecca   Assistant Professor Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Email 713-743-8172 Website Ciliate Genome Evolution; Developmentally regulated genome rearrangements in ciliates; Evolution of cis-acting factors in genome processing; Protein evolution in ciliates Zygourakis, Kyriacos   A.J. 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