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Kamla Dutt, Ph.D. , Retinal cell biology, cell commitment, differentiation, tissue engineering, human retinal cells. kdutt@msm.edu

Ruben Rene Gonzalez, Ph.D. , Signal transduction; Cytokines and leptin signaling in cancer and reproductive biology. rgonzalez@msm.edu

Ward Kirlin, Ph.D. , Chemical carcinogenesis and toxicology; Molecular regulation of induction pathways involved in activation and detoxification of carcinogens. wkirlin@msm.edu

Julian Menter, Ph.D. , Photochemistry and photobiology of skin cancer and skin aging; photoprotection by fabric materials. jmenter@msm.edu

Veena N. Rao, Ph.D. , Molecular and functional dissection of ELK-1 and BRCA-1 tumor supressor genes: Role in cell growth, differentiation, signal transduction and apoptosis in breast, ovarian and prostate cancers. vrao@msm.edu

E. Shyam P. Reddy, Ph.D. , Functional role of ets, fusion oncoproteins and tumor supressors in leukemias, lymphomas, and sarcomas. Function-based therapeutic approaches to human cancer. ereddy@msm.edu

Gary L. Sanford, Ph.D. , Cellular and molecular adaptation of endothelial cells to modeled microgravity; Mechanisms of vasculogenesis during early lung development; Role of nitric oxide, COX-2, and galectin-3 in breast cancer metastasis. gsanford@msm.edu

Winston Thompson, Ph.D. , Cell and reproductive biology, molecular mechanisms of ovarian follicular development and cyst formation, cell and animal models. wthompson@msm.edu

Xuebiao Yao, Ph.D. , Mechanisms of mitotic chromosome segregation. Establishemnt and maintenance of cell polarity. xyao@msm.edu