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Yoram Rudy, PhD, FAHA, FHRS

Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Multiscale studies of cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia using computational biology and imaging

Key words
ion channels, protein dynamics, cardiac cell electrophysiology, cardiac imaging

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John Russell, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
CNS/lymphocyte interactions regulating inflammation and pathogenesis in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis

Key words
apoptosis, autoimmunity, imaging, inflammation, multiple sclerosis

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Mark Rutherford, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Cellular mechanisms underlying our systems of sound and balance encoding in development, in maturity, and in pathology of hearing or vestibular function

Key words
cochlea, neurodegeneration, synapse, excitotoxicity, encoding sound

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Philip Ruzycki, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary

Key words

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Nancy Saccone, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Statistical genetics, complex human diseases, analysis methods

Key words
genetics, substance dependence, addiction, human disease gene mapping, association studies, linkage analysis

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Jose Saenz, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Gastric epithelial responses to acute and chronic gastric injury

Key words
double-stranded RNA, host response, Helicobacter pylori

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Rajan Sah, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Study the function of novel ion channels as they relate to growth and metabolism

Key words

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Naresha Saligrama, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Adaptive immune responses in neuroinflammatory, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric diseases

Key words
Neuroimmunology, Autoimmunity, T cell receptors, Antigens

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Lawrence Salkoff, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
How ion channels function in physiology and behavior

Key words
neurobiology, genome analysis, development, behavior, physiology

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Vijay Samineni, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Intersection between visceral sensation, organ function, and emotions

Key words
Visceral Pain, Genomics, Neural Circuits, Emotions