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  • Ahmed, Zubair M., PhD, Professor
    410-706-3799
    zmahmed@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Genetic disorders of Ear and Eye, hearing loss, Usher syndrome, Retinitis pigmentosa, hearing restoration, gene therapy, Otitis media genetics, Inner ear development, Mechanotransduction, Calcium role in hearing and vision, Noise induced hearing loss, Genome editing
  • Ananyeva, Natalya M., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
    nananyeva@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Ballin, Jeff D., PhD, Research Associate
    (410) 706-8903
    jball003@umaryland.edu
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  • Baskakov, Ilia V., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-4562
    baskakov@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases, prion diseases, neuroinflammation, reactive astrocytes, reactive microglia, Alzheimer's disease
  • Brong, Annie , BA, Research Fellow
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  • Chang, Yen-Pei Christy , PhD, MS, Professor
    (410) 706-6737 (office)
    cchang@medicine.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Molecular and genetic bases of complex disorders such as hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, regulatory elements (non-protein coding) in the human genome, gene regulation, bioinformatics tools for function prediction, faculty development, and graduate school education.
  • Cho, Suhan , PhD, MS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Clark, Adam , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Corti, Paola , PhD, Assistant Professor
    pcorti@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: globins, nitric oxide, nitrite, zebrafish, embryonic development, cardiac regeneration
  • Davis, Jeremy L., MD, Professor
    410-328-2663
    jeremy.davis@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: cancer research, stomach cancer, gastric cancer, lobular breast cancer, CDH1 gene mutations
  • Dey, Anwesha , PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Drohat, Alexander C., PhD, Professor
    adrohat@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: DNA Repair, Epigenetics and DNA methylation, Enzymology, NMR, Structural Biology, SUMO modification
  • Du, Shaojun , PhD, Professor
    (410) 234-8854
    sdu@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Genetic and epigenetic regulation of gene expression, muscle, bone and adipocyte cell differentiation, molecular chaperones and protein stability, zebrafish models, gene transfer and genome editing.
  • Emmanuvel, Arputharaj , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Fan, Wenjun , PhD, Assistant Professor
    Wenjun.Fan@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: rRNA synthesis, RNA splicing, Ribosomal heterogeneity, Translational fitness, Cancer cell plasticity, Functional genomics, Multi-omics, RNA Polymerase I, Ribosome biogenesis, CRISPR screening, Targeted therapy resistance, Precision medicine, Biomarker discovery
  • Fang, Shengyun , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2220
    sfang@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Proteostasis, UBA1 activity enhancers, RNF5 inhibitor and degrader, drug discovery, ubiquitination, ERAD, unfolded protein response, VEXAS syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy, α-1-antitrypsin deficiency-associated liver disease, obesity-related cancer, aging, and age-related diseases.
  • Fay, Jonathan F., PhD, Assistant Professor
    4107064353
    jfay@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Membrane protein, structure, structural biology, cryo-EM, GPCR
  • Franklin, Renty B., PhD, Professor
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  • Godoy Ruiz, Raquel , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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  • Goelet, Philip , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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  • Hamza, Iqbal , PhD, Professor
    410-706-4533
    ihamza@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Anemia; Heme; Iron; Porphyria; Leishmania; Parasites
  • Hasan, S. Saif , PhD, Associate Professor
    240-314-6396
    sshasan@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Infectious Viruses, Inter-Organelle Trafficking, Membrane Proteins, Protein Secretion, Structural Biology, Vesicular Trafficking, Viral Structures, X-Ray Crystallography
  • Hasday, Jeffrey D., MD, Clinical Professor
    (410) 328-8141
    jhasday@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: ARDS, ILD, IPF, interstitial lung disease, asthma, heat shock protein, p38 MAP kinase, endothelial, epithelial, cytokine, thermoregulation
  • Hegde, Kavita R., MBBS, PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Hornyak, Thomas J., MD, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor
    667-214-1199
    thornyak@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Melanocyte stem cell differentiation and fate determination as well as melanoma epigenetics
  • Hunter, Daniel , MS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Hurt, Elaine M., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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  • Hussain, Arif , MD, Professor
    (410) 328-7225
    ahussain@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Prostate Cancer, Genitourinary Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Testicular Cancer
  • Jeon, Hee-Young , DSc, Research Associate
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  • Jo, Stephanie Y., MD, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
    stephanie.jo@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: musculoskeletal radiology, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, osteoporosis, develop prediction model for arthroplasty outcome based on MRI, develop chondrocyte cell line model for drug screening
  • Kaper, James B., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-7114
    jkaper@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Microbiology, Immunology, Bacterial Vaccines, Enteric Pathogenesis, Bacterial Genetics, Intestinal Colonization
  • Karbowski, Mariusz , PhD, Associate Professor
    410-706-4018
    mkarbowski@umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: mitochondrial membrane dynamics, impact of ubiquitin and proteasome-dependent control of mitochondria
  • Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, Aikaterini , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-5788
    akontrogianni@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: cytoskeleton, signaling, skeletal and cardiac muscle (patho)physiology, breast cancer
  • Kundan, Sivashanmugan , PhD, Research Associate
    410-706-8408
    skundan@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Single-molecule spectroscopy; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Nanoendoscopy; Plasmonic; SERS
  • Lakowicz, Joseph R., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-8409
    jlakowicz@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Radiative Decay Engineering, Plasmon-controlled fluorescence
  • Lattman, Eaton E., PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Lee, Nina C., BS, Research Fellow
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  • Lin, Jiayuh , PhD, Professor
    410-706-7469
    jlin@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: IL-6, GP130, STAT3, PARP, CDK4/6
  • Lindberg, Iris , PhD, Professor
    410-706-4778
    ilindberg@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, protein chaperones, proteostais, ALS
  • Medved, Leonid , ScD, PhD, Professor
    410-706-8065
    lmedved@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis, Plasma Proteins Structure and Interaction, Fibrinogen, Fibrin, Fibrin(ogen) Receptors, Fibrin-Dependent Inflammation.
  • Michel, Sarah L.J., PhD, Professor
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  • Monteiro, Mervyn J., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-8132
    monteiro@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Neurodegenerative diseases, ALS, FTD, Alzheimer's disease, protein misfolding, ubiquilin, proteasome, autophagy
  • Neuwald, Andrew F., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    aneuwald@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Protein sequence and structural analysis, Bayesian statistics, Computational Biology
  • Padia, Janak , PhD, Associate Professor
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  • Pidugu, Lakshmi Swarna Mukhi , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Polster, Brian M., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-3418
    bpolster@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: mitochondria, mitochondrial fission, bioenergetics, oxygen, respiration, Seahorse, reactive oxygen species, superoxide, apoptosis, cytochrome c, AIF, Bax, Bcl-2, Drp1, calpain, neurons, glutamate excitotoxicity, nitric oxide, astrocytes, microglia, neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, traumatic brain injury, neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, idebenone, mdivi-1
  • Pomerantz, Seymour , PhD, Professor Emeritus
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  • Pozharskiy, Edvin , PhD, Associate Professor
    240-314-6870
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    Keywords: Protein crystallography, cryoelectron microscopy, structure based drug design, biomolecular recognition
  • Qi, Jianfei , PhD, Associate Professor
    410-706-2192
    jqi@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: transcriptional gene regulation, epigenetics, signaling transduction, histone demethylase, ubiquitin ligase, androgen receptor, c-Myc, prostate cancer, castration-resistant prostate cancer, DNA damage response
  • Qian, Feng , Dr. rer. nat., Professor
    410-706-5804
    fqian@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Polycystic kidney disease, polycystin, cyst formation, ciliary trafficking, cis-autoproteolysis, G-protein coupled protein proteolysis site (GPS)
  • Ramani, Sivasubramanian , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
    (667) 312-0372
    sramani@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Ray, Krishanu , PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-6175
    kray@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Super-resolution Imaging, Two-photon Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, HIV Envelope, Fc gamma receptor, SARS-CoV-2, DNA Packaging Motor, Plasmonics
  • Riazuddin, Saima , PhD, MPH, MBA, Professor
    410-706-3798
    sriazuddin@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Hearing loss, vestibular dysfunction, brain disorders, intellectual disability, molecular genetics, cell biology.
  • Samsuzzaman, Samsuzzaman , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Schneider, Martin F., PhD, Professor Emeritus
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  • Shakya, Anil , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Shen, Jana , PhD, Professor
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  • Shi, Changyou , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Shriver, Marey R., PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-5434
    mshriver@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Professional Development, Career Development, Grant Writing, Grant Proposals, Summary Statements, Research Question Development, Early Project Development, Scientific Writing, Individual Consultations
  • Summers, Michael F., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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  • Thompson, Richard B., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-7142
    richard.thompson@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: fluorescence, biosensor, fluorescence lifetime, fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence polarization, FRET, zinc, copper, hydroxyapatite, retina, sub-RPE deposits, drusen, fiber optics, sensors, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, age-related macular degeneration
  • Tiwary, Pratyush , PhD, Professor
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  • Toth, Eric A., PhD, Assistant Professor
    240-314-6516
    etoth@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: therapeutic development, X-ray crystallography, neurodegeneration, DNA repair
  • Tu, Chih-Han , PhD, MA, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Varma, Shambhu D., PhD, MS, Professor Emeritus
    svarma2384@aol.com
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  • Varney, Kristen M., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2110
    KVarney@Som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Drug design, Structural Biology
  • Ward, Christopher W., PhD, Professor
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  • Weber, David J., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-4354
    dweber@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Calcium-signaling, calcium-binding proteins, tumor suppression, cancer biology, structural biology, bacterial and other toxins, infectious disease
  • Wilson, Gerald M., PhD, Professor
    410-706-8904
    gwilson@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Gene expression, RNA turnover, RNA-binding proteins, fluorescence spectroscopy, tumor progression, inflammatory mediators, lipoprotein receptors, high throughput drug screening, assay development
  • Wu, Mei-Yi , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-3169
    MWu@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Epigenetics, Chromatin remodeling protein, Breast cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney development, Neurodegeneration
  • Yakovlev, Sergiy , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-8066
    SYakovlev@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Fibrinogen, Fibrin, VLDL receptor, Endothelial cells, Leukocyte transmigration, Inflammation
  • Yang, Peixin , PhD, Professor
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    Keywords: Diabetic embryopathy, pregestational diabetes, neural tube defects, congenital heart defects, embryonic vasculopathy, exosome, ferroptosis, obesity, placenta, Alzheimer's disease, SARS-CoV-2 infection, DNA/RNA methylation
  • Yu, Jia-Ray , PhD, Assistant Professor
    jia-ray.yu@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Chromatin, Protein Biochemistry, Epigenetics, Gene Regulation, Pediatric Cancers, Stem Cell Differentiation, Neurodevelopment, Skeletal Development, In Vitro Reconstitution, CRISPR/Cas9 genetic screens.
  • Yu, Liqing Justin , MD, PhD, Professor
    410-706-5829
    lyu@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: lipid metabolism and transport, nafld, cardiovascular disease
  • Zalzman, Michal , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-7879
    mzalzman@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Stem cells, Embryonic stem cells, ESCs, Induced pluripotent stem cells, iPSCs, Multipotent stem cells, MSCs, Telomere, Cancer stem cells, CSCs, Parkinson's disease, Stroke, Conductive hearing loss, Bone reconstruction, 3D Printing, DeepFeeze-3D printing, Tissue-reconstruction, Regenerative-medicine, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, Bioengineering, Tissue engineering
  • Zhuang, Xinhao , PhD, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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