Graduate Education in Medical Sciences at University of Chicago





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Bongarzone, Ernesto R.

PhD, University of Buenos Aires
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
ebongarz@uic.edu  312-996-6894

Research Interests
Cell and Membrane Biology

Research Description

Molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling endogenous remyelination; improving myelin repair with stem cell transplantation

 

Bouvier, Marlene

Ph.D., McGill University
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
mbouvier@uic.edu  312-355-0664

Research Interests
Biochemistry , Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology, Immunology

Research Description

An area of our research is focused on studying the class I antigen presentation pathway. The cell-surface presentation of antigens by class I MHC molecules is the culmination of an elaborated process that takes place in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and involves proteins such as tapasin, calreticulin, ERp57, and the transported associated with antigen processing. The characterization of these proteins and their functions is essential for elucidating the mechanistic basis of antigen selection in the ER. Another area of our research is to study the molecular basis of viral immune evasion mechanisms that operate by interfering with the class I antigen presentation pathway.

 

Brady, Scott

Ph.D., University of Southern California
Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
stbrady@uic.edu  312-996-6791

Research Interests
Neuroscience

Research Description

Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Transport; Specialization of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton; Glial Modulation of Neuronal Function; and Effects of Physiological Stress on Neurons.

 

Brodie, Mark

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
mbrodie@uic.edu  312-996-2373

Research Interests
Cell Biology and Signaling

Research Description

Electrophysiology of dopamine neurons of the reward system of the central nervous system