Graduate Education in Medical Sciences at University of Chicago





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Fall, Chris

Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
fall@uic.edu  312-996-4972

Research Interests
Neuroscience , Signal Transduction and Cell Signaling, Bio-imaging

Research Description

Computational and experimental approaches for understanding the neuromodulation of cortical activity patterns; computational and experimental cell biology of intracellular Ca2+ signaling and related second messengers; mechanisms of cell death in neurodegenerative disease.

 

Federle, Michael

Ph.D., Emory University
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
mfederle@uic.edu  312-413-0213

Research Interests
Signal Transduction and Cell Signaling , Host-Pathogen Biology, Microbiology

Research Description

Cell-cell signaling in bacteria, a process termed Quorum Sensing. We are identifying the chemical signals and signaling pathways used by bacteria to control population-wide behaviors, which include their ability to cause disease in humans. Eventually we hope to discover means by which we can interfere with bacteria's communication processes and ultimately alter the progression of bacterial infections.

 

Feinstein, Douglas

Ph.D., John Hopkins University
Research Professor of Anesthesiology, and Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
dlfeins@uic.edu  312-355-1665

Research Interests
Neuroscience

Research Description

Molecular analysis of NOS2 expression and regulation by noradrenaline, PPAR agonists

 

Freitag, Nancy

PhD, University of California at Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
nfreitag@uic.edu  312-355-4903

Research Interests
Host-Pathogen Biology

Research Description

 

Frolov, Maxim

Ph.D, Moscow State University
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
mfrolov@uic.edu  312-413-5797

Research Interests
Cell Cycle and Apoptosis , Gene Regulation, Genetics

Research Description

The role of E2F and pRB in normal and oncogenic proliferation. The function of the novel Hippo tumor suppressor pathway in Drosophila.

 

Fukai, Tohru

MD, PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, and Pharmacology
tfukai@uic.edu  312-996-6730

Research Interests
Gene Regulation , Molecular Biology, Vascular Biology

Research Description

To determine the role of oxidative stress and copper transport system in cardiovascular disease.