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Neuronal electrical signaling, ion channels, pacemaking, and neuropharmacology
Investigate the electrical firing and physiology of neuronal ion channels

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Signal transduction: nutrient and energy sensing; disease; mTOR; PI3-kinase; Ras
Explore the diverse yet overlapping intracellular transmission signals propagated by cell surface receptors that respond to extracellular growth factors, environmental conditions, and other ...

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Neuronal cell development; glioblastoma
Investigate key intracellular signaling pathways in neuronal cell development and maturation as well as in brain tumors such as glioblastoma

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Retina development and pathophysiology
Investigate the mechanisms of the development of different retinal cell types derived from multipotent retinal progenitor cells with a focus on photoreceptor cells; study the pathological loss of ...

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Personal Genome Project
Genomic DNA Sequencing Technologies; Gene Synthesis; Biofuel

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Isolation and characterization of small molecule natural products; high-throughput screening for novel therapeutics
Discovering small molecule, natural products and their biology; high throughput screening for small molecule chemicals that interfere with microbial and mammalian cell processes.

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Structural biology of retroviruses
The D’Souza laboratory investigates the structural basis of retroviral replication, including the initiation of reverse transcription and translation of viral genes. Understanding the ...

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Fundamental cell biological processes: autophagy, protein aggregation and aging, secretory pathways
Investigate the mechanisms of post-translational targeting pathways used to deliver membrane proteins to their appropriate cellular organelle; Define the mechanisms that lead to enhanced formation of ...

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Molecular signaling in inflammation: TNF; cytokine; autoimmune disease; T-cell
Investigate the biochemical signaling perturbations elicited by the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF that serve to modulate the activation of NF-кB, with a focus on TNF receptor-associated factor ...

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VIRAL ENTRY AND ANTI-VIRAL STRATEGIES
Viral Receptors; HIV Therapy; Dengue Virus; SARS; Ebola Virus
Undertake translational studies geared toward the development of novel peptide mimetic inhibitors of HlV binding to its cell surface receptor, modeled after the CD4 and CCR5 HIV receptor/co-receptor; ...
