While their main appointments are in other departments, joint faculty broaden and enhance the academic environment in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
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Professor
Underlying mechanisms by which key exposures during pregnancy impact fetal development and later in life disease
aagaardt@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
Brain tumors driven by histone mutations; Epigenetics of therapeutic resistance; CRISPR screening for cancer dependencies; WNT signaling in cancer
jamie.anastas@bcm.edu
Professor
Understanding of the metabolic and molecular basis of insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes
bajaj@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
sb691007@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
Caspase regulation in cancer; and caspase activation during inflammation
bouchier@bcm.edu
Professor
Basic science research projects that are highly relevant to clinical cardiovascular disease and pancreatic cancer
jchen@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
chonghui.cheng@bcm.edu
Professor
tcooper@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
vdidenko@bcm.edu
Professor
Tumor Suppressor Genes in Cancer and Cancer Genomics
larryd@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
bingning.dong@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of metabolic adaptations, therapy resistance, and metastasis in triple negative breast cancer
gloria.echeverria@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
Epigenetic and transcriptional reprogramming in therapy-resistant breast cancer
xiaoyonf@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
loningf@bcm.edu
Professor
fuqua@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
Understanding the interactions of nutrition, metabolism, and metabolic disease, particularly amino acid metabolism in cancer and obesity.
xia.gao@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
The Guan lab explores the intra- and inter-organ communications of time signals modulating the physiological function in metabolic disorders and cancer. Our ultimate goal is optimizing timing for medication and meals.
Assistant Professor
Cellular aspects of obesity and diabetes. Molecular and genetic regulation of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism
hartig@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
mark.herman@bcm.edu
Professor
jankowsk@bcm.edu
Professor
dji@bcm.edu
Salma Kaochar, M.D.
Assistant Professor
salma.kaochar@bcm.edu
Professor
Novel targeted cancer therapy, cell cycle regulation, DNA damage, DNA repair, ATM/ATR, E3 ubiquitin ligase, Rb/E2F, mutant p53
weeichil@bcm.edu
Leo Luznik
Assistant Professor
malovann@bcm.edu
Professor and Interim Section Chief
marcelli@bcm.edu
Professor, Center Co-Director
Paligenosis: The shared cellular-molecular mechanisms differentiated cells use to become progenitor or stem-like in regeneration and tumorigenesis
Jason.Mills@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
mitsiade@bcm.edu
Professor
kosborne@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
Female reproductive biology, including ovary development and function. Studies are based on the generation and analysis of mouse genetic models.
spangas@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
xinchun.pi@bcm.edu
Professor and Vivian L Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience
rasband@bcm.edu
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Todd.Rosengart@bcm.edu
Professor
Genomic and epigenomic underlying mechanisms of treatment resistance and metastasis in breast cancer and biomarkers for tailored therapeutics
rschiff@bcm.edu
Professor
The study of mitochondrial pathways for kidney protection from ischemic acute kidney injury, and the transition to CKD
sheikh@bcm.edu
Professor
Cell Biology; Protein quality control in the secretory pathway; Proteostasis; Genetic disease; Disease modifiers
rsifers@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
Molecular characterization of liver injury (sepsis, sterile inflammation, fatty liver disease), liver regeneration and hepatocellular carcinoma
sundarat@bcm.edu
Professor
ftsai@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
Primary clinical expertise is in the management of early and advanced-stage oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer, salivary gland neoplasms, and poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
Michael E. DeBakey, MD, Professor in Pharmacology
Developing chemical biology tools to advance biological and biomedical research. Developing novel therapeutics to treat human diseases.
wangj@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
Nuclear Receptor; Membrane Proteins/Ion channel; Drug Efflux Pump;; cryo-EM/ET
zhaow@bcm.edu
Professor
thomasw@bcm.edu
Assistant Professor
Genetic liver diseases, such as Wilson's disease, as well as the impact of xenobiotic and endobiotic stress on the liver
wootenke@bcm.edu
Professor
yongx@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
yen@bcm.edu
Associate Professor
nicolas.young@bcm.edu
Professor
yulee@bcm.edu