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Cell Biology and Neuroscience Faculty

Adams, Michael E. Ph.D. (Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program; Professor, Departments of Cell Biology & Neuroscience and Entomology; phone: 951-827-4746, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: michael.adams@ucr.edu). Hormonal regulation of development and innate behaviors; isolation, characterization and physiological actions of arthropod venom toxins.

Bachant, Jeffrey Ph.D.  (Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-6473, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: jeffrey.bachant@ucr.edu).  Mechanisms that ensure accurate mitotic chromosome transmission and that make mitotic entry responsive to stressful contingencies.

Bazhenov, Maksim Ph.D.  (Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-4370, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: maksim.bazhenov@ucr.edu).  Computational neuroscience, olfactory coding, sleep oscillations, epileptogenesis.

Beckage, Nancy Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Entomology; phone: 951-827-3521, Fax: 951-827-3086, E-mail: nancy.beckage@ucr.edu. Physiological and molecular host-parasite relationships. Insect immunity, pathology, virology, and endocrinology.

Currįs-Collazo, Margarita C. Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-3960, Fax: 951-827-2966, E-mail: margarita.curras@ucr.edu). Neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, excitotoxicity. Identification and function of glutamate receptor subunits in neuroendocrine cells, physiological regulation of glutamate receptor expression, mechanisms underlying neuroprotection.

Currie, Scott N. Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-2411, Fax: 951-827-2966, E-mail: scott.currie@ucr.edu). Network, synaptic and cellular mechanisms that control locomotion in the vertebrate spinal cord and brainstem.

Eastmond, David Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-4497, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: david.eastmond@ucr.edu). Toxicity and carcinogenesis of environmental chemicals; chromosomal alterations in chemically exposed human populations.

Fiacco, Todd A. Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-7865, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: todd.fiacco@ucr.edu). Understanding the nature of fundamental astrocytic Gq GPCR signaling domains and role in astrocyte glutamate uptake in situ.  

Gill, Sarjeet Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-4621, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: sarjeet.gill@ucr.edu). Molecular mechanisms of toxic action and xenobiotic metabolism.

Hatton, Glenn I. Ph.D., Deceased (Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-5903, Fax: 951-827-4286). Mechanisms of neuroendocrine control; plasticity in the adult mammalian nervous system; neuron-glial cell interactions.

Le Roch, Karine Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-5422, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: karine.leroch@ucr.edu). Understanding cell cycle and life cycle progression of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, throughout ubiquitin regulations.

Louis, Charles Ph.D. (Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone:951-827-2501, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: charles.louis@ucr.edu).

Martins-Green, Manuela Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-2585, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: manuela.martins@ucr.edu). The role of chemokines in wound healing and tumor development.

Nugent, Connie Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-2383, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: connie.nugent@ucr.edu). Replication and maintenance of telomeric regions of chromosomes.

Sladek, Frances Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-2264, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: frances.sladek@ucr.edu). Molecular mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression; steroid hormone receptors.

Stanley, B. Glenn Ph.D. (Chair, Department of Psychology; Professor, Departments of Cell Biology & Neuroscience and Psychology; phone: 951-827-5625, Fax: 951-827-3985, E-mail: glenn.stanley@ucr.edu). Neuronal control of eating behavior, disturbances of eating behavior, and neurotransmitters.

Talbot, Prue Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-3768, Fax: 951-827-4286, E-mail: prudence.talbot@ucr.edu). Effects of mainstream and sidestream cigarette smoke on the female reproductive tract.

Zidovetzki, Raphael Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-5628, Fax: 951-827-4286, E-mail: raphael.zidovetzki@ucr.edu). Transmembrane signal transduction; interaction of second messengers with lipid membranes; dynamics of cell surface receptors.

Zur Nieden, Nicole Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience; phone: 951-827-3818, Fax: 951-827-3087, E-mail: nicole.zurnieden@ucr.edu).

Graduate Programs
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Undergraduate Neurosciences Major
International Scholars Program
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