Introduction
The department continues to approach this mission with vigorous and successful programs in teaching and research. Hallmarks of the department include productive interactions with clinical departments; willingness to serve the department, college and university; a committed and professional departmental staff and assistant to the head; and a congenial, interactive atmosphere. Exceptional educational programs funded by extra-mural grants provide innovative teaching of physiology and research to pre- and post-doctoral trainees including clinical scientists. Nationally recognized and well-funded research areas interact strongly with clinical departments in the following thematic centers and research programs: Neurosciences, Gastrointestinal Sciences, Women’s Health and Reproductive Sciences, and Cardiovascular Sciences.
Our departmental research spans the spectrum from atoms to organs, and thus we are positioned well to train a new generation of systems oriented biologists investigating molecular mechanisms and translating these mechanisms to the organ, organism, and patient.
Department News and Seminar Events
Ryan Petrie, PhD (Drexel University): "Powering the movement of human cells through 3D extracellular matrices"
Victoria L. Bautch, PhD (University of North Carolina): "LINCing the Nucleus to Endothelial Cell Function in Blood Vessels"
Stryder Meadows, PhD (Tulane University): "Modeling second hit somatic mutations in HHT to uncover mechanisms of vascular pathologies and assess therapeutic strategies"
Fotis Asimakopoulos, MD, PhD (Rush MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Julka Michalkiewicz, PhD Candidate (University of Illinois at Chicago): Mid-Thesis Seminar
Education
