Research Track faculty make extraordinary scientific contributions and discoveries in the labs of our Primary faculty.
Igor Bado, Ph.D.
Instructor
Cancer Metastasis
bado@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Xiang Zhang Lab
Wen Bu, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor
Generating breast cancer rodent models through virus vector-mediated oncogene delivery or somatic gene editing. Cell of origin of breast cancer
wbu@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Yi Li Lab
Robert Cabrera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Etiology of congenital malformations and embryonal tumors
Robert.Cabrera@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Richard Finnell Lab
Cristian Coarfa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Achieving biological insight via integrative analysis, interpretation, and visualization of large scale multi-omics datasets, and enabling of scientific advancements via collaborative tools and computing platforms
coarfa@bcm.edu
Ruhee Dere, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms involved in regulating primary cilia formation and disassembly
dere@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Cheryl Walker Lab
Jie "JoJo" Gohlke, Ph.D.
Instructor
Cancer metabolism; biomarker development; cancer disparity; prostate cancer
jie.gohlke@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Arun Sreekumar Lab
Sandy Grimm, Ph.D.
Instructor
Progesterone, hormones, mammary gland biology, cell biology, endocrinology, estrogens, histology, steroids, bioinformatics, RNA-Seq
sgrimm@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: ACT Core Labs
Guowei Gu, Ph.D.
Instructor
Breast cancer; testicular cancer; endometrium cancer
ggu@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Suzzane Fuqua lab
Prashi Jain, Ph.D.
Instructor
Role of steroid receptor coactivators in T cell biology and their importance in tumor progression/regression
prashi.jain@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Bert O'Malley, M.D.
Rahul Jangid, Ph.D.
Instructor
Chromatin biology
jangid@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Cheryl Walker Lab
Sung Jung, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
syjung@bcm.edu
Rainer Lanz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics analysis on multiple projects within the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
rlanz@bcm.edu
Yunping Lei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sanger Sequencing and next generation sequencing. Molecular genetic analysis of neural tube defects. Planar cell polarity pathway analysis.
yunping.lei@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Richard Finnell Lab
Stacy Lloyd, Ph.D., MPH
Instructor
Understanding the complex interactions between the social, environmental, and biological contributors to health disparities/inequities.
Stacy.Lloyd@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Clifford Dacso
Lisa McClendon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular and cellular signaling pathways involved in cardiac regeneration and repair. Mechanisms that drive chronic heart disease progression
Lisa.McClendon@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Bert O'Malley, M.D.
Robb Moses, M.D.
Professor
Genome stability with focus on DNA repair. Inherited cancer syndromes. Aging, with focus on proteostasis and accumulation of mutations.
remoses@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Bert O'Malley, M.D.
Kazunari Nohara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cancer cell energy metabolism. Sexual dimorphism of hypothalamic development and energy homeostasis. Circadian biology in aging and energy homeostasis
kazunari.nohara@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Sean McGuire
Anil Panigrahi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Developing cell-free approaches to study the mechanisms of enhancer-mediated transcription activation.
panigrah@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Bert O'Malley, M.D.
In-Young Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
ipark@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Cheryl Walker Lab
Durga Tripathi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
dntripat@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Cheryl Walker Lab
Spyidoula Vasileiou, Ph.D.
Instructor
vasileio@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Ann Leen
Bogdan Wlodarczyk, DVM, Ph.d., DSc
Associate Professor
wlodarcz@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Richard Finnell Lab
Longyong Xu, Ph.D.
Instructor
longyong.xu@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Xi Chen
