Molecular and Cellular Biology Joint Faculty

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

Professor
ashokb@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

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

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
bmoorthy@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