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Research and Professional Interest

Yehia Daaka, PhD

Hasskell Hess Professor and Chair
(352) 273-8112
ydaaka@ufl.edu

Understanding the biological roles of G protein-coupled and androgen receptors that instruct embryonic development and continue to function in adulthood

Dorina Avram, PhD

Preeminence Professor
Associate Chair
(352) 273-5897
davram@ufl.edu

Epigenetic and transcriptional control in immune responses – impact on immune homeostasis and autoimmune diseases
Harnessing the immune responses for cancer therapies
Ubiquitin ligases in multiple sclerosis and neuro-inflammation
Ubiquitin ligases in inflammatory bowel diseases and colon cancer
New therapies for multiple sclerosis – collaboration with Dr. Keselowsky – Bioengineering

John P. Aris, PhD

Associate Professor
(352) 273-6868
johnaris@ufl.edu

Cellular Aging
Mechanisms that regulate chronological and replicative life span in eukaryotic cell types

William A. Dunn, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-9007
dunn@ufl.edu

Molecular aspects of the regulation and mechanisms of cellular autophagy in normal and diseased tissues

Maria Guijarro, PhD

Assistant Scientist
(352) 273-9156
guijam@ufl.edu

Jianhui Guo, PhD

Assistant Scientist
(352) 273-9720
jiguo@ufl.edu

Shuang Huang, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-6769
shuanghuang@ufl.edu

Elucidating molecular mechanisms associated with breast and ovarian cancer metastasis
Identifying cancer driver genes/pathways in ovarian cancer

Alexander M. Ishov, PhD

Associate Professor
(352) 273-8202
ishov@ufl.edu

Chemoresistance in breast cancer
Nuclear Structure and Function
Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression
Tumor Suppression

Lingtao Jin, PhD

Assistant Professor
(352) 273-6953
ljin1@ufl

Signaling basis of cancer metabolism with focus on function of metabolic enzymes and onco-metabolites in cancer and drug resistance
Obtained insights to the development of molecular-targeted therapies to treat human cancers

Moira Jackson, PhD

Research Associate Professor
(352) 273-5068
moiraj@ufl

Mechanotransduction by Endothelial Cells is Direction Dependent and Ligand Specific and Shear Stress regulates forward and reverse planar cell polarity
Pinin is involved in Tcf/Lef activity in mice, interacts with SRp75, SRm300 and SRrp130 in corneal epithelial cells and Pnn RNAi induces loss of cell-cell adhesion in corneal epithelial cells
Stereological differences between control and exercise in pregnancy, diabetic patients, small for gestational age individuals and high and low altitude pregnancies
Localization of PDECGF and VEGF in human placentae throughout gestation

Daiqing Liao, PhD

Associate Professor
(352) 273-8188
dliao@ufl.edu

Cell-biological functions of KATs & HDACs in virology, epigenetics and cancer biology, as well as on discovery, characterization, and optimization of novel small-molecule inhibitors of these enzymes for cancer therapy

Paul J. Linser, PhD

Professor
Whitney Marine Laboratory
(904) 461-4036
pjl@whitney

Regulation of genes that serve to distinguish and define specific cell types in maturing tissues

Nadja Makki, PhD

Assistant Professor
(352) 273-9550
nadja.makki@ufl

How non-coding variants influence susceptibility to complex diseases
Gene networks and molecular pathways underlying connective tissue diseases

Amanda Maxey, MD

Research Assistant Professor
(352) 273-8899
amaxey@ufl

Viacheslav Morozov, PhD

Assistant Scientist
(352) 273-8216
morozov@ufl

Satya Narayan, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-8163
snarayan@ufl

Targeting DNA repair and replication pathways for therapy of colorectal cancer
Mechanisms of cigarette smoke-induced breast and lung carcinogenesis
Role of APC in DNA repair

Venkatesh Nonabur, MD

Assistant Scholar
(352) 273-9393
nonabur@ufl

University of Florida College of Medicine Exemplary Teacher Award, 2006 to 2012

Rene Opavsky, PhD

Associate Professor
(352) 294-8596
ropavsky@ufl

Role of DNA methyltransferases in normal and malignant hematopoiesis

Yi Qiu, PhD

Assistant Professor
(352) 273-8201
qiuy@ufl

Understanding the structure and function of different class of HDACs, as well as their roles in gene regulation and cancer

Kyle E. Rarey, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-5753
rarey@ufl

Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award Medical Honor Society, 2018
Lifetime Achievement Award by College of Medicine Society of Teaching Scholars, 2018
UF College of Medicine Class of 2020 established the Class of 2020 Kyle E. Rarey, PhD Award for Excellence in the Anatomical Sciences, 2018
Enhancing Cognitive Learning of Human Anatomy through Augmented Reality and Mobile Technology
Rarey KE, Weitzel S, and Downey D Awarded $125,925.00, 2018-2019

Tracy-Ann Read, PhD

Research, Assistant Professor
(352) 273-8154
taread@ufl

Cell Motility
Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration
Brain Cancer Metastasis

Stephen P. Sugrue, PhD

Professor
Sr. Associate Dean of Research Affairs
(352) 273-8475
sugrue@ufl

Elucidate the molecular determinants of the regulation of corneal epithelial cell phenotype

Hamsa Thayele Purayil, PhD

Assistant Scientist
(352) 273-8244
hamsathayele1@ufl

Cancer research
Prostate cancer signaling
Nuclear receptors and cancer

Eric A. Vitriol, PhD

Assistant Professor
(352) 273-9214
evitriol@ufl

Actin dynamics
Neurodegenerative disease
High-resolution microscopy

Bowen Yan, PhD

Assistant Scientist
(352) 273-8228
yanbowen@ufl

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of chemo-resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Cancer cell heterogeneity and clonal evolution during chemotherapy

Maria Zajac-Kaye, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-9153
mzajackaye@ufl

Understanding mechanisms of oncogenic transformation
Defining patterns of cooperation between thymidylate synthase (TS) and other cancer genes using a series of defined mouse models
Improve use of TS as a biomaker and therapeutic target