| Full-Time Faculty |
| Name |
Research interests |
Dr. Suresh K. Alahari
Associate Professor
(salaha@lsuhsc.edu) |
Biochemistry of cell adhesion; the mechanism of action of Nischarin in tumor cell migration and invasion.
|
Dr. Thang Chiu
Assistant Professor
(tchiu@lsuhsc.edu) |
Crystallographic and biochemical studies of proteins involved in HIV/AIDS, d
Diabetes and innate immunity;
Protein folding, and the role of conformational changes on protein structure and function |
Dr. Shyamal Desai
Assistant Professor
sdesai@lsuhsc.edu |
The role (s)of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in tumorigenesis.Mechanism of tumor cell death and drug resistance. |
Dr. William C. Claycomb
Professor
(wclayc@lsuhsc.edu) |
Biochemistry of cell proliferation and cell differentiation |
Dr. Chuan-dong Geng
Assistant Professor
(cgeng@lsuhsc.edu) |
The glucocorticoid induced apoptosis of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
Dr. Arthur L. Haas
Professor and Head
(ahaas@lsuhsc.edu) |
Ubiquination; the roles of ubiquitin and ISG15 conjugation in cellular regulation. |
Dr. Jack D. Herbert
Professor Emeritus
(herbgator@aol.com) |
Amino acid metabolism; assimilation of dietary amino acids,
disposal of excess nitrogen; excretion of ammonia and uric acid;
gout. |
Dr. KyungWon Huh
Assistant Professor
(khuh@lsuhsc.edu) |
The mechanisms and functions of human papillomavirus (HPV) oncoproteins |
Dr. Sunyoung Kim
Assistant Professor
(skim3@lsuhsc.edu) |
The biophysics of protein structure & how protein structure determines protein function. |
R. Scott Neville
Instructor
(rnevil@lsuhsc.edu) |
Biochemistry instrumentation |
Dr. Kim Brint Pedersen
Assistant Professor
(kpeder@lsuhsc.edu) |
Metabolism and diabetes
Glucose-regulated gene expression |
Dr. Wayne V. Vedeckis
Professor
(wvedec@lsuhsc.edu) |
Steroid hormone action; structure, function, and genomic interactions
of glucocorticoid receptor proteins; steroid hormone regulation
of proto-oncogene expression and cellular proliferation |
Dr. Edward Wojcik
Assistant Professor
(ewojci@lsuhsc.edu) |
Animal cell division, mitosis, and cancer by studying cytoskeletal processes during cell division, including centrosome duplication and the regulation of microtubule motor proteins. |
Dr. David Worthylake
Assistant Professor
(dworth@lsuhsc.edu) |
A structural approach focusing on the molecular mechanisms by which IQGAP1 and Tiam1 destabilize cell-cell junctions. |
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| Adjunct
Faculty |
| Name |
Research interests |
Dr.
Jawed Alam
Associate Professor
(jalam@ochsner.org) |
Receptor-mediated transport of heme to liver and heme-dependent
regulation of gene expression |
Dr.
Haydee E. P. Bazan
Professor
(hbazan1@lsuhsc.edu) |
Retina and cornea biochemistry; neural synthesis and turnover
of membrane lipids including phosphoinositides; dynamics of
membrane phospholipids in photoreceptor cells |
Dr.
Nicolas G. Bazan
Professor
(nbazan@lsuhsc.edu) |
Neurochemistry; membrane phospholipids in experimental models
of retinal degenerative diseases, epilepsy, and stroke; biosynthesis
of prostaglandins and other eicosinoids; metabolism of docosahexanoic
and arachidonic acids |
Dr.
Mary Breslin
Assistant Professor
(mbreslin@chnola-research.org) |
Small cell lung cancer; elucidate the role of a novel zinc
finger transcriptional repressor protein, insulinoma associate-1
(IA-1) in SCLC in gene expression |
Dr.
Julia L. Cook
Associate Professor
(jcook@ochsner.org) |
Gene therapy for arterial walls and into corneal and retinal
eye tissues and transplant related atherosclerosis in a heterotopic
heart transplantation model; p53 tumor suppressor |
Dr.
John Doucet
Assistant Professor
(biol-jpd@nicholls.edu) |
Genetic diseases in Louisiana populations; Acadian Usher syndrome;
neurobiology of vision and hearing; genetic epidemiology of
diseases; molecular anthropology of Louisiana populations |
Dr. Tadahide Izumi
Assistant Professor
(tizumi@lsuhsc.edu) |
DNA damage and mutagenesis generated by reactive oxygen species; mechanisms of cellular defense and DNA repair against the DNA damage in human cells and other organisms |
Dr.
Shahriar Koochekpour
Associate Professor
(skooch@lsuhsc.edu) |
|
Dr.
Madhwa H. G. Raj
Professor
(mraj@lsuhsc.edu) |
Biochemical, immunological, and physiological aspects of mammalian
reproduction, with special emphasis on primate models |
Dr. Donald Scott
Visiting Associate Professor
(scottd@dom.pitt.edu) |
Nutrient control of cellular phenotype |
