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Faculty
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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.
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Dr. Thang Chiu
Assistant Professor
(tchiu@lsuhsc.edu) |
- Crystallographic and biochemical studies of proteins involved in HIV/AIDS
- Diabetes and innate immunity;
- Protein folding, and the role of conformational changes on protein structure and function
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Dr. William C. Claycomb
Professor
(wclayc@lsuhsc.edu) |
- Biochemistry of cell proliferation and cell differentiation
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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.
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Dr. Chuan-dong Geng
Assistant Professor
(cgeng@lsuhsc.edu) |
- The glucocorticoid induced apoptosis of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Dr. Arthur L. Haas
Professor and Head
(ahaas@lsuhsc.edu) |
- Ubiquination; the roles of ubiquitin and ISG15 conjugation in cellular regulation.
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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.
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Dr. KyungWon Huh
Assistant Professor
(khuh@lsuhsc.edu) |
- The mechanisms and functions of human papillomavirus (HPV) oncoproteins
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Dr. Sunyoung Kim
Assistant Professor
(skim3@lsuhsc.edu) |
- The biophysics of protein structure & how protein structure determines protein function.
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R. Scott Neville
Instructor
(rnevil@lsuhsc.edu) |
- Biochemistry instrumentation
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Dr. Kim Brint Pedersen
Assistant Professor
(kpeder@lsuhsc.edu) |
- Metabolism and diabetes
Glucose-regulated gene expression
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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
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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.
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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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Dr.
Jawed Alam
Associate Professor
(jalam@ochsner.org) |
Receptor-mediated transport of heme to liver and heme-dependent
regulation of gene expression |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Dr.
Shahriar Koochekpour
Associate Professor
(skooch@lsuhsc.edu) |
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Dr.
Madhwa H. G. Raj
Professor
(mraj@lsuhsc.edu) |
Biochemical, immunological, and physiological aspects of mammalian
reproduction, with special emphasis on primate models |
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Dr. Donald Scott
Visiting Associate Professor
(scottd@dom.pitt.edu) |
Nutrient control of cellular phenotype |
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Research Areas
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
is an integral part of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center in New Orleans, which includes the Schools of Allied Health,
Dentistry, Graduate Studies, Medicine, and Nursing. The Department
offers MS, PhD, and MD/PhD degrees. Students, postdoctoral research
scientists, research faculty, and visiting faculty members make
significant contributions to the Department's activities. The faculty
within the Department have strong, diverse research interests including
the following:
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