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Jason Gardner, PhD
School of Medicine
Physiology
Grant Review Committees Served on: Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic Extracellular Matrix Fibroblasts Heart Failure
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Particulate Matter Smoke Inhalation Injury Tobacco Smoke Pollution

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Lysyl Oxidase activity assay - tissue and cellular Mouse models of cardiac disease Rat models of cardiac disease
Unique Equipment Used:
	Pressure-volume Conductance Catheterization Transonic doppler flow probe Ultrasound echocardiography
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Extracellular Matrix Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fibroblasts Heart Failure Nicotine Particulate Matter Receptors, Estrogen Ventricular Function

Last Updated: 02/16/2017

Luis Marrero, PhD
School of Medicine
Orthopedics / Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapy for arthritis Assessment of osteoarthritis-attributable myopenia Cannabinoid-based management of pain and inflammation in arthritis Histopathology of non-neoplastic and cancer lesions Repair and regeneration in limb trauma and ischemia reperfusion injury
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cancer biology and prognosis Energy metabolism in tissue salvage

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	ATP In Vivo Electrophysiology Biophotonic Imaging In Vivo Deconvolution Microscopy Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Histopathology Scoring Hyperbaric Oxygenation Immunohistochemistry immunohistofluorescence In Vivo Bioluminescence Laser Capture Microdissection Limb Amputation and Joint Excision Surgery Live Cell Imaging Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton Multiplex Assays Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Stereomicroscopy Whole Mount Fluorescence
Unique Equipment Used:
	Bio-Rad Radiance 2100 Laser Scanning Confocal System Confocal Microscope Cryotome Epifluorescent Microscope Fluoview FV1000 multiphoton system In Vivo Biophotonic Imager Kodak In Vivo Image Station FX Laser Capture Microdissection Scope Leica CM3050S cryostat Leica DMRXA deconvolution microscopy systems (2X)Leica Mz74 stereoscope Light Microscope Micro-CT Mutiphoton Microscope Nikon E600 upright microscope PALM Microbeam Perkin Elmer GX2 micro-CT scanner Shandon Finesse Paraffin Microtome Shandon Histocentre Paraffin Embedding Station Shandon Hypercenter XP Paraffin Processor Shandon Varistain 24-4 Xenogen IVIS 200 X-ray Imager
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Amputation Arthrofibrosis Blastema Fibroblasts Fibrosis Healthcare Disparities Hyperbaric Oxygenation Inflammation Joint Replacement Limb Trauma Matrix Remodeling Osteoarthritis Regeneration Scaffold Wound Healing

Last Updated: 03/27/2024