Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology
Description
- Integrative physiology & the physiome
- Pharmacokinetice & pharmacodynamics
- Systems biology
- Synthetic biology
Core Faculty
James Bassingthwaighte. Cardiovascular mass transport; cardiac metabolism; PET imaging; fractal physiology; physiome project; large scale systems modeling and analysis.
Eric H. Chudler. Parkinson’s disease, pain, science education and outreach.
Martin J. Kushmerick. NMR spectroscopy of tissues; muscle biophysics.
Henry C. Lai. Biological effects of electromagnetic fields; cancer treatment using artemisinin and synthetic compounds.
Herbert Sauro. Metabolic and signal transduction networks, synthetic biology, simulation, non-linear dynamics, control analysis, software development.
Narendra P. Singh. DNA damage/repair; apoptosis; aging and cancer.
Wendy E. Thomas. Mechanical regulation of reversible and nonfouling biomaterial adhesives, bacterial adhesion and biofilms, platelet adhesion, and thrombosis.
Rong Tian. Energy metabolism in cardiovascular diseases; mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic signaling; NMR spectroscopy and imaging-guided spectroscopy.
Adjunct Faculty
James V. Burke. Optimization; nonsmooth analysis
Howard Chizeck. Control engineering theory and the application of control engineering to biomedical problems and biologically-inspired engineered systems; closed loop drug delivery; neural prostheses, functional electrical stimulation; robotic surgery; multi-scale modelling.
Stephen R Dager. Metabolism of the central nervous system; imaging
Philip P. Green. Mathematical, statistical, and computer methods for analyzing the genomes of humans and other organisms
Ted S. Gross. Mechanotransduction signalling pathways; novel loading strategies to build bone mass; cell and tissue response to hypoxia; tissue engineering
Michael Hlastala. Respiratory physiology; inert gas analysis of respiratory function
Michael G. Katze. Translational control; pathogenesis and cellular signaling; microarray analysis of regulatory pathways; primate genomics research; cellular pathways; hepatitis C virus replication
David Linker. Ultrasound; vascular; cardiology; signal processing; ventricular function; diastole
Deborah Nickerson. Automating the identification and typing of human DNA variations
Hong Qian. Computational systems biology; macromolecular biophysics; mathematical modeling
