Brad A. Amendt, PhD

Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD

• Mechanisms of IRF6-mediated keratinocyte migration during wound healing
• Role of cleft-associated genes in wound healing and tissue repair

John F. Engelhardt, PhD 

• Redox-mediated signal transduction pathways in disease
• Receptor signaling and endosomal control of NADPH oxidases
• Cell Biology of adeno-associated virus (AAV) transduction

C. Andrew Frank, PhD

• Synaptic transmission and muscle-to-nerve retrograde signaling in Drosophila

Masataka Kawai, PhD

• Molecular mechanisms of force generation in striated muscles
• Reconstitution of the thin filament in cardiac muscles
• Positive allosteric effect of tropomyosin on the actomysin interaction 
• Mechanisms of underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) 

Fang Lin, MD, PhD

• Involvement of G protein signaling in the migration of primordial germ cells (PGC)
• Identification of G proteins and G protein-coupled receptors that regulate gastrulation

Tom Rutkowski, PhD

• Mechanisms by which cells adapt or succumb to chronic protein misfolding stresses
• Systems biology of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response—how integration of signals from distinct stress-sensing pathways brings about discrete changes in cellular physiology

Tina Tootle, PhD

• Mechanisms of prostaglandin-mediated cytoskeleton remodeling during Drosophila oogenesis
• Border-cell migration as a model for understanding prostaglandin-mediated invasive cell migration

Charles Yeaman, PhD

• Cellular mechanisms involved in development and maintenance of epithelial-cell polarity
• Roles of Ras-like GTPases and Exocyst in epithelial membrane trafficking
• Functions of primary cilia in regulating epithelial-cell growth and differentiation

Sam M. Young, PhD