Cell and Molecular Biology

Christopher A. Ahern, PhD

Function and pharmacology voltage-gated sodium channels that drive rapid upstroke of the action-potential throughout the body

Genetic and molecular dissection of mechanisms contributing to ocular disease

Cell membrane integrity and muscular dystrophy

Molecular and cellular biology of cancer metastasis

Molecular mechanisms of sensory signal transduction

Molecular and cellular biology of eukaryotic stress resistance

Genetic and biochemical analysis of cellular machinery controlling lysosome and endosome biogenesis

Control of neuronal gene expression involved in migraine

Mechanisms by which MRAP2 regulates energy expenditure and signaling pathways

Mechanisms of protein sorting and vesicular transport; mechanisms of cell structure assembly

Transcriptional regulation of renin and angiotensinogen gene expression in transgenic mice; post-transcriptional regulation of renin expression