Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

Student Name	E-mail Address	Faculty Advisor	Research Interests
Best, Jabe	best1@wisc.edu	Kamp	An overview of my research is Regulation of the cardiac L-type Ca2+ channel
Branam, Amanda	ambranam@wisc.edu	Greenspan	Examining roles of BMP-1/TLD-like metalloproteinases on chordin-like protein function during development
Capes, Deborah	dcapes@wisc.edu	Chanda	Fluorescence and electrophysiological studies of coupling in the Na+ channel voltage sensors
Chan, Keefe	ktchan1@wisc.edu	Huttenlocher	The role of calpain 2 proteolysis of FAK in cell adhesion and migration
Christopherson, Kelly	kchristopher@wisc.edu	Czajkowski	Mapping the Putative Alcohol Binding Site in GABA(A) Receptors in the Brain and Exploring the Unique Ethanol Sensitivity of the delta Subunit
Chu, Uyen	uchu@wisc.edu	Ruoho	Developing irreversible inhibitors for the Sigma 1 receptor
Chung, Ka Young	kychung@wisc.edu	Walker	Proteomic analysis of endothelin signaling in cardiac myocytes
Daily, Neil	ndaily@wisc.edu	Martin	The role of CAPS in dense-core vesicle exocytosis
Esquibel, Joseph	jesquibel@wisc.edu	Martin
Fontanilla, Dominique	dafontanilla@wisc.edu	Ruoho	Synthesis of novel photoaffinity labels to map the Sigma1 receptor binding site
Gavala, Monica	mlgavala@wisc.edu	Bertics	Examining the role of P2 nucleotide receptors in modulating pro-inflammatory responses in macrophages
Glaser, Bryan	btglaser@wisc.edu	Burgess	Using LRET for molecules that block protein-protein interactions
Heck, Jessica	heck@wisc.edu	Anderson	Investigating the function of a novel interaction between beta catenin and the Type I PIPKs
Hedman, Andrew	hedman@wisc.edu	Anderson	Investigating the function of a novel interaction between beta catenin and the Type I PIPKs
Hill, Lindsay	lhill2@wisc.edu	Bertics	Delineating the fundamental processes involved in regulating the receptors for EGF
Hoffmann, Brian	bhoffmann@wisc.edu	Mosher	Dissecting fibronectin protein interactions using trypsinization, immuno-isolation, and mass spectormetry
Hopkins, Delana	drhopkins@wisc.edu	Greenspan	Role of BMP1 tolloid like proteases in development and extracellular matrix function
Huang, Cindy	tchuang@wisc.edu	rotating
Kinter, James	kinter@wisc.edu	Dovat	Use of pharmacogenomics to design targeted combination chemotherapy
Koziol, Cynthia	cjkoziol@wisc.edu	Bertics	Characteriztion of the role of the small GTPase, Rac, in biological processes of the eosinophil in asthma
Lamberski, Jennifer	jalamberski@wisc.edu	Burgess	Using Antibodies to disrupt physiological cell function
Maiden, Stephanie	maiden@wisc.edu	Hardin	Cadherin/catenin complex in C. elegans
Marengo, Matt	msmarengo@wisc.edu	Wassarman	The role of alternative TAF1 isoforms in broad level regulation of Drosophila transcription
Maurer, Lisa	lmaurer@wisc.edu	Mosher	Study responses of cells and platelets to two adhesive proteins of ECM
McCool, Kevin	kwmccool@wisc.edu	Miyamoto	Cell signaling mechanisms controlling biological functions of Rel/NFKB family of transcriptional regulators
Meline, Benjamin	meline@wisc.edu	rotating
Mellman, David	dlmellman@wisc.edu	Anderson	Nuclear phosphoinositide signaling and its regulation of the processing of mRNA
Morlock, Elaine	morlock@wisc.edu	Czajkowski
Palte, Michael	palte@wisc.edu	Raines	Illuminating chemical basis and biological purpose for protein structures and protein function
Pavelec, Derek	pavelec@wisc.edu	Kennedy	Identifying and characterizing enhancers of RNA interference
Perry, Michelle	mlperry@wisc.edu	Berridge	Identifing novel neuropharmacological pathways in the control of feeding
Petersen, Andrew	apetersen3@wisc.edu	Wassarman	Drosophilia
Powers, Ginny	gpowers@wisc.edu	Alarid	Dissecting the molecular mechanisms contolling estrogen responsiveness
Qi, Chao	qi2@wisc.edu	Kalin	Characterizing novel genes which impact behavioral responses under stressful conditions
Ramachandran, Subramaniam	sramachandr4@wisc.edu	Ruoho	Membrane receptors and ion channels, viruses, immunity and infectious disease
Shanware, Naval	shanware@wisc.edu	Tibbetts	Biochemical and functional characterization of ATM mediated CREB phosphorylation
Shehan, Timothy	tshehan@wisc.edu	rotating
Sun, Shihu	ssun4@wisc.edu	Chapman	Sturcture, function, and dynamics of the exocytotic membrane
Torres, Brian	briantorres@wisc.edu	Ruoho	Intramolecular regulation of VMAT2 activity
Townsend, Jessica	jtownsend@wisc.edu	Johnson	Oxidative stress in the development of chronic neurodegenerative disease
Trinh, Anthony	attrinh@wisc.edu	Tibbetts	Mechanisms of DNA damage recognition and signaling in mammalian cells
Vokoun, Corrine	vokoun@wisc.edu	Basso
Wagoner, Matthew	wagoner@wisc.edu	Roopra	Examining the role of phosphoinositides in metastasis
Yeh, Felix	fyeh@wisc.edu	Chapman	The study of clostridial neurotoxins
Zhang, Zhen	Zzhang6@wisc.edu	Jackson	Mechanism of exocytosis
Zhu, Yiming	Yzhu4@wisc.edu	Bertics	The mechanism of the hyperresponsiveness of eosinophils primed by IL-5 during allergen challenge in humans