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| Judith Airey | Calcium release systems in muscle. Biochemistry of ion channels. |
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| Richard Bjur | Presynaptic regulation of neurotransmitter release; neuroeffector mechanisms in isolated cells and vascular tissues; intellectual property law; health law and scientific evidence. |
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| Dean Burkin | Role of integrins and integrin signaling in neuromuscular development and disease, and integrin signaling in vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity. Director of the Transgenic Core, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). |
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| Iain Buxton | Receptor-signal transduction in cardiac and smooth muscle cells. Role of receptor-stimulated phosphoinositide metabolism; agonist-specific regulation of cyclic nucleotide action; role of adenyl purines in myometrial function and hormonal regulation of endothelial cell contractile factors. |
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| Gale Craviso | Interaction of electromagnetic fields with excitable cells; effects of high intensity nanosecond duration pulses on chromaffin cells; molecular and biochemical mechansims of plasticity in catecholamine-producing cells; genetic regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase. |
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| Dayue Duan | Cardiac electrophysiology/ pharmacology and molecular biology of ion channels. |
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| William Hatton | Director, Imaging and Morphology Core, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). Expression, distribution, regulation and pharmacology of ion channels in cardiac and smooth muscle myocytes. |
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| Joseph Hume | Director, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). Cardiac and smooth muscle electrophysiology, pharmacology and molecular biology of ion channels. |
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| Normand Leblanc |
Director, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology (CMPP) Graduate Program. Role of ion channels in the regulation of excitation-contraction coupling of cardiac and vascular smooth muscle cells. |
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| Diana McCloskey |
Molecular physiology and regulation of volume-regulated anion channels. |
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| Lih Chyuan Ng | Store-operated/capacitative calcium entry and TRPC channels in vascular smooth muscle cells. |
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| Cherie Singer | Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms affecting inflammatory gene expression. |
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| John Sutko | Muscle development and cellular morphogenesis. Role of intracellular calcium in regulating contractility in cardiac and skeletal muscles. |
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| David Westfall | Drug action at neuroeffector junctions; dual transmitters in smooth muscle; extracellular actions of ATP and other adenyl purines; receptors for neurotransmitters. |
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| Ilia Yamboliev | Signal transduction mechanisms that regulate Cl- fluxes, contractility and motility of vascular smooth muscle cells. |
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