Faculty and Staff

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  Dr. Ancha Baranova Associate Professor
  (Moscow State Univ., Russia)
  Systems biology, functional genomics of chronic human diseases involving cancer, diabetes, obesity, liver disorders; Computational biol, pathway analysis.
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  » Telephone: 703-993-4293
  » e-mail: (abaranov@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Discovery Hall #225C, MS 1J1, PW campus

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  Dr. Alan Christensen Associate Professor
  (Michigan State Univ.)
  Molecular biology, functional genomics of eukaryotic cells, biotechnology, liver diseases
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  » Telephone: 703-993-2131
  » e-mail: (achriste@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Discovery Hall #207, MS 1J1, PW campus

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  Dr. Daniel Cox Associate Professor
  (Duke Univ.)
  Graduate Program Director. Developmental neurogenetics with a specific emphasis on the molecular mechanisms regulating dendrite development and behavior.
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  » Telephone: 703-993-4971
  » e-mail: (dcox5@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Krasnow Institute #234, MS 2A1, FX campus

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  Dr. Karl Fryxell Associate Professor
  (Calif. Institute of Technology, Pasadena)
  Molecular evolution, computational biology and genetic pathways, functional genomics of the nervous system including brain cancer and stroke.
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  » Telephone: 703-993-1069
  » e-mail: (kfryxell@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Discovery Hall #305, MS 1J1, PW campus

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  Dr. Geraldine Grant Associate Professor
  (Dublin City Univ., Ireland)
  Functional genomics of fibrosis in lung, liver and heart; liver diseases, arthritis and cartilage cell differentiation, in vitro toxicology.
  » Telephone: 703-993-4292
  » e-mail: (ggrant1@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Discovery Hall #207, MS 1J1, PW campus

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  Dr. Ramin M. Hakami Assistant Professor
  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge)
  National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases
  » Telephone: 703-993-7084
  » e-mail: (rhakami@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Biomedical Research Laboratory #1010, MS 1J5, PW campus

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  Dr. Fatah Kashanchi Associate Professor
  (University of Kansas)
  National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases
  » Telephone: 703-993-9160
  » e-mail: (fkashanc@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Discovery Hall #183-C, MS 1H8, PW campus

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  Dr. Kylene Kehn-Hall Assistant Professor
  (The George Washington University)
  Discovering critical proteomic and miRNA changes during viral (hemorrhagic fever viruses and HIV-1) infection to facilitate targeted therapeutic approaches.
  » Telephone: 703-993-8869
  » e-mail: (kkehnhal@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Biomedical Research Laboratory #1010, MS 1J5, PW campus

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  Dr. Lance Liotta Professor
  (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
  Cancer research to include the process of tumor invasion and metastasis at the molecular level; technologies used to make broad discoveries in genomics, functional genetics and tissue proteomics.
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  » Telephone: 703-993-9444
  » e-mail: (lliotta@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Bull Run Hall #323, MS 1A9, PW campus

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  Dr. Emanuel Petricoin III Professor
  (Univ. of Maryland, College Park)
  Implementation of proteomics, nanotechnology, and genomics research in cancer, metabolic syndrome, cardiopulmonary diseases, and neurodegenerative and liver diseases.
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  » Telephone: 703-993-8646
  » e-mail: (epetrico@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Bull Run Hall #324, MS 1A9, PW campus

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  Dr. Serguei Popov Associate Professor
  (Novosibirsk State Univ., Russia)
  Mechanisms of microbial pathogenicity; microbe-host interaction during infection.
  » Telephone: 703-993-4713
  » e-mail: (spopov@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Discovery Hall #156, MS 1H8, PW campus

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  Dr. Valery N. Soyfer Distinguished Univ Professor
  (Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Russia)
  Moecular genetics, molecular mechanisms of mutation, structural conformations of DNA and chromatin.
  » Telephone: 703-993-2180
  » e-mail: (vnsoyfer@gmu.edu)
  » Address: David King Hall #3024, MS 3E1, FX campus

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  Dr. Monique van Hoek Assistant Professor
  (Univ. of Virginia)
  Virulence factors of Francisella tularensis (tularemia), and protein phosphorylation pathways in host cells following Francisella infection.
  » Telephone: 703-993-4273
  » e-mail: (mvanhoek@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Discovery Hall #156, MS 1H8, PW campus

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  Dr. James D. Willett Professor, Director School of Systems Biology
  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge)
  Metabolomics: high-throughput methods of analyzing the physiology of metabolic pathways.
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  » Telephone: 703-993-8311
  » e-mail: (jwillett@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Occoquan Building #312A, MS 5B3, PW campus

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  Dr. Yuntao Wu Associate Professor
  (Queen's University, Canada)
  HIV-1 infection of CD4 T-cells and macrophages; lentiviral vector development for targeting HIV infection; immunology.
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  » Telephone: 703-993-4299
  » e-mail: (ywu8@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Discovery Hall #318, MS 1H8, PW campus

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  Dr. Alessandra Luchini Assistant Professor
  (Univ of Padova, Italy)
  Proteomics and the development of hydrogel nanoparticles used to identify biomarkers for cancer and other diseases.
  » Telephone: 703-993-8946
  » e-mail: (aluchini@gmu.edu)
  » Address: Bull Run Hall #328-C, MS 1A9 PW Campus