Allan W. Wolkoff, M.D., Professor (Medicine and Anatomy and Structural Biology)
Cell Biology of the Liver, Organic Anion Transport
David A. Shafritz, M.D., Professor Emeritus (Medicine and Cell Biology, Pathology)
Liver Gene Engineering, Growth Control, and Liver Repopulation
Jeffrey E. Pessin, Ph.D., Professor (and Molecular Pharmacology)
Regulation of Lipogenic Gene Transcription and de novo Lipogenesis; Adipocyte and Liver Biology
Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury, M.B.B.S., Professor (Medicine and Genetics)
Bilirubin Metabolism, Genetic Diseases, Gene Therapy
Namita Roy-Chowdhury, Ph.D., Professor (Medicine and Genetics)
Bilirubin Metabolism, Glucuronidation, Gene Therapy
Sanjeev Gupta M.D., B.S., Professor (Medicine and Pathology)
Hepatocyte Transplantation and Gene Therapy
David Q. H. Wang M.D., Ph.D. Professor (Medicine)
Bile Acids and Lipid Metabolism; NAFLD
Rajat Singh, M.D., M.B.B.S., Associate Professor (Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology)
Autophagy, Regulation of Lipid Metabolism; Energy Homeostasis
Fajun Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, (Medicine and Developmental & Molecular Biology)
Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Expression in Nutrient Homeostasis
Matthew J. Akiyama, M.D., Assistant Professor (General Internal Medicine)
Infectious Diseases; HIV; HCV; Hepatitis C and Linkage to Care in the Criminal Justice System
Eva K. Billerbeck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Robert H. Singer, Ph.D, Professor (Anatomy and Structural Biology, Neuroscience, and Cell Biology)
Single mRNA Molecules from Cradle to Grave
Arne Gennerich, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Molecular Motors for Cellular Trafficking
Department of Biochemistry
Maureen J. Charron, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry and Medicine and OB/Gyn & Women's Health
Glucose Metabolism and Glucose Transporters
Ian M. Willis, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry and Systems & Computational Biology
Transcription of Small RNAs by RNAPolymerase III
Department of Cell Biology
Wenjun Guo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Stem Cell Biology
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Developmental & Molecular Biology and Medicine and Anatomy & Structural Biology
Autophagy and Aging
Duncan W. Wilson, Ph.D., Professor
Membrane Function and Endocytosis; Viral Trafficking
Liang Zhu, Professor (Developmental and Molecular Biology and Medicine)
Regulation of the Cell Cycle
Anne Muesch, Ph.D., Professor
Mechanisms to Establish Cell Polarity
Andreas Jenny, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Developmental & Molecular Biology and Genetics)
Fz-Adapter Protein Dsh Regulated by Phosphorylation, Autophagy
Esperanza Arias-Perez, Ph.D., Instructor, Autophagy and Aging
Department of Genetics
Nicholas E. Baker, Ph.D., Professor (Genetics and Developmental & Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences)
Regulation of Cell Proliferation and Organ Development in Drosophila
John M. Greally, M.B, B.Ch., Ph.D., Professor (Genetics and Medicine/Hematology)
Epigenomics, Gene Regulation, HCV-Mediated Oncogenesis
Jan Vijg, Ph.D., Professor (and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Genome Instability as a Possible Cause of Aging; Genome Maintenance and its Role as a Longevity Assurance System; Epigenetics of Aging and Cancer; Single-Cell Genomics and Epigenomics
Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Department of Neuroscience
David C. Spray, Ph.D., Professor (Neuroscience and Medicine/Cardiology)
Gap Junction Function
Department of Pediatrics
Robert D. Burk, M.D., Professor (Pediatrics; Epidemiology & Population Health; Microbiology & Immunology; OB/Gyn & Women's Health)
Molecular Genetics and Viral-Mediated Oncogenesis, Microbiome and Disease
Department of Radiation Oncology
Chandan Guha, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Professor (Radiation Oncology and Pathology)
Radiation Liver Injury and Cell Transplantation
Patrik K. M. Asp, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of Surgery
Establishment and Maintenance of Cellular Identity
Faculty Emeritus
Consultants/Collaborators
Antonia Follenzi, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (Pathology)
Hepatic Gene Therapy (Gupta)
Susan B. Horwitz, Ph.D., Professor (Molecular Pharmacology)
Multidrug Resistance Genes, Microtubules (Wolkoff)
Jack Lenz, Ph.D., Professor (Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology)
Oncogenes and Liver Cancer (C. Rogler)
Vinayaka Prasad, Ph.D., Professor (Microbiology/Immunology)
Vector Methodology (J. Roy Chowdhury)
Charles E. Rogler, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Genetics)
Molecular Studies of HBV, Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus and Liver Cancer
Carl Schildkraut, Ph.D., Professor (Cell Biology)
Control of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle (Shafritz)
Vern L. Schramm, Ph.D., Professor (Biochemistry)
Intracellular Metabolism (Charron)
Victor L. Schuster, M.D., Professor (Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics)
Membrane Transport in Liver and Kidney
E. Richard Stanley, Ph.D., Professor (Developmental and Molecular Biology)
Cellular Growth Factors (Wolkoff, Gupta, Shafritz)
Supporting Faculty
Amanda P. Beck, DVM, Assistant Professor (Pathology), Animal Histology
Frank Macaluso, M.Sc., Senior Associate
Director of Electron Microscopy, Analytical Imaging Facility
David Neufeld, Ph.D., Associate
Operations Director, Animal Models, Stem Cells, and Cell Therapy Core Facility
Tatyana Tchaikovskaya, Ph.D., Associate
Operations Director, Molecular Biology and Next Generation Technologies Core Facility
Xia Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Associate
Operations Director, Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy Core Facility