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Cell & Developmental Biology

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    • Linda Barlow
    • Brad Bendiak
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    • Joan Hooper
    • Ethan Hughes
    • Lisa M.J. Lee
    • Chelsea Lohman Bonfiglio
    • Wendy Macklin
    • Sandy Martin
    • Michael McMurray
    • Jeffrey K Moore
    • Caley Orr
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    • Danielle Royer
    • Vic Spitzer
    • Maureen Stabio
    • Jennifer Thurston (MSMHA)
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Faculty Research


Departmental faculty and research groups integrate with strong interdisciplinary programs in Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Structure, and research related to human disease. A large number of the University Core Facilities provide technical support for this research.

Our various research projects involve laboratory training that gives young scientists an opportunity to learn and apply a broad range of technical and analytical skills as they develop towards scientific independence. The faculty and students in the CDB laboratories utilize a broad range of experimental systems including mammalian cell and tissue culture, as well as intact organisms including mice, rats, ground squirrels, zebrafish, flies, worms, and fungi, with the goal of applying fundamental discoveries from these systems to complex problems of human disease.

Administration

Wendy Macklin
Professor & Chair


Tom Finger
Professor & Vice-Chair


Jennifer Thurston
Program Director for M.S. Modern Human Anatomy


Kate Beatty
Director Finance Administration
(303) 724.3425 |
kate.beatty@cuanschutz.edu


Laura Messamore
Grants & Contracts Manager

(303) 724.6197 | laura.messamore@cuanschutz.edu


Matthew Mejia
Business Services Professional 
Assistant to the Department Chair

(303) 724.3424 | matthew.mejia@cuanschutz.edu

Department Fax: (303) 724-3420

Barlow, Linda (Ph.D.)
Professor
"Development and Regeneration of the Taste System"




Bendiak, Brad (Ph.D.)
Professor
"Structural Analysis of Protein Glycosylation using NMR and Mass Spectrometry"




Caldwell, John (Ph.D.)
Professor
"Functional Regulation of Ion Channels in Plasma Membranes and Golgi Membranes using Electrophysiology and Molecular Biology"




Evans, Tom (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Early Embryonic Development in C. Elegans using Genetic and Biochemical Approaches"



Finger, Tom (Ph.D.)
Professor
"Development and Organization in Taste and Smell"

 


Hooper, Joan (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Cell Determination, Developmental Patterning and Hedgehog Signaling in Drosophila"




Hughes, Ethan (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor
"Oligodendrocytes and their Precursors in the Adult Central Nervous System"




Lee, Lisa M.J. (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Developing Innovative, Cutting-Edge Virtual Educational Resources and Effective Pedagogies for the Health Science Professionals and Students"




Lohman Bonfiglio, Chelsea (Ph.D.)
Senior Instructor
"Clinical Neurodynamics, Anatomic Variants, Anatomic Education, Clinical Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, 3D Printing as it relates to Anatomic Education, and Anatomical Terminology"



Macklin, Wendy (Ph.D.)
Professor & Chair
"Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination in the Central Nervous System"


Martin, Sandy (Ph.D.)
Professor
"Define the Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Tissue Protection and Reversible Metabolic Depression in Hibernation by using High-Throughput-omnics Analyses"



McMurray, Michael (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Mechanisms of Assembly and Inheritance of Dynamic Macromolecular Structures: Higher-order Septin Assemblies in Budding Yeast; Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Yeast Gametogenesis"



Moore, Jeffrey K. (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Molecular Regulation of the Microtubule Network in Cell Division and Disease"




Orr, Caley (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Paleoanthropology, Evolution of Hominin Bipedality, Adaptation to Manual Manipulation and Tool Behaviors, Primate Functional Morphology (focus on hands and feet), Biomechanics, 3D Morphometrics, Biomedical Imaging and Computer Modeling for Virtual Human and Comparative Anatomy"




Pearson, Chad (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Molecular Basis of Centriole Biogenesis and Stabilization for Centrosomes and Cilia"




Prekeris, Rytis (Ph.D.)
Professor
"The Role of Cell Polarity During Cell Division, Epithelial Tissue Morphogenesis and Cancer Cell Metastasis"




Restrepo, Diego (Ph.D.)
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Neuroscience
"Olfactory Signal Transduction and Olfactory Sensory Coding Using Electrophysiological, Morphological, and Molecular Techniques"




Royer, Danielle (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Developing Innovative, Cutting-edge Virtual Educational Resources and Effective Pedagogies for the Health Science Professionals and Students"




Spitzer, Vic (Ph.D.)
Professor
"Human Anatomy and Computed 3D Imaging"



Stabio, Maureen (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
"Development of MRI-based Anatomical Models for Neuroscience Education; Structure and Function of Retinal Ganglion Cells in Mouse Retina"

Appel, Bruce
Professor | Pediatrics Developmental Biology
Identify Genes that are Targets for Therapies to treat Developmental, Degenerative, and Cancerous Diseases of the Nervous System



Kristin Artinger (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor | Craniofacial Biology
Early Spinal Cord Development



Bookstein, Nancey Johnson (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor | Physical Therapy




Clouthier, David (Ph.D.)
Professor | Craniofacial Biology
Signaling Pathways Regulating Craniofacial and Cardiovascular Development



Greany, Thomas (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor | Department of Restorative Dentistry
Application of Modern Imaging Analysis Techniques for Virtual Teaching and Assessment in Oral Health & Medicine; Intraoral Monitoring, Cone Beam CT Applications, Digital Surface Scanning & Analysis, 3D Modeling and Analysis Systems, Haptics Training Units, Data Mining and Interdisciplinary Collaboration across Dentistry, Medicine, and Engineering



Hellier, Jennifer (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor | Department of Family Medicine




Sue Kinnamon (Ph.D.)
Professor | Otolaryngology




Koch, Peter (Ph.D.)
Professor | Dermatology
Investigating the Roles of Cell Adhesion Molecules in Cell Signaling, Tissue, and Organ Formation and Diseases



Law, Amanda J. (Ph.D.)
Professor | Psychiatry
(Dr. Nancy L. Gary Endowed Chair)

Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Disorders



Niswander, Lee (Ph.D.)
Professor & Chair | Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (CU Boulder)
Genetic and Cellular Mechanisms that Control Embryonic Development



Pascoe, Mike (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor | Physical Therapy



Payne, Karin (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor | Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Biology




Reis, Tania (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor | Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes
The Genetic Basis of Obesity and Neuronal Control of Energy Balance in Drosophila Melanogaster



Reyland, Mary (Ph.D.)
Professor | Craniofacial Biology
Role of Protein Kinase C Signaling in Programmed Cell Death



Reynolds, Susan (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor | National Jewish Health
Asthma, Cellular & Molecular Biology, COPD/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease/Emphysema



Siegenthaler, Julie (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor | Pediatrics




Vladar, Eszter (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor | Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
How the Multiciliated Cells of the Airway Epithelium Differentiate During Development and Regeneration, and how Ciliary Defects Contribute to Respiratory Disease



Williams, Trevor (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor | Craniofacial Biology
Transcriptional Control of Mouse Development and Stem Cell Function

Gaillard, Dany
Instructor | Cell & Developmental Biology (Tase & Smell)
Taste Cell Renewal in Adults



Goldberg, Chelsea
Instructor | Modern Human Anatomy
Medical School Human Body Block, Modern Human Anatomy, Gross Anatomy



Salcedo, Ernesto
Senior Instructor | Cell & Developmental Biology, Modern Human Anatomy
Olfactory Sensory Coding using Anatomical and Behavioral Techniques

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