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Ackerman, Michael J., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Associate Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Pharmacology
ackerman.michael@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Genomics, molecular and cellular electrophysiology of long QT syndrome
  • Sudden infant death syndrome
  • Genotype-Phenotype correlations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Ames, Matthew M., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Pharmacology
ames.matthew@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Design, preparation and evaluation of antitumor agents
  • Biology of carcinoid tumors
  • Role of serine proteinases in tumor cell growth regulation

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Brimijoin, W. Stephen, Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Pharmacology
brimijoi@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Developmental neurobiology of cholinesterases
  • Models of autoimmune neurologic disease
  • Applied structural biology of cholinesterases

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Choi, Doo-Sup , Ph.D. (Rochester)

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
choids@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Neurobiology of alcoholism and drug addiction
  • Genetically engineered rodent models
  • Psychopharmacology of addiction

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Diasio, Robert B., M.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Pharmacology
diasio.robert@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Pharmacogenetics of antineoplastic agents
  • Biochemical, molecular, and chemical pharmacology of antineoplastic agents

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Fields, Alan P., Ph.D. (Jacksonville)
Professor of Pharmacology
fields.alan@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Genetics, biochemistry and cell biology of lung and colon cancers and of chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • Role of protein kinase C (PKC) family of protein kinases
  • PKC isozymes

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Karnitz, Larry M., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
karnitz.larry@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • DNA damage sensor proteins
  • DNA damage checkpoint signaling pathways
  • Pharmacologic agents that affect checkpoint signaling

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Katusic, Zvonimir S., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology
katusic.zvonimir@mayo.edu

Research interests...


Kaufmann, Scott H., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
kaufmann.scott@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Anticancer drugs
  • Programmed cell death
  • Drug resistance

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Lou, Zhenkun, Ph.D. (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
lou.zhenkun@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • DNA damage checkpoint activation
  • Genomic instability and tumorigenesis
  • Regulation of life span and aging

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McMurray, Cynthia T., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Pharmacology
mcmurray.cynthia@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Huntington's disease
  • Schizophrenia
  • Receptor-mediated gene expression
  • Trinucleotide expansion
  • DNA-protein interactions

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Miller, Laurence J., M.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
ljm@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • G Protein-coupled receptor structure, function and regulation
  • Ligand-receptor interaction
  • Photoaffinity labeling

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Murray, Nicole R., Ph.D. (Jacksonville)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
murray.nicole@mayo.edu

Research interests:


Olson, Timothy M., M.D. (Rochester)
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

olson.timothy@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Cardiovascular genetics

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Pang, Yuan-Ping, Ph.D. (Rochester)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
pang@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Molecular recognition
  • Enzyme catalysts
  • Angiogensis
  • Drug design

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Poland, Gregory A., M.D. (Rochester)

Professor of Medicine
poland.gregory@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Vaccine-preventable infectious diseases
  • Vaccines against agents of bioterrorism
  • Predictors of vaccine response
  • Antigen processing and HLA (human leukocyte antigens) presentation
  • Vaccine immunogenetics
  • Cancer vaccines

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Prendergast, Franklyn G., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Pharmacology and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
prendergast@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Fluorescence spectroscopy
  • Protein structure and dynamics
  • Biochemistry and bioluminescence

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Richelson, Elliott, M.D. (Jacksonville)
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
richel@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Basic neuropsychopharmacology
  • Clinical neuropsychopharmacology

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Terzic, Andre, M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
terzic.andre@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Cardioprotective KATP channels and regulation of membrane excitability and mitochondrial homeostasis
  • Intracellular energy signaling
  • Nucleocytoplasmic transport

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Wang, Liewei, M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
wang.liewei@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Pharmacogenomics of antineoplastic agents
  • Functional genomics and molecular mechanisms in pharmacogenomics
  • Genotype-phenotype correlations with drug response

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Weinshilboum, Richard M., M.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
weinshilboum.richard@mayo.edu    

Research interests:

  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Drug metabolism
  • Methylation pharmacogenetics
  • Sulfation pharmacogenetics

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