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  • Bieber, Allen, J., Ph.D. (Rochester)

  • 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)

    • Associate Professor of Pharmacology
    • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
    • choids@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Neurobiology of alcoholism and drug addiction
      • Genetically engineered rodent models
      • Psychopharmacology of addiction
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  • Dickson, Dennis W., M.D. (Florida)

    • Professor of Pathology
    • dickson.dennis@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Neuropathology of aging and dementia in humans and animal models
      • Neuropathology and Biochemistry of Parkinson's disease and related disorders
      • Brain banking for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and tauopathies
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  • Henley, John R., Ph.D. (Rochester)

    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Physiology
    • henley.john@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Molecular analysis of guidance receptors and signal transduction mechanisms
      • Gradient sensing and axon guidance
      • Directed endocytosis and exocytosis
      • Functional regulation of cell adhesion molecules
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  • Horazdovsky, Bruce F., Ph.D. (Rochester)

  • Howe, Charles L., Ph.D. (Rochester)

  • Isaya, Grazia, M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Pediatrics
    • isaya.grazia@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Mitochondrial biogenesis
      • Mitochondrial iron homeostasis and oxidative damage
      • Mitochondrial disease
      • Friedreich ataxia
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  • Jenkins, Robert B., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Laboratory Medicine
    • rjenkins@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Cancer genetics and broadly defined as the elucidation of the genetic events important for cancer initiation, progression, and metastasis
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  • Leissring, Malcolm Arthur, Ph.D. (Florida)

    • Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
    • leissring.malcolm@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Elucidatinig the molecular pathogenesis of Alzheimers disease
      • Other age-related neurodegenerative disorders
      • Fundamental mechanisms underlying aging itself
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  • Lennon, Vanda A., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)

  • Mantilla, Carlos B., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)

  • McMurray, Cynthia T., Ph.D (Rochester)

  • McNiven, Mark A., Ph.D. (Rochester)

  • Petrucelli, Leonard (Florida)

    • Associate Professor of Molecular Neuroscience
    • petrucelli.leonard@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Neurodegeneration in proteinopathies — modeling & mechanisms
      • Development of therapeutics

  • Poduslo, Joseph F., Ph.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Professor of Neurology
    • poduslo.joseph@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Delivery of therapeutic/diagnostic proteins across the blood-brain barrier
      • Targeting of Alzheimer's plaques for magnetic resonance imaging
      • Passive immunization in Alzheimer's disease
      • Antioxidant enzyme therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
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  • Rademakers, Rosa, Ph.D. (Florida)

  • Richelson, Elliott, M.D. (Florida)

    • Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
    • richel@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Development of novel drugs to treat schizophrenia
      • Development of novel drugs to treat Parkinson's disease
      • Development of novel drugs to treat depression
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  • Robb, Richard A., Ph.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Biophysics and Computer Science
    • robb.richard@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Biomedical image processing, display and analysis
      • Image-guided navigation and localization in minimally invasive procedures
      • Advanced visualization and virtual reality applications in medicine
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  • Rodriguez, Moses, M.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Neurology and Immunology
    • rodriguez.moses@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Virus induced demyelination of the central nervous system
      • Promotion of remyelination with monoclonal antibodies
      • Mechanisms of neurologic deficits in human multiple sclerosis
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  • Rosenberry, Terrone L., Ph.D. (Florida)

    • Professor of Pharmacology
    • rosenberry@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Protein structure and function
      • Catalytic mechanisms of acetylcholinesterase and beta-secretase
      • Aggregation of amyloid A beta protein
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  • Scarisbrick-Paulsen, Isobel A. , Ph.D (Rochester)

  • Sieck, Gary C., Ph.D. (Rochester)

  • Sine, Steven M., Ph.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Physiology
    • sine@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Neuromuscular disorders
      • Structure-function relationships of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels
      • Kinetics of single channel state transitions
      • Molecular bases for receptor-ligand recognition
      • Ion channel structure and dynamics
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  • Somers, Virend K., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Medicine
    • somers.virend@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Neural circulatory control in health and disease
      • Cardiovascular disease mechanisms in sleep apnea
      • Neural mechanisms linking sleep to sudden cardiac death
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  • Strehler, Emanuel E., Ph.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
    • strehler.emanuel@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Calcium signaling and calcium homeostasis in health and disease
      • Plasma membrane calcium pumps and calcium sensor proteins (calmodulin, calmodulin-like proteins)
      • Protein-protein interactions in the assembly and regulation of calcium "signalosomes"
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  • Taner, Nilufer, M.D., Ph.D. (Florida)

  • Weinshilboum, Richard M., M.D. (Rochester)

  • Windebank, Anthony J., M.D. (Rochester)

    • Professor of Neurology
    • windebank.anthony@mayo.edu
    • Research interests:
      • Mechanisms of neuron death caused by drugs used to treat cancer (Platinum compounds, farnesyl transferase inhibitors, microtubular agents). Tissue culture, animal and patient studies
      • Spinal cord injury and repair; tissue culture and animal studies
      • Neuronal growth factor protection of neurons against metabolic or toxic injury (focusing on signal transduction mechanisms). Predominantly tissue culture studies
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  • Younkin, Steven G., M.D., Ph.D. (Florida)

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