Cardiovascular Disease and Angiogenesis Research
The following faculty members in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are focused on understanding the basic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and angiogenesis:
- H. (Bob) Robert Bergen, III, Ph.D. — Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) isoforms in treatment of chronic heart failure
- Frank V. Brozovich, M.D., Ph.D. — Cardiovascular contractility and signaling
- Thomas P. Burghardt, Ph.D. — Mutations in beta-cardiac myosin
- Stephen C. Ekker, Ph.D. — Zebrafish genetics: Assignment of genes and gene sets critical in vertebrate patterning and organogenesis
- Edward B. Leof, Ph.D. — Transforming growth factor ß and its downstream pathways that contribute to cellular processes in cancer, fibrotic disorders, immune modulation and wound healing
- Kun Ling, Ph.D. — Cell adhesion and migration
- Daniel J. McCormick, Ph.D. — BNP and ANP isoforms in treatment of chronic heart failure
- Debabrata (Dev) Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. — Tumor angiogenesis and vascular biology
- Xiaolei Xu, Ph.D. — Zebrafish genetics
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