Opportunities abound for research training in Vascular and Cardiac Biology. UCSF's Cardiovascular Research Institute (http://cvri.ucsf.edu/) both provides a home for such research and fosters interactions among investigators throughout UCSF who are interested in cardiovascular biology and disease. The spectrum of investigation ranges from basic structural and chemical biology through cell biology, signaling and invertebrate and vertebrate models of cardiovascular development and disease to human genetics and patient-based disease research. A list of faculty and a description of their research programs can be found at http://cvri.ucsf.edu/. Once there, click on "Investigators" at left.
Participating Faculty
Rosemary J. Akhurst, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Growth factors and genetic modifiers in vascular biology and cancer
Gabriele Bergers, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling / Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Interactions between tumor cells and blood vessels to regulate neovascularization, tumor growth and invasion
Harold Bernstein, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Regulation of Cardiac and Skeletal Myogenesis and Repair
Brian Black, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Transcriptional Control of Mammalian Organogenesis
Benoit Bruneau, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Transcriptional regulation of heart development
Bruce Conklin, MD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Receptors, Stem Cells and Pharmacology
Shaun Coughlin, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Signaling mechanisms in vascular biology and disease
Robert V. Farese, Jr., MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Cell Biology of Energy Metabolism
Susan Fisher, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Placental Biology/Bacterial Adhesion
David Gardner, MD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Growth control in the cardiovascular system: Role of the natriuretic peptides and their receptors
Douglas B. Gould, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human Genetics
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Genetic and molecular mechanisms of ocular and cerebrovascular diseases
Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Immunology
Metabolic Changes and the Host Response to Infection
Yadong Huang, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Lily Jan, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Potassium Channels
Jacquelyn Maher, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Tissue-protective cytokines; fatty liver disease
Takashi Mikawa, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Developmental Regulation of Organogenesis
Dan Minor, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Molecular Basis of Electrical Signaling
Jeffrey Olgin, MD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias
David Pearce, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Regulation of gene expression and epithelial ion transport by stress steroids
Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology and Cell Signaling, Human Genetics, Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Signaling at the Primary Cilium, the Cell's Antenna
Robin Shaw, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Regulation of Cardiac Ion Channels: Cytoskeleton and Membrane Targeting
Dean Sheppard, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Research Interest:Vascular & Cardiac Biology, Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
In vivo function of integrins and molecular basis of lung diseases
Matthew L. Springer, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Angiogenesis & vascular biology, myocardial repair, endothelial function, and second hand smoke
Deepak Srivastava, MD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Human Genetics , Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Molecular and genetic dissection of cardiogenesis and its role in human disease
Didier Stainier, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Zebrafish Developmental Genetics/Cardiovascular Development
Zena Vexler, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology, Immunology
Inflammatory mechanisms of injury and repair after adult and neonatal stroke
Rong Wang, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Secondary Research Interest:Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Cell-cell signaling in angiogenesis and arterial venous hierarchy in embryos, ischemia, and tumors
Orion Weiner, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Cell polarity during chemotaxis
Midori Yenari, MD
Primary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Secondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology, Immunology
Inflammatory mechanisms in cerebral ischemia
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