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            Maurizio Bocchetta 
			
			mbocche@lumc.edu | 
            Cancer Center Room 204 | 
            327-3362 | 
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            Michael A. Collins, Prof. 
            mcollin@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg. 101 
            Room 2726 | 
            216-4560 | 
            
			Biochemical
            neurotoxicology of alcoholism; endogenous neurotoxins in Parkinsonism; metabolism of
            carboline alkaloids | 
          
          
            Mitchell F. Denning 
            Associate Prof. 
            mdennin@lumc.edu | 
            Cancer Center 
            Room 304 | 
            327-3358 | 
            
			Signal
            transduction pathways that regulate normal skin homeostasis; protein kinase C role in skin
            cancer | 
          
          
            Manuel O. Diaz, Prof. 
            
            mdiaz2@lumc.edu | 
            Cancer Center 
            Room 337 | 
            327-3172 | 
            
			Role of p16 in
            replicative senescence; role of MLL gene in regulation of gene expression during
            commitment and differentiation | 
          
          
            Andrew Dingwall 
			Associate Professor 
			
			
			adingwall@lumc.edu 
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            Cancer Center 
			Room 334 | 
            327-3141 | 
            
			Understanding the multitude of critically 
			important roles chromatin structure plays in normal development and 
			disease. | 
          
          
            Lydia DonCarlos, Prof. 
            ldoncar@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg 102 
            Room 5659 | 
            216-4975 | 
            Sexual
            differentiation of the brain; effects of gonadal steroid hormones on neural development
            and brain responses in injury | 
          
          
            Mary Ann Emanuele, Prof. 
			
			memanue@lumc.edu 
            
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            Bldg 117 
            Room 16 | 
            (888)LUHS 
			888 | 
            
			Effects of alcohol on
            hypothalamic and pituitary gene transcription and translation; neuroimmunoendocrinology | 
          
          
            Kimberly Foreman,   
			Associate Professor 
			
			kforema@lumc.edu | 
            Cancer Center 
			Room 235 | 
            327-3320 | 
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            Allen Frankfater, Prof. 
            afrankf@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg. 102 
            Room 6661 | 
            216-8109 | 
            
			Regulation of expression of
            lysosomal proteases; alternative splicing of cathepsin B in cancer; processing and
            secretion of lysosomal proteases by cancer cells; lysosomal proteases and cancer
            metastasis | 
          
          
            Charles Hemenway, 
			Prof. 
			
			chemenway@lumc.edu | 
            Cancer Center 
			Room 202 | 
            327-3130 | 
            
			Rational design of inhibitors of MLL Leukemias | 
          
          
            Earle W. Holmes, Jr., Assoc. Prof. 
            eholme1@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg. 103 
            Room 0095 | 
            216-3292 | 
            Assistant Director of Clinical Chemistry | 
          
          
            Stephen E. Kahn, Prof. 
            skahn@lumc.edu 
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            Bldg. 103, Room 0095 | 
            216-4725 | 
            Director of General Chemistry and Toxicology | 
          
          
            | Jeffrey Kanofsky, Prof. | 
            1184, Bldg 2 
            Hines, V.A. | 
            343-7200 | 
            Biochemistry
            of oxygen radical reactions | 
          
          
            | Elizabeth J.Kovacs, Prof.  ekovacs@lumc.edu
                                    
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            Bldg 110         Room 4221 | 
            327-2477 | 
            Effects
            of gender, aging & alcohol exposure on inflammation & cell mediated immunity | 
          
          
            Caroline Le Poole, Assoc. Prof. 
			
			ILEPOOL@lumc.edu | 
            Cancer Center 
			Room 203 | 
            327-2032 | 
            
			Autoimmune recognition of 
			melanocytes in vitiligo & dendritic cell effector functions and 
			immune recognition of tumor cells. | 
          
          
            Mary Druse-Manteuffel, Prof.
			 
			mmanteu@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg. 102 
            Room 6635 | 
            216-3370 | 
            
			Development of CNS
            neurotransmitter systems and CNS membranes in offspring of alcoholic and undernourished
            mothers; effects of alcohol on the aging brain | 
          
          
            Rubin Mestril 
            Associate Prof. 
            
            rmestril@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg. 110 
            Room 5227 | 
            327-2395 | 
            
			Function of heat shock proteins
            in their protective role in cardiac and myogenic cells during ischemic stress | 
          
          
            Gregory A. Mignery 
            Associate Prof. 
            
            gmigner@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg. 102 
            Room 5603 | 
            216-1181 | 
            
			Structure.functional
            characterization of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor protein family | 
          
          
            Toni Pak 
			Assistant Professor 
			
			tpak@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg 102 
			Room 5646 | 
            216-5183 | 
            
			Neuroendocrine regulation of puberty and the 
			molecular mechanisms of neuclear steroid receptor transactivation | 
          
          
            Erika Piedras-Renteria 
            Assistant Prof. 
            
            epiedra@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg 102 
            Room 4669 | 
            216-9508 | 
            Molecular
            mechanisms of neuronal calcium channel function in normal and pathological conditions.  | 
          
          
            Richard M. Schultz, Prof. 
            rschult@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg. 102 
            Room 6653 | 
            216-9378 | 
            
			Mechanism of cancer cell
            metastasis and the involvement of proteolytic enzymes in the metastatic process; oncogene
            pathways in induction of metastasis | 
          
          
            | George J. Siegel, Prof. | 
            201, Bldg F 
            Hines, V.A. | 
            343-7200 | 
            
			Regulation of Na,K-ATPase
            activity in aging and alcoholic brains; biochemistry of adaptive responses to
            nuerotoxicity produced by alcohol in brain | 
          
          
            
			William H. Simmons, Prof. 
            wsimmon@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg 101 
            Room 2724 | 
            216-3362 | 
            
			Mechanisms of vasoactive peptide
            metabolism; mast cell tryptase purification and characterization of peptidases | 
          
          
            Evan Stubbs 
            Associate Prof. 
            estubbs@orion.it.luc.edu | 
            D400N 
            Bldg 1 
            Hines, V.A. | 
            343-7200 
            x3507 | 
            
			Lithium effects on second
            messenger signalling in cultured human neuroblastoma cells and rat CNS | 
          
          
            Pamela Witte, Professor 
			
			pwitte@lumc.edu | 
            Bldg 102 
			Room 5680 | 
            216-3358 | 
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            Nancy J. Zeleznik-Le, Prof. 
            
            nzelezn@lumc.edu | 
            Cancer Center 
            Room 337 | 
            327-3368 | 
            
			Understand the mechanism of epigenetic gene regulation by MLL and 
			misregulation by MLL fusion proteins in leukemia 
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