Summary of Faculty Research Interests
Craniodental evolutionary developmental biology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive formation of the skeleton in the embryo
Physics of x-ray contrast mechanisms, x-ray optics research and biomedical applications of synchrotron radiation.
3-dimensional imaging of skeletal development, adaptation and aging.
Neural plasticity from molecules to behaviour with a focus on the mechanisms and consequences of kindling.
Investigating molecular processes that accompany demyelination of spinal cord aggregates and their subsequent remyelination.
Cell Biology and therapeutic potential of myelinating glia.
The structure-function relationship of integrin signaling in cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Genetic and biochemical analysis of chromatin assembly and aging in yeast and chromatin defects in cancer cells.
Heat shock gene expression in zebrafish embryos in response to environmental stress and toxins.
Molecular biology of embryonic cartilage formation along with cartilage degeneration and repair processes.
Histopathological changes due to chronic steroid exposure and inflammatory mechanisms in disease processes including MS in the animal model.
Health-related synchrotron research into the role of metals in neurodegeneration, stroke and multiple sclerosis. Synchrotron imaging as a tool to improve the interpretation of clinical magnetic resonance images.
Molecular biology of stress response.
Gene expression in developing skeletal muscle.
Development and regeneration of the nervous system.
Regulation of nervous system repair and neuropathic pain states.
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