CMPR Members
CMPR Faculty Members:
| Name | Affiliation | Research | Contact Information |
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| Pablo Artigas, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Structure-based functional studies of P-type ATPases and their regulation |
(806) 743-1142
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| Michael P. Blanton, Ph.D., Professor | Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Structural analysis of ligand-gated channels |
(806) 743-2425
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| Yangzom Bhutia, Ph.D., Associate Professor | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Transporters and its relevance to cancers |
(806) 743-1282
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| Luis Cuello, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Structure and dynamics of ion channels |
(806) 743-2525
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| Elka Georgieva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU | Structure and function of viroporins and membrane exporters of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
(806) 8348166
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| Lan Guan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Co-Director | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Structures and mechanisms of secondary active transport |
(806) 743-3102
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| Juyang Huang, Ph.D., Professor | Physics, TTU | Roles of cholesterol in determining the physicochemical properties of cell membranes |
(806) 834-3182
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| Michaela Jansen, PharmD, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Structures and mechanisms receptors & solute transporters and their pharmacological relevance |
(806) 743-4059
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| Andrey Karamyshev, Ph.D., Associate Professor Associate Director | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Membrane protein targeting, translocation/insertion and folding in health and disease |
(806) 743-4102
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| Zemfira Karamysheva, Ph.D., Associate Professor | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Translational control in protozoa and mammalian organisms, specialized ribosomes, molecular mechanisms of persistence and drug resistance in Leishmania parasites |
(806) 743-3231
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| Michael Latham, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota |
The role of conformational changes in the function of a critical DNA double strand break repair complex | |
| Hongjun Liang, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Membrane biophysics and bionanoengineering |
(806) 743-1463
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| Ruibin Liang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU | Quantum dynamics simulation on molecular photoswitches and water splitting | rliang@ttu.eduβ (806) 834-7183 |
| Malaiyalam Mariappan, Ph.D., Associate Professor | Cell Physiology & Biochemistry, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress, Unfolded Protein Response (UPR), Ubiquitin-mediated protein quality control, Autophagy, Neurodegenerative diseases, type 2 Diabetes | malaiyalam.mariappan@ttuhsc.edu (806) 743-4104 |
| Raheleh Ravanfar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU | Molecular Mechanism of Metalloproteins, Bio-inspired Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Heme-containing Proteins, Targeted Delivery and Controlled Release | raheleh.ravanfar@ttu.edu (806) 834-6129 |
| Adam Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU | Receptor tyrosine kinases, cell signaling, and effects of oncogenic variants of uncertain significance | aw.smith@ttu.edu (806) 834-3551 |
| R. Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ |
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(806) 743-4058
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| Ina Urbatsch, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ |
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(806) 743-2700T
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| Tetyana Vasylyeva, M.D., Ph.D., Professor | Pediatrics, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ | Nephrin in the slit diaphragm of podocytes, permeability, nephrotic syndrome, and treatment. | |
| Michael Wiener, Ph.D., Professor, Co-Director & Department Chair | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ |
Michael.Wiener@ttuhsc.edu
(806) 743-1204 |
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| Ben Wylie, Ph.D., Associate Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU |
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(806) 834-2328
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