CMPR Members
CMPR Faculty Members:
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Name |
Affiliation |
Research |
Contact Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Artigas, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC | Structure-based functional studies of P-type ATPases and their regulation | pablo.artigas@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-1142 |
| Michael P. Blanton, Ph.D., Professor | Pharmacology & Neuroscience, TTUHSC | Structural analysis of ligand-gated channels | michael.blanton@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-2425 |
| Yangzom Bhutia, Ph.D., Associate Professor | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC | Transporters and its relevance to cancers | Yangzom.D.Bhutia@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-1282 |
| Dima Bolmatov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | Physics & Astronomy, TTU | Soft condensed matter physics, biophysics and membrane neuroscience, with a focus on the structural and dynamical properties of lipid membranes under electric and ionic stimuli | Dima.Bolmatov@ttu.edu (806)834-8448 |
| Luis Cuello, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC | Structure and dynamics of ion channels | luis.cuello@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-2525 |
| Elka Georgieva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU | Structure and function of viroporins and membrane exporters of Mycobacterium tuberculosis | elgeorgi@ttu.edu(806) 8348166 |
| Lan Guan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Co-Director | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC | Structures and mechanisms of secondary active transport | lan.guan@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-3102 |
| Juyang Huang, Ph.D., Professor | Physics, TTU | Roles of cholesterol in determining the physicochemical properties of cell membranes | juyang.huang@ttu.edu(806) 834-3182 |
| Michaela Jansen, PharmD, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC | Structures and mechanisms receptors & solute transporters and their pharmacological relevance | michaela.jansen@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-4059 |
| Andrey Karamyshev, Ph.D., Associate Professor Associate Director | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC | Membrane protein targeting, translocation/insertion and folding in health and disease | andrey.karamyshev@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-4102 |
| Zemfira Karamysheva, Ph.D., Associate Professor | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC | Translational control in protozoa and mammalian organisms, specialized ribosomes, molecular mechanisms of persistence and drug resistance in Leishmania parasites | zemfira.karamysheva@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-3231 |
| 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, TTUHSC | Membrane biophysics and bionanoengineering | H.liang@ttuhsc.edu(806) 743-1463 |
| Ruibin Liang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU | Quantum dynamics simulation on molecular photoswitches and water splitting | rliang@ttu.edu(806) 834-7183 |
| Malaiyalam Mariappan, Ph.D., Associate Professor | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC | 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 |
| Marcos Matamoros Campos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC | Investigating membrane protein structural dynamics | marcos.matamoros@ttuhsc.edu (806) 743-1140 |
| Xue Wen Ng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC | Investigate the spatiotemporal membrane dynamics, organization and interactions of membrane receptors in pancreatic islet cells and its implications in health and diabetes | xuewen.ng@ttuhsc.edu (806) 743-7145 |
| 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, TTUHSC |
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(806) 743-4058
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| Ina Urbatsch, Ph.D., Professor | Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC |
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(806) 743-2700T
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| Tetyana Vasylyeva, M.D., Ph.D., Professor | Pediatrics, TTUHSC | 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, TTUHSC |
Michael.Wiener@ttuhsc.edu
(806) 743-1204 |
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| Kai Zhang , Ph.D., Professor | Biological Sciences, TTU, Molecular Parasitology |
kai.zhang@ttu.edu
(806) 834-0550 |