Reproductive Biology

Please note: Words in italics are the official PIBS affiliations of the indicated faculty.

Jill Becker, Ph.D. Role of estrogen and dopamine in behavior/recovery of function after brain injury. Neuroscience.

Sally A. Camper, Ph.D. Developmental genetics of the neuroendocrine system; transgenic mice; gene targeting; pituitary dwarfism. Human Genetics. Bioinformatics. Cellular & Molecular Biology. Neuroscience.

Robert Denver, Ph.D. Molecular biology of hormone action in animal development; neuroendocrinology; evolutionary developmental biology. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology. Neuroscience.
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Steven Domino, M.D., Ph.D. Functions of cell-surface carbohydrates in reproductive and other tissues. Cellular & Molecular Biology.

Fred J. Karsch, Ph.D. Neuroendocrine regulation of ovarian cyclicity and seasonal breeding; interactions between immune and neuroendocrine systems. Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

Roland Kwok, Ph.D. Hormonal regulation of cAMP-activated gene expression. Biological Chemistry. Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Theresa M. Lee, Ph.D. Study the photic and non-photic signals that entrain circadian and seasonal rhythms and the role of gonadal hormones in the development and adult manifestation of those rhythms. Neuroscience.

K. M. Jairam Menon, Ph.D. Signal transduction through G protein-coupled receptors; molecular aspects of hormone action. Biological Chemistry. Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Ram Menon, M.D Growth hormone action, regulation of gene transcription, role of growth factors in germ cell function. Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Kentaro Nabeshima, Ph.D. Mechanisms of the chromosome dynamics in meiosis with the primary focus on the establishment of the association between homologous chromosomes. Lab: http://www.med.umich.edu/cdb/sub_pages/People/nabeshima.html Cell and Developmental Biology

Vasantha Padmanabhan, Ph.D. Prenatal programming of adult reproductive disorders by native steroids and environmental disruptors; Neuroendocrine control of ovarian cyclicity with emphasis on neuroendcorine and paracrine regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone and ovarian folliculogenesis. Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Diane M. Robins, Ph.D. Developmental and hormonal regulation of mammalian gene expression. Human Genetics. Cellular & Molecular Biology.

Gary Smith, Ph.D. Mammalian gamete and embryo developmental biology. Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

Robert Thompson, Ph.D. Mechanisms of antidepressant action and nutritional regulation of reproductive functions (regulation of gene expression; molecular biology, neuroendocrinology and anatomy). Neuroscience. Psychiatry.

Deneen M Wellik , Ph.D. How Hox genes function to pattern the mammalian body plan. Focused on kidney and limb development as well as axial skeletal patterning using mouse developmental genetics as our primary model organism. Molecular Medicine & Genetics. Internal Medicine. Cell & Developmental Biology.

Michael J. Welsh, Ph.D. Cellular stress response and stress-induced proteins; molecular mechanisms of toxicant action; regulation and function of hsp27 and related small stress proteins in muscle and cancer; cell biology; cell cytoskeleton and cytoskeletal proteins. Cell & Developmental Biology. Cellular & Molecular Biology.

Matthew J. Wishart, Ph.D. Mechanisms of action for protein- and lipid-phosphatases; STYX / dead-phosphatase adapters and phosphorylation-mediated signaling; molecular mechanisms of mammalian reproduction. Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

X.Z. Shawn Xu, Ph.D. Neurobiology of behavior and drug addiction in the genetic model organism C. elegans. Regulation of neuronal activity and fertilization by calcium signaling. Molecular & Integrative Physiology.