Jimmy Ballard
Jimmy Ballard, Ph.D., PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN, PI/DIRECTOR, OKLAHOMA CENTER FOR MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNITY, COBRE RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Ballard lab studies fundamental aspects for Clostridioides difficile physiology and mechanisms of pathogenesis. C. difficile is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections and routinely infects patients undergoing antibiotic treatments. Though C. difficile is a strict anaerobe, the disease is initiated through […]
Lijun Xia
Lijun Xia, M.D., Ph.D. Member and Program Chair, Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Merrick Foundation Chair in Biomedical Research, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation He is also working Principal Investigator of COBRE- Center for Cellular Metabolism Research in Oklahoma.
William Sonntag
William Sonntag, Ph.D., Geroscience, College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Professor and Chair, Director of Center for Geroscience and Healthy Brain Aging Clinical/Research Interests: Brain aging, IGF-1, Cerebrovasculature aging, Learning and memory He is also working as Principal Investigator of Cellular and Molecular Geoscience COBRE, Oklahoma.
Darrin Akins
Darrin Akins, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Director, Oklahoma INBRE Program, Associate Director for Education and Training, Stephenson Cancer Center, President’s Associates Presidential Professor Dr. Akins has been Principal Investigator of the Oklahoma IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (OK-INBRE) award since 2009, which was just renewed through 2024. OK-INBRE is funded by the […]
James Takacs
James Takacs, Emeritus Professor. Charles Mach University Professor, Nebraska Research Interests: Asymmetric Catalysis, Self-Assembly, Combinatorial Catalysis, Metal-Catalyzed Cyclizations, Synthetic Methods Development, Natural Product Total Synthesis He is also working as Principal Investigator of COBRE, Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication (CIBC).
Donald Sens
Donald Sens, Ph.D., Professor, Pathology. Principal Investigator of ND INBRE Health and the Environment, North Dakota. Education and Training: Ashland College, BS The University of South Carolina, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Harvard Medical School (Post-doctoral in Molecular Biology)
Stephen Wonderlich
Stephen Wonderlich, Ph.D., is the Chester Fritz Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Director of Clinical Research at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute. He is also Chairperson of the Eating Disorder Department at Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota. Past […]
Roxanne Vaughan
Roxanne Vaughan, Professor, Biomedical Sciences Principal Investigator: COBRE, Epigenomics of Development and Disease, North Dakota.
Sanku Mallik
Sanku Mallik, Ph.D., Professor, Principal Investigator of COBRE, Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies in Pancreatic CancerResearch: (1) Design of Isozyme-Selective Inhibitors for Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (2) Fabrication of hybrid liposomes with triple-helical collagen peptides for targeting to the matrix metalloproteinase-9 (3) Development of Chemical Receptors for Proteins Based on Polymerized Liposomes.
Marc Basson
Marc Basson. MD, PhD, MBA, Sr Assoc Dean Medicine / Research, Dean’s Office Med- Gen surgery, wound healing, cancer, signal transduction, intestinal epithelial biology Professor, Surgery: Gen surgery, wound healing, cancer, signal transduction, intestinal epithelial biology Professor, Biomedical Sciences: Gen surgery, wound healing, cancer, signal transduction, intestinal epithelial Principal Investigator: CTR, Dakota Cancer Collaborative on Translational Activity.