Edie Goldsmith
Dr. Edie Goldsmith is a professor of cell biology and anatomy at the University of South Carolina and an established investigator who is the PI for South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) Association. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a dynamic network consisting of structural proteins (collagens), glycoproteins and proteoglycans that provide […]
Christopher Cowan
Dr. Christopher Cowan is an established investigator who is the PI for COBRE in Neurodevelopment and Its Disorders Association, Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, and he holds the SmartState Endowed Chair in Brain Imaging. Dr. Cowan is also the Director of the NIH-funded Center of […]
Hippokratis Kiaris
Dr. Hippokratis Kiaris is an established investigator who is the PI for Center for Targeted Therapeutics Association, Chatzistamou, I., Trimis, G., Frangou-Plemmenou, M., Pafiti-Kondi, A., & Kalofoutis, A. (2005, March 1). Evidence for nonautonomous effect of p53 tumor suppressor in carcinogenesis. Cancer Research. Lafkas, D., Trimis, G., Papavassiliou, A. G., & Kiaris, H. (2008). p53 […]
James Culvin Morris
Dr. James Culvin Morris is an established investigator who is the PI for COBRE: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Association, professor in the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry. He is a Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) faculty member. His primary research focus areas are molecular and biochemical parasitology. He has taught a wide range of […]
Igor Roninson
Igor Roninson, Ph.D. Professor, Director, Center for Targeted Therapeutics Department: Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences (DDBS), College of Pharmacy. Research Interests: The main research topic of our laboratory is the role of the CDK8/19 kinase in transcriptional reprogramming in the context of cancer, aging-associated diseases, and inflammatory and viral diseases. CDK8 and CDK19 are closely […]
Prakash Nagarkatti
Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina Vice President for Research Carolina Distinguished Professor, Department: Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine Columbia. Research Interests: Research Interests Immunotoxicity of TCDD and other endocrine disruptors, Cannabinoid-induced immunosuppression and use of cannabinoids in cancer therapy, Center for CAM — Research on Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases. He is also […]
Steven Kautz
Steven Kautz: Chair, Department of Health Sciences and Research. Professor, College of Health Professions, Department of Health Sciences and Research Academic Focus Stroke recovery Neurorehabilitation Neural control and biomechanics of locomotion He is also working as Principal Investigator of COBRE in Stroke Recovery, South Carolina.
Hai Yao
Hai Yao, Professor, and Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair Associate Chair for CU-MUSC Bioengineering Program Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami 2004 Research Interests Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Multiscale Modeling Biotransport Rebuilding Joint Function: Tissue Mechanics Constitutive modeling and numerical simulation Structure-function relationship: biomechanical characterization Fluid and solute transport: tissue nutrition Cell Mechanobiology Single-cell mechanics: characterization […]
Lesly Temesvary
Lesly Temesvary, Alumni Distinguished Professor Education: Ph.D., Biology, University of Windsor, 1993 B.Sc., Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, 1987 The overall goal of the research in Dr. Temesvari’s laboratory is to understand the pathogenesis of the human protozoan parasite, Entamoeba histolytica. This is the causative agent of amoebic dysentery and amoebic liver abscess; up to […]
Stephen Duncan
Stephen Duncan studied Molecular Biology at the University of Glasgow. He received his Ph.D./D.Phil. from Wolfson College at Oxford University in 1992 for working on the mechanisms that controlled transmission of the poxvirus, vaccinia, with Dr. Geoffrey Smith. He then moved to The Rockefeller University in New York City to undertake a postdoctoral fellowship in […]