How signals are transmitted from receptors to biological effectors <\/p>\n
How does the cell maintain a redox environment in the ER appropriate for oxidative protein folding <\/p>\n
We study the excitatory glutamate activated receptor-channels in the vertebrate central nervous system <\/p>\n
How Ras-related GTPases regulate basic cellular processes <\/p>\n
To understand the biology and enzymology of protein palmitoylation <\/p>\n
How bacterial signaling is controlling biofilm formation and pathogenicity <\/p>\n
To understand the molecular and cellular events that direct the formation of vertebrate organs <\/p>\n
We study the structure and function of nicotinic acetylcholine and glutamate receptors in signal transduction <\/p>\n
To reveal the architecture and molecular mechanisms of membrane proteins that mediate extracellular signaling <\/p>\n
The mission of the Department of Molecular Medicine is to make fundamental discoveries in basic research that will be relevant to and impact the biomedical community; educate and train graduate students, postdoctoral (Ph.D) and DVM fellows, and educate veterinary students in the basic biological concepts that underlie the development of treatment strategies. <\/p>\n
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