Faculty
The Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Graduate Group (MCIPGG) faculty members have a wide-range of research interests. These interests have been broken down into nine primary categories.
An alphabetical list of all faculty members affiliated with the MCIPGG is on this Web page, or you may view a list of faculty by specialization and research interests through the drop-down menu.
Faculty in focus groups:
| Name | Department | Research Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean H. Adams | [other or N/A] | sadams@whnrc.usda.gov | |
| Thomas Adams | Animal Science | teadams@ucdavis.edu | Immunocastration; GnRH receptor synthesis and trafficking; stress, dependent modulation of reproduction |
| Steven Anderson | Physiology and Membrane Biology | seanderson@ucdavis.edu | Na, H, and Ca transport in hypoxic/ischemic myocardium. |
| Joseph Antognini | Anesthesiology (School of Medicine) | jfantognini@ucdavis.edu | Mechanisms of anesthesia |
| Trish Berger | Animal Science | tberger@ucdavis.edu | Fertilization emphasizing receptor-ligands involved in sperm-oocyte plasma membrane interactions; subfertility and reproductive toxicant models. |
| Edmund Bernauer | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | embernauer@ucdavis.edu | Exercise physiology: cardiovascular, fluid volumes, respiratory regulation, adaptation, and environmental factors |
| Sue Bodine | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | scbodine@ucdavis.edu | Neuromuscular physiology, integrative muscle biology, regulation of muscle size, mechanisms responsible for muscle atrophy following disuse, disease, and aging. |
| Ann C. Bonham | Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) | acbonham@ucdavis.edu | CNS control of the cardiorespiratory systems: genetic and physiological mechanisms |
| Laura N Borodinsky | Physiology and Membrane Biology | lnborodinsky@ucdavis.edu | |
| Robert J. Brosnan | Surgical and Radiological Sciences (Vet Med) | rjbrosnan@ucdavis.edu | |
| Peter Cala | Human Physiology (School of Medicine) | pmcala@ucdavis.edu | Sodium-Proton exchange (NHE1), Structure-Function, cell volume and pH regulation, Ion transport |
| Chris Calvert | Animal Science | cccalvert@ucdavis.edu | Control of protein and energy metabolism, especially as related to growth, lactation, and immune response; protein synthesis; nutrition and gene expression; systems analysis. |
| Earl Carstens | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | eecarstens@ucdavis.edu | Functional organization of pain and itch sensory systems |
| Gretchen Casazza | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | gretchen.casazza@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu | |
| Joseph Cech | Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology | jjcech@ucdavis.edu | Environmental physiology of fishes. |
| Leo M. Chalupa | [other or N/A] | lmchalupa@ucdavis.edu | Development/plasticity of the mammalian visual system |
| Ernest S. Chang | Bodega Marine Laboratory | eschang@ucdavis.edu | Physiological ecology, growth, and reproduction of marine invertebrates, especially crustaceans. |
| Chao-Yin Chen | Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) | cych@ucdavis.edu | |
| Tsung-Yu Chen | Neurology (School of Medicine) | tycchen@ucdavis.edu | Structures, functions and physiological roles of ion channels. |
| Gary Cherr | Bodega Marine Laboratory | gncherr@ucdavis.edu | Sperm-egg interaction in invertebrates, lower vertebrates, and primates. Reproductive and developmental toxicology |
| Anthony Cheung | Pathology (School of Medicine) | atcheung@ucdavis.edu anthony.cheung@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu | |
| Nipavan Chiamvimonvat | Internal Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (School of Medicine) | nchiamvimonvat@ucdavis.edu | The study of the functional roles of different isoforms of cardiac calcium channels using combined techniques of transgenic mouse models, gene silencing and patch-clamp recordings. |
| Alan Conley | [other or N/A] | ajconley@ucdavis.edu | Biochemical and molecular control of gonadal and adrenal steroidogenesis and its role in the reproductive development and physiology of vertebrates |
| Carroll Cross | Pulmonary Medicine (School of Medicine) | cecross@ucdavis.edu | Free radicals, oxidants, nitrosants, antioxidants, and lung biology and disease |
| Fitz-Roy Curry | Human Physiology (School of Medicine) | fecurry@ucdavis.edu | Regulation of microvessel permeability, endothelial cell biology, calcium homeostasis in endothelial cells |
| Wenbin Deng | Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) | wbdeng@ucdavis.edu | Basic and Translational Neuroscience Research, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine |
| Jason P. Eiserich | Internal Medicine: Division of Nephrology (School of Medicine) | jpeiserich@ucdavis.edu | Oxidative signaling, inflammation, and mechanisms underlying acute and chronic vascular dysfunction |
| Irwin Feinberg | Psychiatry (School of Medicine) | ifeinberg@ucdavis.edu | Human/animal sleep: effects of maturation, aging and glutamate neurotransmission |
| Michael Ferns | Anesthesiology (School of Medicine) | mjferns@ucdavis.edu | Synapse formation in mammalian nervous system. |
| Alla Fomina | Physiology and Membrane Biology | affomina@ucdavis.edu | |
| Charles A. Fuller | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | cafuller@ucdavis.edu | Regulation of circadian and homeostatic systems; sleep-wake physiology, energetics and metabolism in rodents and non-human primates |
| David Furlow | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | jdfurlow@ucdavis.edu | Molecular basis of hormone action, particularly during development |
| Jack M. Goldberg | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | jmgoldberg@ucdavis.edu | Cardiac electrophysiology |
| Aldrin V Gomes | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | avgomes@ucdavis.edu | We are interested in the molecular mechanisms of signal transduction, particularly in muscle contraction and cardiovascular disease. The two main research areas in my laboratory are: the role of the proteasome in normal, protected and diseased cardiac and skeletal muscle and the role of troponin in calcium regulation of muscle contraction in hypertrophic, dilated and restrictive cardiomyopathies. |
| Sarah Gray | Human Physiology (School of Medicine) | sdgray@ucdavis.edu | Vascular cell biology |
| Fawaz George Haj | Nutrition | fghaj@ucdavis.edu | Molecular and cellular basis of obesity and diabetes |
| Samantha Harris | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | samharris@ucdavis.edu | |
| Peter J. Havel | Molecular Biosciences (Vet Med) | pjhavel@ucdavis.edu | Endocrine regulation of energy homeostasis, adipocyte metabolism, pathophysiology of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease |
| Kei Hayashi | VM SURG/RAD SCIENCE | khayashi@ucdavis.edu | |
| John M. Horowitz | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | jmhorowitz@ucdavis.edu | Hibernation, neural networks, temperature regulation, learning and memory |
| Barbara A. Horwitz | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | bahorwitz@ucdavis.edu | Genetic, neural, and hormonal regulation of energy balance; alterations with obesity/age |
| Andrew Ishida | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | atishida@ucdavis.edu | |
| Lynelle Johnson | Medicine and Epidemiology (Vet Med) | lrjohnson@ucdavis.edu | Pulmonary vascular biology and endothelium-mediated control of vasoreactivity Inflammatory disease of the nasal cavity |
| James H. Jones | Surgical and Radiological Sciences (Vet Med) | jhjones@ucdavis.edu | |
| George A. Kaysen | Internal Medicine: Division of Nephrology (School of Medicine) | gakaysen@ucdavis.edu | Mechanism of hyperlipidemia in renal disease, consequence and cause of inflammation in dialysis, effects of inflammation on vascular endothelial structure and function, regulation of plasma protein composition |
| Nguyen Kien | Anesthesiology (School of Medicine) | ndkien@ucdavis.edu | Coronary circulation, cardiac dynamics, neural conduction and resuscitative fluid |
| Anne Knowlton | Internal Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (School of Medicine) | aaknowlton@ucdavis.edu | |
| Dietmar Kueltz | Animal Science | dkueltz@ucdavis.edu | Proteomics and physiological genomics of environmental stress adaptation in fishes and Daphnia; Evolution of environmental stress tolerance and phenotypic plasticity; Osmosensory stress signaling in animal cells. |
| Bill Lasley | [other or N/A] | bllasley@ucdavis.edu | Comparative reproduction and reproductive toxicology |
| Yu-Fung Lin | Anesthesiology (School of Medicine) | yflin@ucdavis.edu | Cellular and molecular physiology of ion channels: structure-function relationship and modulation |
| Irwin Liu | [other or N/A] | ikliu@ucdavis.edu | Reproductive diseases of horses, contraception in wildlife |
| K.C. Kent Lloyd | Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology (Vet Med) | kclloyd@ucdavis.edu | Gastrointestinal physiology, enterogastric reflexes, transgenic and knockout mice, homologous recombination in ES cells, embryo/germplasm cryopreservation, genetics. |
| Roger McDonald | Nutrition | rbmcdonald@ucdavis.edu | Cellular and physiologic aging |
| Stuart Meyers | Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology (Vet Med) | smeyers@ucdavis.edu | Cryopreservation and cryobiology of mammalian sperm. Mechanisms of spermatozoal cryoinjury. |
| James Millam | Animal Science | jrmillam@ucdavis.edu | Reproductive neuroendocrinology and toxicology of birds |
| Martha E. O'Donnell | Physiology and Membrane Biology | meodonnell@ucdavis.edu | Stroke, cerebral edema, estrogen, brain microvascular endothelial cells, astrocytes, cotransport |
| Anita M. Oberbauer | Animal Science | amoberbauer@ucdavis.edu | Molecular and cellular regulation of bone growth; dog genetic disorders |
| John A. Payne | Physiology and Membrane Biology | japayne@ucdavis.edu | Ion and water homeostasis of excitable cells |
| Isaac N. Pessah | Molecular Biosciences (Vet Med) | inpessah@ucdavis.edu | Molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating ryanodine receptors and Ca2+ signaling |
| Helen Raybould | [other or N/A] | heraybould@ucdavis.edu | Neural innervation of the gastrointestinal tract, in particular the primary afferent innervation. |
| Michael Remler | Neurology (School of Medicine) | mpremler@ucdavis.edu | |
| Janet Roser | Animal Science | jfroser@ucdavis.edu | Endocrine/paracrine/autocrine regulation of testicular function in the stallion and boar and ovarian function in the mare. |
| John C. Rutledge | Internal Medicine: Division of Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition and Vascular Medicine (School of Medicine) | jcrutledge@ucdavis.edu | Vascular biology, vascular inflammation, diabetic vasculopathy, lipoproteins, gender effects on the vascular wall pathology, maternal-fetal imprinting |
| Saul Schaefer | Internal Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (School of Medicine) | sschaefer@ucdavis.edu | Mitochondrial calcium regulation in myocytes, oxidative stress and myocardial ischemia |
| Edward Schelegle | [other or N/A] | esschelegle@ucdavis.edu | Integrated lung defense mechanisms. Lung vagal afferents in airway and pulmonary injury, repair and immunologic responses. Respiratory and cardiovascular physiology. |
| Michael Seldin | Biological Chemistry (School of Medicine) | mfseldin@ucdavis.edu | Genome based approaches towards defining the etiopathogenesis of disease. Approaches towards defining complex genetic disease in humans and mouse. Genetic mechanisms underlying predisposition |
| Charles Stebbins | Internal Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (School of Medicine) | clstebbins@ucdavis.edu | Neural and hormonal control of the cardiovascular system during exercise in physiological conditions and in heart disease |
| E.P. Steffey | Surgical and Radiological Sciences (Vet Med) | epsteffey@ucdavis.edu | Modifications in systemic physiology by anesthesia: rats to horses |
| Alice Tarantal | Pediatrics (School of Medicine) | aftarantal@primate.ucdavis.edu | Research focus on the fetus and infant |
| Brian Trainor | Psychology | bctrainor@ucdavis.edu | Our research examines how the environment regulates the effects of steroid hormones on social behaviors. |
| Catherine A. VandeVoort | Obstetrics and Gynecology (School of Medicine) | cavandevoort@ucdavis.edu | Primate reproductive physiology, including oocyte maturation, embryonic stem cells and ovarian toxicology. |
| Amparo Villablanca | Internal Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (School of Medicine) | avillablanca@ucdavis.edu | Vascular biology, hormonal regulation of gene expression in tissues and cells, atherosclerosis, mouse biology, women's health. |
| Peter C. Wainwright | Evolution and Ecology (College of Biological Sciences) | pcwainwright@ucdavis.edu | Evolution and ecology of vertebrate biomechanics. |
| W. Jeffrey Weidner | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | wjweidner@ucdavis.edu | |
| Robert H Weiss | Internal Medicine: Division of Nephrology (School of Medicine) | rhweiss@ucdavis.edu | cyclins and cyclin inhibitors, cancer growth control, metabolomics and proteomics, polycystic kidney disease |
| Jonathan Widdicombe | Human Physiology (School of Medicine) | jhwiddicombe@ucdavis.edu | Epithelial biology, ion transport, cystic fibrosis |
| Barry W. Wilson | Animal Science | bwwilson@ucdavis.edu | Impact of environmental chemicals on neuromuscle development and physiology; neurotoxiology, ecotoxicology; cholinesterases, pesticides and chemical warfare agents |
| Martin Wilson | Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) | mcwilson@ucdavis.edu | Synaptic transmission in the retina |
| John C Wingfield | [other or N/A] | jcwingfield@ucdavis.edu | Research focuses on how animals (mostly birds) deal with a changing environment and organize their life cycles accordingly. A changing environment involves the predictable (e.g. night and day, seasons, tides) and the unpredictable (e.g. severe storms, drought, human disturbance). We are particularly interested in how animals perceive the environment (and what cues they use to time the stages of the life cycle), the neural pathways by which those signals are transduced into neuroendocrine and endocrine secretions, and the mechanisms by which these hormones regulate morphology, physiology and behavior. |
| Reen Wu | Internal Medicine (School of Medicine) | rwu@ucdavis.edu | Gene expression and regulation in airway epithelium |
| Heike Wulff | MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY: MED | hwulff@ucdavis.edu | |
| Clare Yellowley | Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology (Vet Med) | cyellowley@ucdavis.edu | Bone and cartilage cell biology; Mechanotransduction, hypoxia, cell migration. |
| Jie Zheng | Physiology and Membrane Biology | jzheng@ucdavis.edu | |