The study of the structural and functional dynamics of cells, including topics such as compartmentalization and secretion, cell motility, and cell-cell interactions as they apply to the the specialized fields of immunology, microbiology, neurobiology, physiology, and developmental biology.
Faculty
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Merri Lynn Casem, Associate Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Riverside |
| Teaches: Elements of Biology, Cellular Basis of Life, Cellular Neurobiology | |
| Research: Biology education, spider silk | |
| Office: MH 387A, Phone: 278-2491, Email:mcasem@fullerton.edu | |
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Math P. Cuajungco, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Teaches: Cellular Basis of Life | |
| Research:Molecular, structural and cellular biology of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels; stem cells, zinc neurobiology, metallobiology of Alzheimer's disease | |
| Office: MH 207G, Phone: 278-8522, Email:mcuajungco@fullerton.edu | |
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Kathryn A. Dickson, Professor, Ph.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography, U.C. San Diego, Vice Chair |
| Teaches: Principles of Physiology and Ecology, Human Physiology, Mammalian Physiology, Comparative Animal Physiology | |
| Research: Locomotion and endothermy in fishes: comparative physiology and biochemistry | |
| Office: DBH 117A, Phone: 278-5266, Email:kdickson@fullerton.edu | |
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David Drath, Professor, Ph.D.,
New York University |
| Teaches: Elements of Biology, Immunology, Biology of Cancer | |
| Research: Immune response to infection, immunotherapy, tumor metastasis, neuroimmune communication, stress and immune dysfunction | |
| Office: MH 307, Phone: 278-7294, Email:ddrath@fullerton.edu | |
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Robert A. Koch, Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, Department Chair & Director of the Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies (CABS) |
| Teaches: Cellular Basis of Life, Biology of Aging, Introductory Electron Microscopy, Advanced Topics in Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Advances in Cell Biology | |
| Research: Cell biology and ultrastructure of ascidian gametes during fertilization | |
| Office: MH 282B, Phone: 278-3614, Email: rkoch@fullerton.edu | |
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Alison Miyamoto, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University |
| Teaches: Intermediate Cell Biology, Developmental Biology | |
| Research: Molecular mechanisms of Notch receptor signaling by typical and atypical ligands; developmental and cell biology of elastic fiber proteins | |
| Office: TBA, Phone:278-2540, Email: almiyamoto@fullerton.edu | |
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Nilay Patel, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Intermediate Cell Biology | |
| Research: Gene regulation of apolipoportein E (apoE), role of apoE in Alzheimer's Disease | |
| Office: DBH 111A, Phone: 278-2483, Email: npatel@fullerton.edu | |
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