Graduate Studies Faculty

These are our graduate studies faculty with their research interests and links to their home pages.

Ted S. Acott, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Wyoming, 1974
Glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration etiology and genetics; matrix metalloproteinases; signal transduction
(Joint appointment with the Department of Ophtamology, School of Medicine)

Wolfhard Almers, Professor

Ph.D., Rochester, 1971
Molecular basis of neurotransmitter secretion
(Primary appointment with the Vollum Institute)

Hans Peter Bächinger, Senior Investigator

Ph.D., University of Basel, Switzerland, 1979
Biophysical Characterization and Biosynthesis of Extracellular Matrix Molecules.
(Primary appointment with Shriners Research)

Michael Chapman, Professor

University of California, Los Angeles, 1987
Structural Biology of Viral-Host Interactions and Enzyme Mechanism

David Dawson, Professor

Ph.D. , University of Pittsburgh, 1971
Ion channel structure and function and the molecular basis for epithelial salt absorption and secretion

Brian J. Druker, Professor

M.D., California, San Diego, 1981
Identification and characterization of substrates of the BCR-ABL oncogene; evaluation of ABL protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors
(Joint appointment with the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology)

David L. Farrens, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Nebraska, 1991
Physical and biochemical structure-function studies of G-protein-coupled receptors

Richard H. Goodman, Professor

M.D./Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1976
Second messenger-regulated gene expression
(Primary appointment with the Vollum Institute)

Stephan B. Hall, Associate Professor

M.D./Ph.D., Oregon, 1978
Mechanisms of activity of pulmonary surfactant
(Primary appointment with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine)

James F. Hare, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Purdue, 1973
Membrane biosynthesis and degradation; metabolism and turnover of plasma membrane proteins; Alzheimer's disease

David Kabat, Professor

Ph.D., Caltech, 1967
Membrane glycoprotein encoded by human and murine retroviruses; mytogenic and cytotoxic interactions of these glycoproteins with receptors on surfaces of host cells

Malcolm J. Low, Associate Professor

M.D./Ph.D., Tufts, 1987
Regulation of pituitary hormone and neuropeptide gene expression; gene "knocouts" in mice of opioid peptides and dopamine receptors
(Primary appointment with the Vollum Institute)

Hua Lu, Associate Professor

M.D./Ph.D., Rutgers, 1993
Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of cell growth control; tumor supressors such as such as p53 and its homologs p63 and p73, as well as gene regulation

James R. Lundblad, Assistant Professor

M.D./Ph.D., Columbia, 1993
Biochemistry of protein-proteinand protein-DNA interactions in hormonally-regulated gene expression
(Primary appointment with the Department of Medicine)

Svetlana Lutsenko, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Moscow, 1989
Human copper metabolism: transmembrane transport, signal transduction, and role in degeneration

Michael K. Riscoe, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Oregon State, 1984
Comparative biochemical analysis of sulfer metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum and other protozoan parasites; design and synthesis of antimalarial agents; leukemia research
(Joint appointment with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; primary appointment with the Veterans Administration Medical Center)

Lynn Y. Sakai, Professor

Ph.D., Oregon Health Sciences, 1988
Connective-tissue biochemistry.
(Primary appointment with the research unit, Shriners Hospital for Children)

John D. Scott, Professor

Ph.D., Aberdeen (Scotland), 1983
Regulation of protein kinases through subcellular targeting
(Primary appointment with the Vollum Institute)

Thomas R. Shearer, Professor

Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1968
Biochemistry of cataract formation; calpain proteolytic enzyme
(Primary appointment with the Department of Oral Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry)

Ujwal Shinde, Assistant Professor

Ph.D.
Protein Folding

Thomas R. Soderling, Professor

Ph.D., Washington (Seattle), 1970
Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases and neuronal function
(Primary appointment with the Vollum Institute)

Buddy Ullman, Professor

Ph.D., Harvard, 1975
Biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology of transport and metabolism in parasitic protozoa

BMB Graduate Program
Graduate Faculty
Applying to OHSU
Graduate Courses
Course Timeline

The BMB Graduate Program Director: David Farrens, Ph.D., farrensd at ohsu.edu or 503-494-0583.

The BMB Graduate Student Coordinator, Jeni Wroblewski, wroblews@ohsu.edu or 503-494-2541.

You can request a brochure and a graduate studies application via our materials request form,
or you can also write us at the BMB address on the left.

For more information about the graduate studies program please contact the graduate program director David Farrens, Ph.D., (farrensd at ohsu.edu). Other inquiries can be dircted to Guy Super, department administrator, at superg@ohsu.edu.
Last modified: November 6, 2007.