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CMPR Members

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CMPR Members:

Listed in Alphabetical Order by Last Name
Name Affiliation Research Contact Information
Pablo Artigas, Ph.D., Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC Structure-based functional studies of P-type ATPases and their regulation
(806) 743-1142
Michael P. Blanton, Ph.D.,                Professor    Pharmacology & Neuroscience, TTUHSC Structural analysis of ligand-gated channels
(806) 743-2425
Yangzom Bhutia, Ph.D., Associate Professor Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC Transporters and its relevance to cancers
(806) 743-1282
Ion Alex Bobulescu, M.D.,   Associate Professor Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC Renal solute transport in health and disease
(806) 743-4104
Luis Cuello, Ph.D., Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC Structure and dynamics of ion channels
(806) 743-2525
Joe A. Fralick, Ph.D., Professor Microbiology & Immunology, TTUHSC MDR efflux pumps and bacterial physiology
(806) 743-2555

Vadivel Ganapathy, M.D., Ph.D.,

Professor      Department Chair 

 Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC Role of SLC solute transporters and GPCR receptors in diseases
(806) 743-2518
Elka Georgieva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU Structure and function of viroporins and membrane exporters of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(806) 8348166

Lan Guan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor      Director

 

 Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC X-ray crystal structures of nutrient transporters and mechanisms of secondary active transport
(806) 743-3102
Juyang Huang, Ph.D., Professor Physics, TTU Roles of cholesterol in determining the physicochemical properties of cell membranes
(806) 743-4780
Michaela Jansen, PharmD, Ph.D.,  Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC Structures and mechanisms receptors & solute transporters and their pharmacological relevance
(806) 743-4059
Andrey Karamyshev, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor Associate Director Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC Membrane protein targeting, translocation/insertion and folding in health and disease
(806) 743-4102
Michael Latham, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota

 The role of conformational changes in the function of a critical DNA double strand break repair complex  
Hongjun Liang, Ph.D., Associate Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC Membrane biophysics and bionanoengineering
(806) 743-1463
Ruibin Liang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU Quantum dynamics simulation on molecular photoswitches and water splitting rliang@ttu.edu
‭(806) 834-7183
R. Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, TTUHSC
X-ray crystallography of C2 domains of synaptotagmin and human dysferlin
(806) 743-4058
Ina Urbatsch, Ph.D., Professor Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC
Structure-function of multidrug-resistance transport proteins
(806) 743-2700T
Tetyana Vasylyeva, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Pediatrics, TTUHSC Nephrin in the slit diaphragm of podocytes, permeability, nephrotic syndrome, and treatment.
Joachim Weber, Ph.D., Associate Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU

Enzymatic mechanism of ATP synthesis by the ATP synthase
(806) 742-1297
Ben Wylie, Ph.D., Associate Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU
Structural (solid-state NMR spectroscopy) and functional studies of K+ channels and GPCR receptors
(806) 834-2328