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Biomedical Sciences Research

Faculty participating in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program have a diverse range of research interests spanning several academic disciplines including neuroscience, immunology, microbiology, physiology, pharmacology, cellular biology and molecular biology.


Research Areas

  • Molecular interactions of beneficial microorganisms with the host
  • Vertebrate paleontology and paleobiology of early mammals
  • Targeting and trafficking of neuronal receptors
  • Roles of opioid receptors in pain and analgesia
  • Regulation and modulation of synaptic glutamate receptors
  • Molecular biology of simian herpes viruses
  • Biochemistry of hormone action
  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the assembly of cilia and flagella
  • Role of glutamate metabolism during chronic pain and spinal injury
  • Neural basis of social attachment
  • Neurotoxic mechanisms of low-level metal exposure
  • Neuroimmune signaling
  • Hormonal regulation of inflammation
  • Modeling of cardiac rhythms in health and disease

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Faculty Research

From cytogenetics and molecular genetics to vertebrate paleontology, researchers at OSU Center for Health Sciences are making new discoveries everyday.

 

Faculty Research Interests

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