The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

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Dr. Gerard Nau

After receiving his Bachelors degree in Microbiology from the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Nau completed a combined MD, PhD in Immunology through the... < more>

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The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is the largest basic science department in the entire University of Pittsburgh.

Faculty Research

Name	Research Interests
Chaillet, J.	Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, underlying the production of pluripotent stem cells of the early mammalian embryo during preimplantation development
Hukriede, Neil	Embryonic patterning, kidney organogenesis, xenopus laevis, zebrafish
Khillan, Jaspal	Transgenic and gene knockout animal models for human diseases and directed differentiation of ES cells into chondrocytes and neuronal cells for therapeutic studies
Niedernhofer, Laura	Spontaneous DNA damage, cancer and aging and the DNA repair mechanisms required to attenuate these outcomes
Smithgall, Thomas	Tyrosine kinases, oncogenes and signal transduction pathways in growth, differentiation and cancer
Tsang, Michael	Genetic mechanisms controlling early patterning events in the vertebrate embryo, particularly in the role of the Fibroblast Growth Factors