Faculty
* Indicates labs that are training graduate students and/or Post-docs.
Laura McCabe, Ph.D.
MSU Foundation Professor and Assistant Vice President for Regulatory Affairs *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 4165
517-884-5144 (office)
517-884-4157 (lab)
mccabel@msu.edu
Interests: Type 1 diabetes; inflammatory bowel disease; microbiota gut-bone signaling axis.
Susanne Mohr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 3165
517-884-5108 (office)
517-884-3155 (lab)
mohrs@msu.edu
Interests: Diabetic retinopathy; hyperglycemic activation of caspase-1/IL-1β pathway; IL-1β driven autoinflammation; role of GAPDH in retinal inflammation and cell death; retinal Müller and endothelial cell signaling.
L. Karl Olson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor *
Director, Undergraduate Program
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 3164
Office: 517-884-5116
Lab: 517-884-5105
olsonla@msu.edu
Interests: Regulation of pancreatic ß cell function, differentiation, and survival in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Development of therapeutic approaches to improve ß cell function and survival during metabolic and inflammatory insults.
Narayanan Parameswaran, BVSc., Ph.D.
Professor *
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Staff Administration, College of Human Medicine
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 4163
Office: 517-884-5115
Lab: 517-884-5146
narap@msu.edu
Interests: Cell signaling, Innate immunity, inflammation, macrophages, gut microbiota, probiotics, gut-bone axis, immunology of gut-bone signaling, GPCR signaling, arrestins, G-protein coupled receptor kinases, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, sepsis, inflammatory models, osteomicrobiology, osteoimmunology.
A.J. Robison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor *
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building
766 Service Dr Rm 5014
Office: 517-884-5003
Lab: 517-884-5084
robiso45@msu.edu
Interests: The Robison Lab studies circuit-specific gene transcription in the hippocampus as it relates to three main areas: drug addiction, mood disorders/aggression, and cognitive dysfunction/Alzheimer’s disease. We use mouse behavioral models, electrophysiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry to uncover disease etiology from the function of genes all the way up to the function of the whole organism.
Robert Root-Bernstein, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2174
Office: 517-884-5039
Lab: 517-884-5031
rootbern@msu.edu
Interests: Origins and evolution of receptors and transporters from complementary modules, drug interactions at receptors and mechanisms of receptor enhancement, theories of autoimmune disease etiology and pathogenesis with a special focus on type 1 diabetes and myocarditis, and aspects of autoimmunity in AIDS.
Janice Schwartz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
SE MI Detroit Medical Center
Office: 313-578-9671
janice.schwartz@hc.msu.edu
Lori Seischab, Ph.D.
Specialist - Advisor
2240 Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd, E. Lansing MI 48824
517-884-5200
seischab@msu.edu
Chris Shaltry, Ph.D.
Academic Technology and Curriculum Specialist
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2178
517-884-5034
shaltryc@msu.edu
Marty Spranger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Room 2201H
517-884-5044
mds@msu.edu
Hariharan Subramanian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2196
517-884-5052
subram46@msu.edu
Interests: Mast cells, anaphylaxis and asthma, IgE receptor and G protein coupled receptor signaling in mast cells, T cell mediated immune responses in allergic diseases.
Laura Symonds, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Director - Neuroscience
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2201G
517-432-2203
symonds@msu.edu
Jennifer L. Taylor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Giltner Hall
293 Farm Lane Rm 209
517-884-9525
taylo958@msu.edu
Bruce Uhal, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 3197
Office: 517-884-5131
Lab: 517-884-5091
uhal@msu.edu
Interests: Mechanisms of acute lung injury and fibrogenesis; regulation of lung epithelial cell death; roles of the angiotensin system in adult and fetal lung injury and repair.
Hongbing Wang, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 3179
Office: 517-884-5119
Lab: 517-884-5099
wangho@msu.edu
Interests: Gene function and signal transduction in normal brain and neurological disorder.
Sue Way
Specialist - Curriculum Development
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2193
517-884-5038
waysusan@msu.edu
Arthur Weber, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2198
Office: 517-884-5041
Lab: 517-881-5021
weberar@msu.edu
Interests: Structure-function relation of retinal ganglion cells undergoing glaucoma-related degeneration in the primate eye. Development of treatment strategies aimed at mitigating or preventing glaucomatous retinal ganglion cell degeneration.
Erica Wehrwein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2201J
Office: 517-884-5043
wehrwei7@msu.edu
Erika Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Secchia Center
15 Michigan St NE Ste 355
Grand Rapids MI 49503 US
will3623@msu.edu
Robert Wiseman, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 3198
Office: 517-884-5132
Lab: 517-884-5078
rwiseman@msu.edu
Main Office
Department of Physiology
Biomedical Physical Sciences (BPS) Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2201
Main Phone: 517-884-5000
Department Chairperson
Dr. Charles "Lee" Cox
BPS Building Rm 2201E
Phone: 517-884-5050
coxclee@msu.edu
MSU Research Integrity Officer
Wills House
287 Delta Court, Room 106
Phone: 517-432-6698
rio@msu.edu
Research Integrity Office