Areas of Research
The MMP program currently has over 100 faculty members whose research projects encompass both basic and clinically-oriented research related to human diseases, and can be broadly categorized into the following four fields:
Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Disease Gene Discovery Using Genomic and Proteomic Approahes
- Functional Genomics
- Bioinformatics
Molecular and Cellular Basis of Gene Function
- Gene Regulation
- Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Regulation
- Signal Transduction
- Differentiation and Development
- Immunobiology
- Reproductive Biology
- Electrophysiology
Disease Mechanisms
- Molecular Epidemiology and Toxicology
- Cardiovascular and Blood Diseases
- Neuronal Diseases
- Virus and Infectious Diseases
- Cancer and Neoplastic Transformation
Medical Biotechnology
- Biochips and Microarrays
- Disease Gene Diagnosis and DNA Vaccine Development
- Stem Cell Biology
- Cell and Gene Therapy
- Drug Design and Development