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Biomedicine

Biomedicine Research Cluster in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program at UMass AmherstResearchers in this cluster use a variety of research tools and models, including in vitro cellular systems, primary cultures of tissues and stem cells, transplantation, genetically modified animals, and human specimens.

Reproduction

Eric L. Bittman, Rafael A. Fissore, Jesse Mager, Ana M. Salicioni, and Pablo E. Visconti

Cancer and Apoptosis

Kathleen F. Arcaro, Courtney C. Babbitt, Michelle Farkas, Neil St. John Forbes, D. Joseph Jerry, Ashish Kulkarni, Zhenhua Liu, Shelly Peyton, Vincent M. Rotello, Sallie W. Smith–Schneider, Andrew Stephens, Sankaran (Thai) Thayumanavan, and Hang Xiao

Immunology

Ilia Karatsoreos, Ashish Kulkarni, Lisa M. Minter, Matthew D. Moore, Barbara A. Osborne, Leonid A. Pobezinsky, and Alissa Rothchild

Neuroendocrinology

Eric L. Bittman, Ilia Karatsoreos, Rolf O. Karlstrom, Luke Remage–Healey, and Elena Vazey

Environmental Toxicology

Kathleen F. Arcaro, Om Parkash Dhankher, Alexander Suvorov, and Alicia R. Timme–Laragy

Stem Cells

Michael J.F. Barresi, Rafael A. Fissore, Jesse Mager, ChangHui Pak, Shelly Peyton, Kimberly D. Tremblay, and Sarah Witkowski

Obesity and Diabetes

Ilia Karatsoreos, Young–Cheul Kim, David A. Sela, and Alicia R. Timme–Laragy

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Upcoming Events

Mon, Feb 13 - 12:15pm

First-year rotation talks

MCB Colloquium
Tue, Feb 14 - 4:00pm

Using a universal host to study the mechanism of prion replication

Surachai Suppatapone

MCB Seminar

Morrill II Room 222

Mon, Feb 20 - 12:15pm

No Scheduled Talk - HOLIDAY

MCB Colloquium

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