Ronald J. Biediger, PhD
Associate Director,
Wafic Said Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratory, THI
PO Box 20345, MC 2-225
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-9082; FAX 832-355-9692
e-mail:
rbiediger@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Graduate school: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 1992.
Specialty training: Synthetic organic chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Specialty and subspecialties: Medicinal chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry.
Research interests: Small molecule integrin and chemokine agonists and/or antagonists.
Richard A. F. Dixon, PhD
Director,
Wafic Said Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratory, THI
PO Box 20345, MC 2-225
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-9137; FAX 832-355-9692
e-mail:
rdixon@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Graduate school: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1980.
Specialty training: Molecular biology, Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Research interests: Pharmacology, molecular biology, stem cells.
C. William Gundlach
Wafic Said Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratory, THI
PO Box 20345, MC 2-225
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-9087; FAX 832-355-9692
e-mail:
cgundlach@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Graduate school: MS, Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1996.
Specialty and subspecialties: Organic and bioorganic chemistry, small molecule synthesis and development
Research interests: Pharmaceutical discovery and development.
Robert J. Schwartz, PhD
Director, Stem Cell Engineering, THI
Co-Director, Heart Failure and Stem Cell Research Laboratories, THI
University of Houston
Center for Molecular Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics
369 Science & Research Bldg. 2
4800 Calhoun
Houston, TX 77204-5001
713-743-6595; FAX 713-743-8351
e-mail:
sjrobert@central.uh.edu
Graduate school: Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1972.
Specialty training: Fellowships, University of Pennsylvania; National Institutes of Health; Cell biology, molecular and cellular biology, medicine, molecular physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Professional appointments: Cullen Distinguished Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, head of Center for Gene Regulation and Molecular Therapeutics, University of Houston.
Specialty and subspecialties: Molecular and cellular biology.
Research interests: Developmental and genetic aspects of congenital heart disease; the genetic readout underlying the establishment of cardiac and smooth muscle differentiation; the chemical basis underlying the specification of cell differentiation.
Peter Vanderslice, PhD
Associate Director,
Wafic Said Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratory, THI
PO Box 20345, MC 2-225
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-9083; FAX 832-355-9692
e-mail:
pvanderslice@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Graduate school: University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1987.
Specialty training: Parker B. Francis Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Research interests: Inflammation, cell trafficking.
Darren G. Woodside
Assistant Director,
Wafic Said Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratory, THI
PO Box 20345, MC 2-225
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-9084; FAX 832-355-9692
e-mail:
dwoodside@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Graduate school: The University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 1997.
Specialty training: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA.
Research interests: Integrin structure/function, cell trafficking, inflammation.
