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Biochemistry

Biology at the chemical level.

Biochemistry Researchers

Amosy M'Koma, MD, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6796
amkoma@mmc.edu

Aramandla Ramesh, PhD

Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation, Professor of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology
Office for Research and Innovation
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, National Center for Medical Education Development & Research

(615) 327-6486
aramesh@mmc.edu

Amos Sakwe, PhD, MSCI

Associate Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-6064
asakwe@mmc.edu

Anil Shanker, MS PhD

Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation & Professor of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology
Office for Research and Innovation
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6460
VP-Research@mmc.edu

Akiko Shimamoto, PhD

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6291
ashimamoto@mmc.edu

Clivel Charlton, PhD

Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience & Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6971
ccharlton@mmc.edu

Chandravanu Dash, PhD, MSc

Executive Director Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6996
cdash@mmc.edu

Deok-Soo Son, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-6189
dson@mmc.edu

Shawn Goodwin, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6686
jgoodwin@mmc.edu

Josiah Ochieng, BS, MS, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-6119
jochieng@mmc.edu

LaMonica Stewart, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6749
lstewart@mmc.edu

Samuel Evans Adunyah, PhD

Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology & Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6446
sadunyah@mmc.edu

Sanika Chirwa, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6934
schirwa@mmc.edu

Salil Das, ScD, DSc, Fellow: AAAS; Royal Society of Medicine (UK)

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Sickle Cell Center, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6988
sdas@mmc.edu

Sakina Eltom, DVM, MSc, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-5713
seltom@mmc.edu

Subodh Nag, PhD

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6926
snag@mmc.edu

Zhenbang Chen, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-5775
zchen@mmc.edu

Biochemistry Publications

Interactions of Laurdan with phosphatidylcholine liposomes: a high pressure FTIR study.
P L Chong, P T Wong

E/M dips. Evidence for lipids regularly distributed into hexagonal super-lattices in pyrene-PC/DMPC binary mixtures at specific concentrations.
D Tang, P L Chong

Interactions between pressure and ethanol on the formation of interdigitated DPPC liposomes: a study with Prodan fluorescence.
J W Zeng, P L Chong

Dynamic motions of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene in interdigitated C(18):C(10)phosphatidylcholine bilayers.
Y L Kao, P L Chong, C H Huang

Identifying dysregulated genes induced by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).
Donald Alcendor, Susan Knobel

Combining Metabolomics and Experimental Evolution Reveals Key Mechanisms Underlying Longevity Differences in Laboratory Evolved Populations.
Mark A Phillips, Kenneth R Arnold, Zer Vue, Heather K Beasley, Edgar Garza-Lopez, Andrea G Marshall, Derrick J Morton, Melanie R McReynolds, Thomas T Barter, Antentor Hinton