Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Cell Biology

Robert J. Wordinger, PhD, Graduate Advisor
Center for BioHealth 457
Phone: 817-735-2042
E-mail: Robert.Wordinger@unthsc.edu

Graduate Faculty: Alizadeh, Cammarata, Clark, Ghorpade, I. Gryczynski, Guttman, He, Kirchhoff, Krishnamoorthy, Lovely, Mao, Reeves, Rosales, Timani, and Wordinger

Adjunct Graduate Faculty: Aschenbrenner, Chatterton, Collier, Dickerson, Fleenor, Jacobson, McCartney, Pang, Romano, Shepard, Siede

The Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy has a primary mission to provide instruction in cell biology and the anatomical sciences; to develop and maintain research programs; and to participate in the service endeavors of the institution and profession. The major focus of research in the discipline includes (a) visual sciences involving degenerative retinal diseases, glaucoma, diabetic complications, and cataracts; (b) cellular mechanisms of HIV pathology and neuroinflammation; and (c) cellular and molecular fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging.

In support of the various research programs, the department maintains state-of-the-art facilities in microscopy, tissue culture and molecular biology. Research and educational facilities span almost 15,000 square feet of space in the Research and Education Building and the Center for BioHealth.

The department is home to three graduate programs: Cell Biology, Structural Anatomy, and Visual Sciences. The department is also home to the North Texas Eye Research Institute that examines the basic causes of visual diseases and involves faculty from various basic science disciplines, as well as professionals in industry and private clinical practice.

Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Nathlie Sumien, PhD, Graduate Advisor
Center for BioHealth 517
Phone: 817-735-2389
E-mail: nathalie.sumien@unthsc.edu

Graduate Faculty: Barber, Cunningham, Das, Forster, Gatch, Gonzales, Jin, Jung, Luedtke, Machu, Oglesby, Prokai-Tatrai, Schetz, Schreihofer, Simpkins, Singh, Sumien, Uht, Uteshev, Yang, Yorio

Structural Anatomy

Rustin E. Reeves, PhD, Graduate Advisor
Research and Education Building 202
Phone: 817-735-2050
E-mail: Rustin.Reeves@unthsc.edu

Graduate Faculty: Cammarata, Guttman, Kirchhoff, Lovely, Reeves, Wordinger, Rosales

Adjunct Graduate Faculty: Ashenbrenner

Visual Sciences

Abbott Clark, PhD, Graduate Advisor
Center for BioHealth 441
Phone: 817-735-2094
E-mail: Abe.Clark@unthsc.edu

Graduate Faculty: Alizadeh, Awasthi, Cammarata, Clark, Dibas, Krishnamoorthy, Mao, Pang, Vishwanatha, Wordinger, Yorio