Cells and Disease

Cellular mechanisms of Cancer, Alzheimer’s, aniridia, lysosomal storage disease, Chagas disease, alcoholism and addiction, schistosomiasis, immunopathology.

Personnel

Daichi Kamiyama

Associate Professor

Brain Development and Function in Health and Diseases

Edward T. Kipreos

Professor

Cellular biology; molecular genetics; regulation of cell division in Caenorhabditis elegans

Dennis Kyle

Professor of Infectious Diseases and Cellular Biology, Director, Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases, GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Antiparasitic Drug Discovery

Drug discovery for malaria and brain-eating amoebae; antimalarial resistance mechanisms

James D. Lauderdale

Cellular Biology Department Head, Associate Professor

Developmental neurobiology: molecular genetic mechanisms of vertebrate eye and forebrain development

Karl F. Lechtreck

Professor

Vasant Muralidharan

Professor

Molecular and cellular biology of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

Cordula Schulz

Associate Professor, Associate Head of Cellular Biology

Tissue replenishment from stem cells, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, germ cell tumor, stem cell self-renewal

Rick L. Tarleton

Regents Professor

Immunoparasitology; immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease; vaccine development

Support us

We appreciate your financial support. Your gift is important to us and helps support critical opportunities for students and faculty alike, including lectures, travel support, and any number of educational events that augment the classroom experience. Click here to learn more about giving.

Every dollar given has a direct impact upon our students and faculty.

Got More Questions?

Undergraduate Inquiries:  cellbio@uga.edu

Registration and Credit Transfers:  cellbio@uga.edu

AP Credit, Section Changes, Overrides, Prerequisites: cellbio@uga.edu

Graduate Inquiries:  cbgrad@uga.edu

Contact Us!

Associate Head: 
Dr. Cordula Schulz, 706-542-3515

Main office phone: 706-542-3310
 

Head of the Department: Dr. James Lauderdale