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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 Professor
School of Medicine
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, PhD

Sr. Vice President for Research and Innovation & Professor, School of Medicine
Meharry Medical College
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

Professor
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

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