Current Pilot Projects

2016-2017

Suniti Misra	Sphingosine-1-phosphate and CD44v6 regulate phospho-STAT3 induced drug resistance
Natalia Olenik	Ceramide metabolism in mitochondria for the induction of cancer cell death by mitophagy
Christina Voelkel-Johnson	The Role of CerS6 in Colitis

 

Recent Pilot Projects

2015-2016

Narayan Bhat	Sphingolipidomic approach to define cytokine-mediated oligodendrocyte cell death signaling
Shikhar Mehrotra	Mechanisms of SK1/S1P signaling in regulating T cell immunotherapy
Dariusz Pytel	Mapping the functional interplay between PERK and sphingolipids

 

2014-2015

Jie Fan	Sphingomyelinase:  A novel therapeutic target for retinal ischemia
Beichu Guo	The role of inflammasome activation in SK1-mediated breast cancer development
Tamara Nowling	Glycosphingolipid metabolic dysfunction in lupus nephritis
Stefka Spassieva	Neurotoxic lipids as molecular intermediates of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy

 

2013-2014 (second round)

Hesham El-Shewy	Project page
Hong Yu	Project page
Kelley Argraves	Project page

 

2013-2014 (first round)

Christina Voelkel-Johnson	Project page
Yong-Mei Zhang	Project page
Carl Atkinson	Project page

Past Pilot Projects

Ashley Cowart	Substrate supply in de novo sphingolipid synthesis: Regulation on Chemotherapy
Yong Mei Zhang	Structural and Function Studies of Quinolone Signaling in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Chiara Luberto	Role and Function of Mammalian Sphingomyelin Synthases
Bidyut Mohanty	Role of Sphingolipid Pathway Genes in Maintenance of Genome Stability in Yeast
Jim Zheng	Genes and Pathways Interacting with Sphingolipid Pathway in Cancer Pathogenesis
Cungui Mao	Role for Alkaline Ceramidase 1 (ACER1) in Skin Cancer
Leah Siskind	The Role of Lactosylceramide in Renal aging and Disease
Kelley Argraves	Role of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate in Early Blood Vessel Formation
Maurizio Del Poeta	Role of Ipc1 in the Regulation of Phagocytosis of C. neoformans
Hiroko Hama	Function and Regulation of Mammalian Fatty Acid-hydroxylase Gene
Jacqueline Kraveka	Role of Ceramide in Human Neuroblastoma Differentiation and Treatment
Cungui Mao	Human Alkaline Phytoceramidease Regulation of Angiogenesis
Chiara Luberto	Role and Function of Mammalian Sphingomyelin Synthases
Toshihiko Kawamori	Role of Sphingosine kinase 1 /Sphingosine-1-phosphate pathway in colon carcinogenesis
Kenneth D. Chavin	Protection of Steatotic Livers from Primary Nonfunction
Tatyana Gudz	Sphingolipids in Integrin-mediated Oligodendrocyte Survival Signaling in Hypoxia/Ischemia
Samar Hammad	Sphingolipid Signaling Induced by LDL Immune Complexes
Ashley Cowart	Substrate supply in de novo sphingolipid synthesis: Regulation and Impact on chemotherapy
Warren Davis, Jr.	ATP-binding cassette transporter-2 (ABCA2) regulation of b APP processing
Xinghua Lu	Modeling the roles of bioactive lipids in gene expression systems
Chris Snook	Lipid interactions – Structural analysis of pseudomonas aeruginosa ceramidases