Clemens Lab Research Interests & Projects
Personnel:
Research Fellows
Shenzhong Cui
Amaia Oriegi
Graduate Students
Willson Kwok, PhD student
Eric Norris, Masters student
Staff
Cathy Culberson, Research Associate
Recent Lab alumni:
Postdocs
Markus Paxian, M.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Currently Assitant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Jena, Germany
Michael Bauer, M.D. Visiting Assistant Professor, Supported by Alexander von Huboldt Stiftung Currently Professor and Vice Chair for Research, University of Jena, Germany
Inge Bauer, Ph.D. Visiting Scientist. Currently Director of Research, University of Dusseldorf, Germany.
Juan-Carlos García-Pagán MD, Visiting Assistant Professor (Barcelona, Spain), Currently Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Barcelona
Kazuya Nakanishi, MD, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor (Chiba, Japan), Currently Assistant Professor of Surgery, Chiba University, Japan.
Benedict Pannen, MD, Postdoctoral fellow (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Currently Chair of Anesthesiology, University of Dusseldorf, Germany.
Sang Ho Lee, PhD. (Seoul, Korea). Currently Head of Drug testing: Daewoong Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Amel Karaa, MD. (Tunisia). Currently Clinical Fellow, Human Genetics, Harvard Medical School.
Graduate Students:
Walid Kamoun (PhD): Currently postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Yukihiro Yokoyama (PhD): Postdoc UAB, currently Assistant Professor of Surgery, Nagoya University Medical School.
Sandy Merkel (PhD): Postdoc, UNC Chapel Hill, currently technical representative, VWR Scientific.
Rajiv Baveja (PhD): Residency, SUNY Downstate; Neonatology Fellowship, Mass. General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School. Current position: Attending Physician (Pediatrics / neonatology) Boston Children's Hospital.
Ongoing Projects
Control of endothelin reactivity in liver following stress.
Endotoxin sensitizes hepatic sinusoids to the constrictor action of endothelin
ETA and ETB receptor action in the liver
