Faculty
John J. Ryan
Professor
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University (1993)
jjryan@vcu.edu
Dr. Ryan's lab website:
http://www.ryanlab.vcu.edu/Home.html
Office room: 318
Office phone: (804) 828-0712
Lab room: 320
Lab phone: (804) 828-0702
Research interests:
Signal transduction by the IL-4 and c-Kit receptors, as it relates
to proliferation and gene expression
Recent publications:
Click here for a complete
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Classes currently teaching:
Biology of Cancer I (BIOL 450)
Biology of Cancer II (BIOL 451)
Immunology (BIOL 455)
Dr. John Ryan received his Ph.D. from VCU
in 1993 and now is a molecular immunologist with interests
in signal transduction
events
that control mast cell development and function.
As mast cells
are pivotal for the allergic diseases and offer
an interesting model system for hematopoietic cell development,
Ryan’s
work has impact on the studies of allergy, asthma,
cell differentiation
and cancer. His current research interests are focused
on understanding how IL-4 controls the expression
of several allergy-related genes
at the molecular level, and how the c-Kit receptor
induces proliferation and differentiation of mast
cells.
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