Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2005

Mentor: Michael McPhaul
Department: Internal Medicine
Room number: J6.110
Mail Code: 8857
Phone number: 214 648-3685
E-mail: Michael.mcphaul@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: Mechanisms of androgen receptor function

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): N/A

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable):

Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects)
Animal-based and basic

Brief Description of Project:

The studies in my lab are centered on understanding how androgens control specific processes in cells and how these events control or modulate important disease processes in humans.

Active studies include:

1) The characterization of mice deficient in the expression of an androgen receptor (AR) coactivator, ARA70,

2) The characterization of a group of proteins isolated with the androgen receptor to determine their role in the modulation of AR function.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:

Many; Jill Vilaythong, MS2 was selected to give an oral presentation at the Medical Student Research Forum in January 2005.

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