Tatiana Byzova, Ph.D. Staff Joint Appointments with Cardiology and Taussig Cancer Center Department of Molecular Cardiology Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Lerner Research Institute / NB50 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 445-4312 (office); (216) 445-8237 (lab) Fax : (216) 445-8204 byzovat@ccf.org

Area of General Research Interest:

Cell adhesion molecules (integrins) in thrombosis, vascular biology and cancer, vascular endothelial growth factors, angiogenesis, extracellular matrix including bone matrix proteins.

Current Research:

• Mechanisms of integrin activation on blood and endothelial cells in hemostasis and angiogenesis
  
  
• Integrin and Akt signaling in Vascular Biology
  
  
• Role of integrins in the recognition of bone matrix as related to the prostate cancer bone metastasis

Investigators:

• Kerr, Bethany, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Ma, Lining, M.D., Ph.D., Research Associate
• Malinin, Nikolay, Ph.D., Project Staff
• Meller, Julia, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Meller, Nahum, Ph.D., Project Staff
• Merkulova, Alona, Lead Technologist
• Tischenko, Miroslava, Technician
• Zhang, Xiaoxia, Graduate Student

Collaborators:

• Warren Heston, Ph.D., Cancer Biology, CCF
• Ronald Midura, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, CCF
• Edward F. Plow, Ph.D., Molecular Cardiology, CCF
• Maria Siemionow, M.D., Ph.D., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CCF
• Eric J. Topol, M.D., Scripps Institute

Former trainees:

• Wesley Kim, B.S., 1998-2000
• Emil Negresku, M.D., Ph.D., 1999-2000
• Shannon Durkin, B.S., 2000-2001
• Vicky Byers-Ward, B.S., 1999-2003
• Thomas Brahler, student from Wesleyan University, OH, 2003
• Anastacia Canacci, M.D., 2003-2004
• Alena Nikolskaya, Ph.D., 2003-2004
• Ganapati Mahabaleshwar, Ph.D., 2004-2008
• Weyi Feng, MD, Ph.D., 2005-2008