| Narayan G. Avadhani , Ph.D. |
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| Chair, Department of Animal Biology Harriet Ellison Woodward Professor of Biochemistry |
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3800 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010 215.898.7790 (office phone/voice mail) 215.573.6810 (office fax) anbio-info@vet.upenn.edu General Information Email |
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The missions of the Department of Animal Biology include:
- cutting edge research in mechanistic biology related to health and disease
- training veterinary students
- participation in various undergraduate and graduate training programs at the University.
Historically, the Department is recognized as one of the strongest basic science Departments in Veterinary Medicine and research conducted in Animal Biology has had a major global impact on experimental biology and medicine. Animal Biology anchors veterinary education within the larger context of one medicine and tightly links the School with the University's biomedical community.
The Department has 20 faculty who are members of one of the four laboratories:
Two of our faculty are members of the Center for Germ Cell Biology and Transgenesis, located at New Bolton Center, the School's large animal facility 30 miles west of Philadelphia. The research interests of our faculty include mechanisms of oncogenesis, transgenesis, stem cell biology, spermatogenesis, molecular motors, nucleosome structure, cell differentiation, developmental biology, osteogenesis, mitochondrial biogenesis, drug metabolism, behavioral neurobiology, sleep disorders, angiotensin receptor mechanisms, and evolutionary biology. Animal Biology receives about 8 million dollars annually in extramural research funds.
