Pedro J Salas, M.D., Ph.D.

Roles

• Biography

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  Dr. Salas obtained his medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires (1976) and completed a PhD. (1981, same institution) in Biophysics focusing in paracellular (tight junction) diffusion of cations in epithelia. He continued his post-doctoral training at State University of New York (Downstate Medical Ctr) and Cornell University Medical College in New York city. He joined the University of Miami School of Medicine as Assistant Professor in the department of Cell Biology, where he is now tenured Professor. He directs the Epithelial Cell Biology laboratory with support from NIH. He is currently a standing member of the Cell Structure and Function study section at NIH and is heavily involved in graduate student training.

• Education & Training

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  Education

  1981: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina

  PhD, Biophysics

  1980: School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Buenos Aires National University

  Other, Computer Science

  1976: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Argentina

  MD

  Post Graduate Training

  1984: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center - Brooklyn, NY

  Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Cell Biology

• Honors & Awards

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• Teaching Interests

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  After teaching Histology, Cell Biology, and Gross Anatomy to medical students for almost 30 years, Dr. Salas switched to graduate student training. He currently teaches Responsible Conduct of Research and Research Rigor and Reproducibility to first-year biomedical graduate students in the umbrella admissions program (Program in Biomedical Sciences). He has been the director of this program for the last 8 years. In addition, he coordinates and teaches the Advanced Cell Biology course.

• Research Interests

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  Apico-basal polarization in epithelial cells; Role of the cytoskeleton and signaling pathways. My laboratory is interested in the relationship between signaling involved in the asymmetry of single-layered epithelia (i.e. atypical PKC, MARC2) and the control of epithelial cell innate immunity (i.e. activation of the NF-kB and interferon pathways).

• Publications

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