.     Home Academics   Graduate Program     M.S.     Ph.D.     Faculty       Ali, Nawab       Baltosser, William H       Bayrak, Coskun       Beger, Richard       Benes, Helen       Berleant, Dan       Bowyer, John F       Bruhn, Russel       Bush, John       Chan, Yupo       Chiang, Chia-Chu       Compadre, Cesar       Dagtas, Serhan       Mock, Donald       Nagarajan, Radhakris       Patterson, Tucker       Pidugu, Srikanth B       Pierce, Elizabeth M       Preissl, Hubert T       Ramaswamy, Srinivasa       Reis, Robert J S       Seker, Remzi       Simpson, Pippa       Slikker, William       Soulsby, Sr., Michae       Suva, Larry       Tang, Peiyi       Thompson, Gary A       Tong, Weida       Tudoreanu, M Eduard       Vanbiervliet, Alan G       Wigand, Rolf T       Xu, Xiaowei       Zhang, Jianjun       Zhou, Yi-Hong       Darsey, Jerry A       Elsalloukh, Hassan       Epstein, Joshua       Eswaran, Hari       Fuscoe, James C       Gealt, Michael A       Govindan, Rathinaswa       Gray, Wayne L       He, Qingfang       Iqbal, Kamran       Jennings, Steven F       Jo, Chan-Hee       Kane, Cynthia (Cindy       Kaufmann, Eric R       Kieber-Emmons, Thoma       Light, Kim       Liu, Xian       Lowery, Curtis L       Luba, James       Ma, Xiaodong       Milanova, Mariofanna       Ounpraseuth, Songthi     FAQ     Graduate Forms   Undergraduate minor   Courses   Certificates   Admission Research Events Resources Contacts Jobs Calendar   . Dr. Robert J S Reis Professor of Geriatrics, Biochem. & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacol./Toxicology Affiliation UAMS Medicine Office J.L. McClellan Veterans Medical Center Email rjsr AT uams.edu Website http://www.acrc.uams.edu/directory/bio.asp?id=75 Phone 501-257-5560 Alternate phone 501-960-3031 (Mobile) Fax 501-257-5578 Mail Research 151/LR 4300 West 7th Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72205     Core Areas Life sciences Research Areas 1. Genetic determinants of longevity and age-associated diseases. We map multiple genes contributing to complex traits such as longevity in nematodes, and osteoporosis in mice and humans. The process of inferring likely locations of genes from genotype and trait information is an important application of bioinformatics. 2. Metabolic predictors of longevity. We have an NIH program project grant to generate and interpret (mine) data on metabolite quantitations and measures of metabolic activity and damage, as well as antioxidant defenses. We will use these to formulate robust predictors of future longevity in young adults, for a variety of model systems in which life span can be extended markedly by genetic or dietary means. We hope to find common patterns or “fingerprints” of future survival, that may extrapolate to humans. 3. Modeling evolution of interacting genes. I am just a simple computer model away from a paper that could change the way geneticists and evolutionary biologists think about polygenic inheritance and its implications for natural selection. Want to help (be the co-author)?   .   . Site map | Privacy policy | Webmaster | AR BRIN Copyright © 2004-2009 Donaghey College of Information Science and Systems Engineering Created and maintained by MidSouth Bioinformatics Center   This page was created on September 23, 2009.