Lab Members
Professor and Section Chief, Nephrology
fdanesh@mdanderson.org
Non-coding RNA Team
Assistant Professor, Section of Nephrology
jlong1@mdanderson.org
Long has a long standing interest in understanding the role of non-coding RNAs (microRNA and IncRNAs) in the pathogenesis and progression of diabetic nephropathy. He is currently exploring the consequences of in vivo targeting of a novel IncRNA, Tug 1, in the diabetic millieu.
Mitochondrial Team
Nathanael Green
Graduate Student, Section of Nephrology
ngreen1@mdanderson.org
Nathanael is a graduate student in the Pharmacology program at Baylor College of Medicine. He is actively engaged in dissecting the role of one carbon metabolism in renal cell carcinoma.
Daniel Galvan, Ph.D.
Instructor, Section of Nephrology
dlgalvan@mdanderson.org
Galvan is interested in understanding the contribution of mitochondrial derived reactive oxygen species to the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. Additionally, he is engaged in linking obesity to tumor initiation and progression processes in renal cell carcinoma.