NAME: Mohammad Z. Abedin, Ph.D.
DEPT: Surgery
ORGANIZATION:MCP Hahnemann University
ADDRESS: 245 N. 15th St,. MS 413
TELEPHONE No: 215-762-8431
FAX No: 215-762-8389
E MAIL ADDRESS:Mohammad.Abedin@drexel.edu
TITLE: Associate Professor

TOTAL GRANTS:Current- NIH: $1.25 million total cost for 5 yrs.Past: Veterans Administration -$689,800 (Direct cost, 1987-96) Others: $143,000 (Direct cost, 1984-96)
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS:45; Abstracts-69
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience,Joint Editor,"PUSHTI BARTA" -Nutrition Reviews in Bengali ((1973-76); Member,Editorial Board, Annual Report, Institute of Nutrition, University of Dacca, Bangladesh (1972-76).

SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: Gallstoe Pathogenesis: (1) Biliary Physiology, (2) Epithelial Ion Transport, (3) Second Messenger Regulation of Gallbladder on Transport During Gallstone Formation
DISCIPLINE(S):Gastroenterology: Biliary Physilogy and Disease
ORGAN SYSTEMS:Animal Model- Prairie Dog
TISSUES:Gallbladder
CELL(S):GAllbladder Epithelial Cells (GBECS)
MOLECULE(S):cDNA probes of CaM, NHE2 and NHE3.
TECHNIQUE(S):Ussing Chambers; Electrophysiology; Radioisotopic Ion Flux Measurements; Biochemistry; HPLC; Enzyme Kinetics; Immunochemistry;Molecular Biology