Csaba Fülöp, Ph.D. Project Staff Department of Biomedical Engineering (ND20) Lerner Research Institute 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 445-3242 Fax : (216) 444-9198 fulop@bme.ri.ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Biochemistry and molecular biology of the synthesis and assembly of the extracellular matrix.

Current program:

• Regulation of hyaluronan synthesis and matrix assembly during the expansion of the cumulus cell-oocyte complex

Investigators:

• Csaba Fülöp, Ph.D.
• Durba Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D.
• Vincent Hascall, Ph.D.

Collaborators:

• Antonietta Salustri, Ph.D. Department of Public Health and Cell Biology, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
• Anthony Day, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
• Markku Tammi, Ph.D. Department of Anatomy, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
• Scott A. Strong, M.D. Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
• Carol A. de la Motte, M.S. Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH