Douglas (Doug) Cavener
- Professor and Head of Biology
- Email: drc9@psu.edu
- Phone: 814-865-4562
- Campus: University Park
Research interests
- Regulation of gene expression underlying neonatal development & organ system physiology
- Mouse models of human congenital diseases including juvenile diabetes, metabolic disorders, skeletal dysplasias, and central nervous system dysfunctions
- Regulation of protein synthesis and control of translation initiation of mRNAs in higher eukaryotes and the evolution of tissue specific transcriptional regulation