DBBS mentors and educators are key to our training mission. Those who serve as primary mentors are DBBS Program Members, and others who participate in the educational mission are General Members. Learn about DBBS Faculty Membership »

To provide a supportive learning environment for our trainees, many DBBS-affiliated faculty have completed eight or more hours of CIMER-based mentorship training with a trained facilitator, as indicated below with a profile badge.

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Martha Bagnall, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Microcircuitry of sensory-motor transformations in the zebrafish

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Dustin Baldridge, MD,PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Utilizing the power of genetics to elucidate the molecular pathogenesis of disease and transform patient care

Key words
Genetics, genomics, transcription factors, rare disease

Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Defining the mechanisms behind and effects of the interactions between commensal bacteria, pathogens and innate immunity

Key words
microbiota, infection, pathogen, microbiome, virus, interferon, immunity

Monika Bambouskova, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

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Research summary
Immunometabolism – metabolic regulation of immune cell activation

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Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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Research summary
Signal transduction by G proteins and pathogenesis of diabetes

Key words
diabetes, Drosophila, G protein, hormones, protein structure, signal transduction

Dennis Barbour, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Sensation, perception and cognitive processing of sounds and speech

Key words
perception and cognition, behavioral assessment, medical informatics, computational audiology, machine learning, clinical decision support

Deanna Barch, PhD

Professor and Chair

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Neurobiological and Psychological Mechanisms of Cognitive and Emotional Control: Normative Function and Abnormalities in Psychiatric Disorders

Key words
cognition, neuroimaging, prefrontal cortex, psychiatry, schizophrenia, depression

David Bark, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Applying biomechanics and mechanobiology (the interaction and response of cells and tissue to mechanical forces) to diagnose, study, and treat various forms of cardiovascular disease.

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Wayne Barnes, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Possible cure for MS: intravenous access by myelin-binding aptamer; PCR at one temp; RT-enabled Taq pol.

Key words
DNA, aptamers, technology development, brain therapy

Rebecca Bart, PhD

Associate Faculty Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Combining genetics with molecular and computational biology to learn about the mechanisms used by hosts and pathogens to recognize and respond to one another and the environment

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Steven Bassnett, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Research summary
Ocular cell biology

Key words
ophthalmology, cataract, glaucoma, myopia, microfibrils, imaging, stem cells, Marfan syndrome, fibrillin, modeling, AFM

Randall Bateman, MD

Charles F and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Alzheimer disease pathophysiology

Key words
amyloid, apolipoprotein E, Alzheimer’s disease, drug treatment, mass spectrometry, protein production and clearance

Luis Batista, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Understanding the role of DNA damage and RNA degradation during tissue homeostasis, regeneration, aging, and cancer

Key words
DNA damage; DNA repair; Telomerase; Stem cell biology; Cancer; Aging

Ivan Baxter, PhD

Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
We use High-thoughput elemental profiling to understand how plants adapt to their soil environment

Key words
Ionomics, Genetics, Genomics, Gene by Environment Interactions, Plants

Philip Bayly, PhD

Lee Hunter Distinguished Professor and Chair

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
The application of nonlinear dynamics and vibrations to mechanical and biomedical systems

Key words
MR imaging of motion, mechanics of brain injury, impact, vibration, wave motion

Jeffrey Bednarski II, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Understanding the signals that direct early B cell development

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Yehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of behavior

Key words
Behavioral genetics, Evolutionary neurogenetics, Drosophila, Ion channels, Molecular genetics, Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Sensory systems

Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Novel neuroimaging approaches to study aging and Alzheimer’s disease.

Key words
MRI, PET, Alzheimer’s disease, aging, imaging biomarkers for clinical trials

Mikhail Berezin, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Investigation the mechanism of peripheral neuropathies

Key words
biophysics, cancer related peripheral neuropathy, optical imaging and spectroscopy instrumentation

Carmen Bergom, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Identification of new targets to improve tumor radiation effectiveness and to protect normal tissues such as the heart from radiation injury

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