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Jarod Roland, MD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
My research aims to understand of how brain networks develop and adapt to changes caused by epilepsy, tumors, stroke, and or other neurological injuries. In particular I am interested in how children’s brains reorganize after neurosurgical treatment of these conditions.

Key words
intracranial electroencephalography, ieeg, resting state functional MRI, rs-fMRI, brain networks, development, epilepsy, neurosurgery

David Rosen, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
Pathogenesis and host response to Klebsiella pneumoniae infections

Key words
Klebsiella pneumoniae, Antibiotic Resistance, Pneumonia, Urinary Tract Infection, Virulence Factors, Adaptive Immunity

Ronald Rubenstein, MD, PhD

Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understanding the mechanisms by which a novel chaperone of the Endoplasmic Reticulum, ERp29, regulates the biogenesis of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR), the Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC), and other proteins related to pediatric pulmonary diseases

Key words
Cystic Fibrosis, Chaperone, Endoplasmic Reticulum, CFTR, ENaC/Epithelial Sodium Channel, Epithelia, Insulin, Trafficking, Biogenesis

Deborah Rubin, MD

Professor

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

Research summary
Intestinal stem cells and the stem cell niche in intestinal injury/short bowel syndrome and colitis associated colon cancer, early colon cancer pathogenesis

Key words
Stem cells, epithelial proliferation, cancer, short bowel syndrome

Joshua Rubin, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Molecular mechanisms in pediatric brain tumorigenesis

Key words
tumor biology, signal transduction, stem cells, neural development, sexual dimorphism, circadaian rhythm, chemokines, cAMP

David Rudnick, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of liver injury and regeneration

Key words
liver; regeneration; alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; liver disease; aflatoxin; acute liver failure; cell cycle; mouse models; epigenetics; metabolism

Jai Rudra, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Development of nano-scale biomaterials for engaging the immune system to induce protective antibody and cell-mediated immune responses against diseases

Key words

Yoram Rudy, PhD, FAHA, FHRS

The Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Multiscale studies of cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia using computational biology and imaging

Key words
ion channels, protein dynamics, cardiac cell electrophysiology, cardiac imaging

John Russell, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
CNS/lymphocyte interactions regulating inflammation and pathogenesis in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis

Key words
apoptosis, autoimmunity, imaging, inflammation, multiple sclerosis

Mark Rutherford, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Cellular mechanisms underlying our systems of sound and balance encoding in development, in maturity, and in pathology of hearing or vestibular function

Key words
cochlea, neurodegeneration, synapse, excitotoxicity, encoding sound

Philip Ruzycki, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary

Key words

Nancy Saccone, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Statistical genetics, complex human diseases, analysis methods

Key words
genetics, substance dependence, addiction, human disease gene mapping, association studies, linkage analysis

Jose Saenz, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Gastric epithelial responses to acute and chronic gastric injury

Key words
double-stranded RNA, host response, Helicobacter pylori

Rajan Sah, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Study the function of novel ion channels as they relate to growth and metabolism

Key words

Naresha Saligrama, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Adaptive immune responses in neuroinflammatory, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric diseases

Key words
Neuroimmunology, Autoimmunity, T cell receptors, Antigens

Lawrence Salkoff, PhD

Professor

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

Research summary
How ion channels function in physiology and behavior

Key words
neurobiology, genome analysis, development, behavior, physiology

Vijay Samineni, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Intersection between visceral sensation, organ function, and emotions

Key words
Visceral Pain, Genomics, Neural Circuits, Emotions

Mark Sands, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Pathophysiology and novel therapies for lysosomal storage diseases

Key words
gene therapy, hematopoiesis, metabolism, neurobiology, neurodegeneration, stem cells

Celia Santi Grau Perez, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Aspects of sexual reproduction that involve membrane excitability and control of membrane voltage in spermatozoa, which are essential for the sperm to fertilize the egg

Key words
male fertility, ion channels, sperm physiology,

Marco Sardiello, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary
My laboratory uses genetics, cell biology and systems biology approaches to study how the cell regulates its metabolic programs and how dysfunctions in these programs lead to neurological disease

Key words