Faculty

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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Lawrence Snyder, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Information processing in the cerebral cortex

Key words
behavior, cognition, computational biology, eye-hand coordination, neurophysiology, systems neuroscience

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, PhD

Professor and Head of the Department of Developmental Biology

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Inductive and morphogenetic processes that establish and shape germ layers during vertebrate embryogenesis, using zebrafish and embryonic stem cell models

Key words
Gastrulation, Vertebrate embryogenesis, Patterning, Cell movement, Cell signaling, Morphogenesis, Stem Cells

Sheng-Kwei Song, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Imaging CNS function and pathology

Key words
diffusion, imaging, multiple sclerosis, retinal degeneration, spinal cord, White matter injury

Andrea Soranno, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Role of disordered proteins in function and dysfunction: from Alzheimer’s disease to SARS CoV 2

Key words
disordered proteins, single molecule, fluorescence, FRET, Alzheimer’s disease, SARS CoV 2 nucleocapsid, Apolipoprotein E, ApoE, biomolecular condensates, polymer models

Aristeidis Sotiras, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences

Research summary
Intersection of medical image processing, machine learning, data science, and computational neuroscience

Key words

George Souroullas, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

Research summary
Understand how epigenetic mechanisms and chromatin dynamics contribute towards the development of cancer.

Key words
Epigenetics, chromatin, cancer, mouse models, lymphoma, melanoma, EZH2, PRC2, H3K27me3

David Spencer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary
My research program studies DNA methylation in cancer, with a specific emphasis on understanding the origin, evolution, and functional impact of cancer-associated DNA methylation changes and how these can be used as biomarkers of clinical outcomes.

Key words
epigenetics, methylation, gene regulation, cancer, leukemia, genomics

Philip Stahl, PhD

Edward Mallinckrodt Jr Professor Emeritus

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Exosomes- biogenesis and secretion. Hominoid-specific genes such as TBC1D3, that regulate growth factor receptor signaling, may help explain human evolution and physiology

Key words
Exosomes, endocytosis, hominoid-specific genes

Christina Stallings, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Molecular pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Key words
bacteria, gene regulation, molecular genetics, microbiology, pathogenesis, transcription, infectious disease, innate immunity

Ashley Steed, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
Investigate the genetic and environmental factors that underlie the mechanistic basis for the heterogeneity in outcomes in response to infection

Key words

Alexander Stegh, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology

Research summary
Glioblastoma metabolism, mechanisms of immunosupression, and the development of novel gene-regulatory and immunostimulatory nanotechnologies

Key words

Paul Stein, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Sensorimotor integration; spinal cord neural networks; turtle hindlimb motor output

Key words
behavior, central pattern generators, neurobiology, physiology, spinal cord

William Stenson, MD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
We are interested in the epithelial response to injury in the intestine and in mucosal immununology in the intestine.

Key words
apoptosis, epithelial cells, immunology, inflammation, innate immunity, prostaglandin, radiation

Sheila Stewart, PhD

Professor

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

Research summary
Examining the role the tumor microenvironment plays in immune modulation, tumor development, metastasis and dormancy

Key words
aging, cancer, microenvironment, RNAi, senescence, telomere

Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
We use multiomic approaches to discover mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease and leverage these insights to identify new drug targets.

Key words
Human genetics; cardiovascular disease

Stephen Stone, MD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Work in our lab focuses on the role of insulin resistance in human metabolic diseases. To accomplish this, we focus our efforts on patients with severe insulin resistance syndromes.

Key words
Insulin Resistance, Atypical Diabetes, Pediatric Endocrinology, FGF21, Fibroblast Growth factors

Gary Stormo, PhD

Joseph Erlanger Professor

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Computational biology, bioinformatics, protein-DNA interactions, gene regulation

Key words
computational biology, genome analysis, gene expression, mathematical modeling

Jennifer Strahle, MD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
To understand and develop treatments for cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorders during development, including neonatal post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Key words

Joan Strassmann, PhD

Charles Rebstock Professor

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
We work on social interactions and mutualism using a microbial system so we can study cheating, conflict and cooperation at experimental and genomic levels, within and between species, in particular in social amoebae and their farmed bacteria

Key words
social evolution; multicellularity; mutualism; symbiosis; experimental evolution; disease; social amoebae; Dictyostelium; science education; birds

Amber Stratman, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

Research summary
The Stratman lab is broadly interested in how blood vessels form and stabilize during development, and how changes in these processes affect tissue homeostasis and disease.

Key words
mechanobiology, vascular, endothelial cell, blood flow

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