Faculty

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
(1) Dynamics, ecology, and evolution of antibiotic resistance, (2) Engineering enhanced probiotics to treat GI disorders, (3) Engineering microbial biofuel catalysts

Key words
anibiotic resistance, synthetic biology, bioenergy, human microbiome, metagenomics, microbial ecology and biodiversity

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Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Mammalian gene expression: Regulation through mRNA editing and RNA stabilization

Key words
gene expression, RNA, cancer, mRNA editing, mRNA stability

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Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Noninvasive characterization of heart function in patients with high blood pressure

Key words
imaging, hypertrophy, myocardial bloodflow

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Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of protein aggregation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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In my lab we fuse metabolic, movement, and community ecology to address basic and applied questions in ecology and evolution

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Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology

Research summary
Molecular Mechanisms of Immune Regulation of Tumor Progression.

Key words
immunotherapy, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, immunology, inflammation, metastasis, storm

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General

Research summary
Our lab uses murine stroke models and stroke patient samples to better understand ischemic stroke pathology.

Key words
Stroke platelet, neutrophil, neurology, translational research

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Immunology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

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Dr. DeSelm clinically focuses on treating lymphoma, and is actively developing novel CAR T cell approaches to treating solid tumors, including lymphoma, pancreatic cancer and glioblastoma.

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Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
The genetics of bleeding and thrombotic disorders and mechanisms of platelet activation

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
Innate and Adaptive Host Immunity to Viral Infections

Key words
virology, microbial pathogenesis, immunology