Faculty

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Structure-function studies of Slo family K+ channels

Key words
ion channel, protein structure, neurobiology, physiology, cell signaling

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Cancer Biology
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Regulation of normal and malignant hematopoiesis

Key words
Leukemia, clonal hematopoiesis, stem cells, niche, ribosome, cancer metabolism, neutrophils, genomics

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Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
The role of bioactive lipid signaling and bioelectricity in the physiology of the inverted epithelia of the brain and retina. Physiology and pathophysiology of steroid signaling in reproduction, aging and neurodegeneration.

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Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Focused on the analysis of high dimensional omics (epigenetics and microbiome) data, subgroup identification, medical cost data, and joint models of multi-outcome data

Key words
Biostatistics, data science, machine learning, precision medicine, omics study, biomedical data mining

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Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

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The biology of itch

Key words
somatosensation, itch, primary sensory neurons, G protein-coupled receptors

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Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

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Understanding how host genetics and environmental factors interact to shape gut metabolism leading to inflammation

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Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Role of lipid metabolism in obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases

Key words
Adipose tissue, brown fat, diabetes, obesity, lipid metabolism, peroxisomes, mitochondria

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Mechanisms of DNA helicases/translocases and SSB proteins

Key words
DNA recombination, DNA replication, fluorescence, molecular motors, single molecules, thermodynamics

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Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Immunology

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Cell Motility and Cancer Metastasis

Key words
cell motility, cancer metastasis, cell adhesion, signal transduction

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

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The Lopez Lab studies how viruses interact with the body and how defective viruses influence the development of diseases in humans

Key words
virus, respiratory syncytial virus, Sendai virus, innate immunity, antiviral immunity