Default image

Jose Marcio Luna, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Dr. Jose Marcio Luna’s research focuses on the development of translational tools for prediction and diagnosis of cancer from a multi-omics perspective in the era of precision medicine.

Key words
Machine Learning, Data Sciences, Data Integration, Optimization Theory and Computational Medical Imaging

Default image

Cindy Ly, MD, PHD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Genetic and molecular basis of ALS

Key words

Default image

Liang Ma, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Understanding genetic pathways regulating epithelial differentiation

Key words
development, differentiation, cell signaling, gene expression, genetics

Default image

Susan Mackinnon, MD

Sydney M. Shoenberg Jr. & Robert H. Shoenberg Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Investigation of peripheral nerve injury and regeneration

Key words
nerve regeneration, neuropathy, neurotrophins, peripheral nervous system, nerve allotransplantation, tissue engineering

Default image

Jeffrey Magee, MD, PhD

Elizabeth H. and James S. McDonnell III Professor

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

Research summary
Causes and new approaches to curing high-risk pediatric leukemia

Key words
Cancer biology, stem cell, hematopoiesis, leukemia, developmental biology

Default image

Kiran Mahajan, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
My laboratory studies the pathogenic role of epigenetic regulators in prostate cancer development and progression, with a focus on the mechanisms by which these factors co-operate with transcription factors to drive tumor heterogeneity and resistance to various standard of care therapies

Key words
Epigenetics, prostate cancer, transcriptomics, small molecule therapeutics, radioresistance, DNA damage signaling, tumor-immune dynamics.

Default image

Nupam Mahajan, PhD

Professor

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

Research summary
How tyrosine phosphorylation regulates epigenetic processes that affect cellular homeostasis and cancer cell survival

Key words

Default image

Christopher Maher, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary
Translational Cancer Genomics; Noncoding RNAs

Key words
non-coding RNAs, lncRNAs, cancer genomics, transcriptome, bioinformatics, computational biology, solid tumor malignancies

Default image

Moe Mahjoub, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary
The microtubule cytoskeleton in health and disease

Key words
Cell cytoskeleton, microtubules, cilia, centrosome, cell cycle, signal transduction, kidney/lung development and disease

Default image

Michael Major, PhD

Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Studying how perturbation of specific signal transduction pathways contributes to the initiation, progression and dissemination of cancer

Key words
proteomics, functional genomics, lung cancer, signal transduction, WNT, oxidative stress