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Brian Muegge, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Targeting Enteroendocrine Cell Development to Treat Metabolic Diseases

Key words
Genomics, Single-Cell, Endocrinology, Stem Cells, Gastroenterology, Intestine, Epigenetics

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Shankar Mukherji, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

Research summary
Systems and synthetic cell biology: quantitative analysis of cellular organization

Key words

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Mary Mullen, MD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Targeting the DNA damage response in order to overcome chemotherapy resistance

Key words

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Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology

Research summary
Mechanisms of immunotherapy-associated kidney injury and kidney transplant rejection

Key words
Immunology, transplant, oncology, immunotherapy

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Kenneth Murphy, MD, PhD

Eugene Opie First Centennial Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Dendritic cell development and diversification

Key words
Dendritic cell and T cell differentiation, gene expression, transcription, inflammation

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Erik Musiek, MD, PhD

Charlotte and Paul Hagemann Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, with interest in circadian clock genes, glial function, and neuroinflammation

Key words
circadian, clock genes, astrocytes, microglia, neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, Bmal1, Alzheimer`s Disease

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Jonathan Myers, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Community ecology, biodiversity, and biogeography of temperate and tropical ecosystems

Key words
biodiversity; biogeography; community assembly; environmental change; forest dynamics; plant community ecology; plant functional ecology; species diversity; species interactions; tropical ecology

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Hadas Nahman-Averbuch

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Understanding mechanisms contributing to individual differences in pain sensitivity and chronic pain

Key words
Pain, migraine, endometriosis, pelvic pain, sex differences, hormones, opioids, puberty, sensory testing, fMRI, pediatric pain

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Robert Naismith, MD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Imaging and clinical outcomes in multiple sclerosis.

Key words
multiple sclerosis, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), optic nerve, spinal cord

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Arash Nazeri, MD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
My lab focuses on developing imaging methods to characterize brain fluid compartments, tissue microstructure and neurofluid dynamics in health and disease. In addition, by perturbing brain fluid compartments, we aim to develop novel therapeutic and diagnostic approaches.

Key words
Neurofluid Imaging, Translational Neuroimaging, Preclinical MRI, CSF, Computational Neuroanatomy, Focused Ultrasound, Neurodevelopment, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Drug Delivery