Faculty

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General

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Molecular basis of normal and abnormal development

Key words
development, bone biology, stem cell, heparan sulfate, cell signaling

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

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Evolutionary genetics and systematics of plants

Key words
evolution, population genetics, plant biology

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General

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Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Control of germline stem cells and meiotic development in C. elegans

Key words
germ cells, C. elegans, genetics, development, functional genomics

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Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Interactions between the nervous system and the skeleton

Key words
bone, diabetes, nerve, neuropathy, neuroskeletal biology, obesity, metabolism, adipose tissue, adipocyte, high-resolution imaging, advanced quantification, RNAseq, regeneration, healing

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Immunology

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My research is focused on understanding the role of liver macrophages in metabolic liver disease and heart failure. Using pre-clinical models and human samples we seek to discover novel pathways to modulate immune function for patients with cardiometabolic disease and cardiogenic liver disease..

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macrophages, tissue injury, infection, diabetes, heart failure, metabolic liver disease

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Neurosciences

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Our laboratory develops and validates blood and CSF biomarkers for Alzheimer disease and related disorders

Key words
biomarkers, Alzheimer disease, dementia, diagnostic tests, cognition

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

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Intracellular ion transport, chloride, protons, mitochondrial channels, phagosome, parasites, bone mineralization

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apoptosis, ion channel, biophysics, bone, physiology, endocytosis, peptides, bacteria, cancer

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Immunology
Cancer Biology

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Cytokine receptor signaling and immunological protection against tumor development

Key words
cancer, lymphocyte, cytokine, signal transduction, tumor editing

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Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

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Regulation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by inflammation

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