Faculty

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Engineering to help cardiac arrhythmia patients feel better and live longer.

Key words
Bioelectricity, Arrhythmias, Modeling, Molecular Imaging, Electrophysiology, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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Molecular Cell Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics

Research summary
Skeletal mechanobiology; bone strength; osteoporosis; bone fracture, repair & regeneration

Key words
bone mechanics, bone biology, injury, mechanotransduction, mouse models, osteoporosis

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Long non-coding RNAs and RNA modifications in cancer metastasis and aggressive disease

Key words
Cancer metastasis, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, long non-coding RNAs, RNA modifications, genomics, advanced sequencing, epitranscriptomics

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Plasmonic biosensors and biomimetic sensors

Key words
biomimetic sensors, plasmonic biosensors, nanostructures, transduction platforms

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Immunology
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understanding how synthetic antigen receptors direct T cell function and dysfunction in the treatment of blood cancers

Key words
CAR T cell therapy, immunotherapy for cancer, T cell signaling, T cell dysfunction, lineage decisions

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Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Genetic analysis of neural and muscular development in the Drosophila embryo

Key words
development, neurobiology, cell signaling

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Investigating how plant cells determine which fragments of DNA should be expressed (like genes), and which should be targeted for repression and not allowed to express

Key words
transposable element, epigenetics, DNA methylation, chromatin, transgene silencing

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary

Key words

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Neurosciences

Research summary
Investigating the effects of prematurity and other modifiable clinical and environmental risk factors on neurodevelopmental outcomes in high-risk pediatric populations

Key words
Neurodevelopment; neonate; prematurity; psychopathology; brain injury; MRI; structural connectivity; functional connectivity

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Information processing in the cerebral cortex

Key words
behavior, cognition, computational biology, eye-hand coordination, neurophysiology, systems neuroscience