Faculty

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Pathogenic interactions between microbes and the gut

Key words
bacteriology, evolution, genome analysis, inflammation, microbial pathogenesis

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Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Applying concepts and methods from statistical physics and mathematics to the study of the brain

Key words
theoretical and computational neuroscience, statistical physics

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Structure-activity relationships in UV mutagenesis; nucleic acid-based chemotherapeutic and imaging agents

Key words
cancer, drug delivery, imaging, mutagenesis, nanotechnology, telomere

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Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption

Key words
bone biology, integrin biology, signal transduction, tumor necrosis factor, RANK ligand

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Study of biodiversity, particularly on macroecology, metacommunity ecology, biogeography and spatial ecology

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Biodiversity, community ecology, macroecology, metacommunities, metapopulations, spatial ecology,null models, computer simulation models

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Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology

Research summary
Naive pluripotency, trophoblast development, and stem-cell-based embryo models

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Cancer Biology
Neurosciences

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The mission of the Thompson Lab is to discover and target molecular drivers of leptomeningeal dissemination of malignant pediatric brain tumors and develop peptide vaccines targeting CMV antigens expressed in brain tumors.

Key words
pediatric brain tumor, medulloblastoma, vaccine, immunotherapy, leptomeningeal dissemination

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Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Understanding the impact of parental obesity on offspring liver disease and the mechanisms that mediate the development of chronic diseases in adulthood

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Cancer Biology

Research summary
We develop and evaluate theranostic agents, dual modality diagnostic and therapeutic agents for disease applications. We considers questions of drug development, disease characterization and biological responses with a focus on near term translational relevance.

Key words
cancer, therapy, radiology, radiation oncology, theranostics

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General

Research summary
Psychophysical and computational investigation of human motor control and learning

Key words
mathematical modeling, neurobiology, behavior