Faculty

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Theoretical physics of ecology and evolution; quantitative modeling; analysis of sequencing data

Key words
Theoretical biophysics; Evolution; Microbiome; High-diversity ecology

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Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Understanding the genetic basis of root growth and environmental plasticity using phenomics

Key words
imaging; plant; genetics; computation; phenotyping; roots; plant x environment

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Cancer Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Genomics of breast cancer etiology to identify targetable pathways

Key words
Genomics, biomarkers, metabolic imbalance, mammographic density, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prevention,

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Immunology

Research summary
Receptor-mediated modulation of NK cell responses in vivo

Key words
innate immunity, NK cells, receptors, signal transduction, tolerance

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Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Epigenetic regulation of phenotypes by propagation of prions in yeast

Key words
amyloid, chaperones, epigenetics, neurodegeneration, prion, yeast

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Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Systems-biology approach to study how cells build tissues with precise patterns and shapes in embryo development

Key words

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Human and Statistical Genetics
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Neurosciences

Research summary
Discovery and characterization of genetic etiological factors involved in neurodevelopmental disorders

Key words
genomics, genetics, autism, neurodevelopmental disorders, complex disease, noncoding, enhancers, whole-genome sequencing, whole-exome sequencing, single-nucleotide variation, insertions/deletions, copy number variation, structural variation

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Cancer Biology

Research summary
We want to understand how microbes interact with humans so that we can identify new strategies to improve health. Our research integrates 'skinomics', metagenomics and host-microbial genetics to address how microbes influence skin physiology.

Key words
microbiome, skin, dermatology, skin diseases, infection, skin cancer, wound healing, environmental exposures

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Cell growth, size control and evolution of sex in Volvocine algae

Key words
evolution, cell biology, developmental biology, size control, cell division, sexual dimorphism

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

Research summary
Regenerative and Gene Therapy for Wolfram Syndrome, a Prototype Endoplasmic Reticulum Disorder

Key words
Wolfram syndrome, Diabetes, Vision Loss, Hearing Loss, Neurodegeneration, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Endoplasmic Reticulum