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Monika Bambouskova, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

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Research summary
Immunometabolism - metabolic regulation of immune cell activation

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Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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Research summary
Signal transduction by G proteins and pathogenesis of diabetes

Key words
diabetes, Drosophila, G protein, hormones, protein structure, signal transduction

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Steven Bassnett, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Research summary
Ocular cell biology

Key words
ophthalmology, cataract, glaucoma, myopia, microfibrils, imaging, stem cells, Marfan syndrome, fibrillin, modeling, AFM

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Janine Bijsterbosch, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology

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Research summary
Computational neuroimaging to study the human connectome in health & disease

Key words
mental health, fMRI, connectivity, big data, psychiatry, computational models

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Daniel Castro, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

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Research summary
Understanding the role of endogenous opioids in affective neuroscience and metabolic homeostasis

Key words
reward, valence, opioid, motivation, metabolism

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Shiming Chen, PhD

Professor

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

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Research summary
Molecular mechanisms regulating photoreceptor gene expression in healthy and diseased retinas

Key words
Gene expression regulation, transcription factors, epigenetic regulators, photoreceptor development and degeneration, mouse models, gene therapy

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Brian Clark, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

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Research summary
Analysis of the temporally regulated program of retinal cell type specification.

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Clair Crewe, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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Research summary
Understanding extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated signaling during homeostatic and pathologic metabolic regulation

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Gabor Egervari, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

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Research summary
We aim to understand how metabolism influences epigenetics, gene expression and behavior, particularly in the context of substance use disorders and neurodegeneration

Key words
Metabolism, epigenetics, alcohol, addiction, neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s

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Erik Herzog, PhD

Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

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Research summary
Molecular, cellular and circuit analysis of circadian rhythms in mammals

Key words
neurobiology, behavior, imaging, circadian rhythm, glia, brain cancer, potassium channels, neuropeptides, astrocytes, glioblastoma, cancer, developmental biology, computational modeling