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

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

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

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Sensory processing and plasticity (olfaction), large-population calcium imaging, computation, social communication

Key words
calcium imaging, physiology, mathematical modeling, behavior, neurobiology, smell, olfaction, pheromones, neuroendocrine, circuits

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary

Key words

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Cancer prevention and control, health disparities and community-based research

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Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Immunology

Research summary
Decoding cell fate decision mechanisms to modulate lineage output for therapeutic purpose

Key words
Hematopoietic stem cells, Multipotent progenitors, Cell fate decision, Lineage specification, Stem cell biology, Cancer (myeloid leukemia), Aging

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
circadian system influence on the limbic system during Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and aging

Key words
Alzheimer's Disease, Circadian System, Hippocampal Physiology, Neurodegeneration

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Modulating the complement system to mitigate pneumonia and acute lung injury

Key words
complement, pneumonia, lung injury, transplant, ICU, translational

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
How the environment shapes host-associated microbial communities both within and across species

Key words
Gut microbiome, nonhuman primates, environmental health

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Understanding the molecular determinants of cellular diversity

Key words
Chromatin, Transcription Factors, Epigenomics, Cell fate, Single-cell