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Nada Abumrad, PhD

Robert C. Atkins Professor of Obesity Research in Medicine

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Fatty acids regulate energy balance and tissue renewal. Dysfunction of this regulation causes disease

Key words
fatty acid, transport, disease risk

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Hema Adhikari, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary

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Ream Al-Hasani, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understanding the endogenous opioid systems to defeat addiction, ameliorate affective disorders, and relieve chronic pain.

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Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Respiratory immunobiology, with particular interest in cytokine pathways associated with lung epithelial progenitors

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Gaya Amarasinghe, PhD

Alumni Endowed Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Molecular mechanisms at the host-pathogen interface

Key words
biochemistry, structural biology, signaling, virology, host pathogen interactions, immunology

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Maxim Artyomov, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Systems immunology using high-throughput next-generation sequencing in conjunction with mathematical and statistical modeling approaches rooted in statistical physics

Key words
systems immunology, systems biology, computational biology, RNA-seq

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Monika Bambouskova, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

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

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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David Bark, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Applying biomechanics and mechanobiology (the interaction and response of cells and tissue to mechanical forces) to diagnose, study, and treat various forms of cardiovascular disease.

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Wayne Barnes, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Possible cure for MS: intravenous access by myelin-binding aptamer; PCR at one temp; RT-enabled Taq pol.

Key words
DNA, aptamers, technology development, brain therapy