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Gary Patti, PhD

Michael and Tana Powell Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
To understand the metabolic crosstalk between cells and tissues in disease models such as cancer by using isotopes and metabolomics

Key words
metabolism, metabolomics, mass spectrometry, bioinformatics, imaging, cancer, tumor microenvironment, isotope tracing

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Philip Payne, PhD, FACMI

Janet and Bernard Becker Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Translational Bioinformatics, Clinical Research Informatics

Key words
Biomedical Informatics, Data Science, Data Analytics, Clinical Research, Translational Research

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David Piston, PhD

Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Professor and Head of the Department of Cell Biology & Physiology

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Studies of the Molecular Pathways of Islet Hormone Secretion

Key words
Diabetes, Biophysics, Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Hyperspectral Imaging, Glucagon

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Jay Ponder, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Computational chemistry, protein engineering, theoretical protein structure and folding

Key words
molecular modeling, protein structure, computational chemistry, molecular dynamics simulation, protein engineering

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Sumanth Prabhu, MD

Tobias & Hortense Lewin Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Disease

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary

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Courtney Reichhardt, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Investigating the fundamental biophysical principles of biofilm assembly

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Janice Robertson, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary
To understand how and why membrane proteins fold, form stable complexes, and achieve conformational stability inside of the oil-filled cell membrane.

Key words
membrane protein; single-molecule; TIRF microscopy; protein folding; thermodynamics; lipids; oligomerization

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Ronald Rubenstein, MD, PhD

Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Understanding the mechanisms by which a novel chaperone of the Endoplasmic Reticulum, ERp29, regulates the biogenesis of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR), the Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC), and other proteins related to pediatric pulmonary diseases

Key words
Cystic Fibrosis, Chaperone, Endoplasmic Reticulum, CFTR, ENaC/Epithelial Sodium Channel, Epithelia, Insulin, Trafficking, Biogenesis

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Rajan Sah, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Study the function of novel ion channels as they relate to growth and metabolism

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Marco Sardiello, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary
My laboratory uses genetics, cell biology and systems biology approaches to study how the cell regulates its metabolic programs and how dysfunctions in these programs lead to neurological disease

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