Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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The biological regulation of skeletal matrix quality

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Computational and Systems Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

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Metabolism analysis and metabolic engineering of environmental microorganisms for biofuel/chemical production

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Metabolic flux analysis, bioenergy, metabolic engineering, algal bioprocess, bioremediation, kinetic modeling

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Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

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Applying concepts and methods from statistical physics and mathematics to the study of the brain

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theoretical and computational neuroscience, statistical physics

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

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Structure-activity relationships in UV mutagenesis; nucleic acid-based chemotherapeutic and imaging agents

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cancer, drug delivery, imaging, mutagenesis, nanotechnology, telomere

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

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Epigenetic regulation of phenotypes by propagation of prions in yeast

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amyloid, chaperones, epigenetics, neurodegeneration, prion, yeast

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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Biophysical mechanisms of infectious disease

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Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences

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We work to improve human health by understanding allergies and itch. We tackle problems in a variety of ways from leveraging clinical samples to mouse models to molecular and biochemical assays.

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itch, neuroimmunology, immunology, neuroscience, allergy, inflammation, mast cell

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Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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Understanding DNA repair mechanisms that impact cancer etiology and responses to chemotherapies

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DNA repair and replication; Genomic instability in cancers; Oncogenes; BRCA-mutation

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Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

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Defining how ubiquitin and other post-translational modifiers contribute to cellular regulation and turnover and how the phytochrome photoreceptor system controls plant and microbial development.

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

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Cardiovascular mechanics, how the heart and blood vessels respond to mechanical forces

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biomechanics, artery, elastin, matrix