Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying inflammation-induced degenerative skeletal diseases including joint degeneration, inflammatory arthritis and osteolysis

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Musculoskeletal, inflammatory osteolysis, degenerative, bone biology, Signal transduction, NF-kB, Osteoclast, Bone Metabolism, Joint

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Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

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Understanding how glia shape developmental and pathological plasticity

Key words
astrocytes, plasticity, circuits, development, myelination

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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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Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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The Riera Lab uses a multidisciplinary approach to investigate how biochemical and biomechanical signaling from the ovary regulates folliculogenesis and oocyte quality, and whether these mechanisms are altered in reproductive-associated diseases such as PCOS and aging.

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Female reproduction, mechanobiology, ovary, folliculogenesis, reproductive aging, oocyte quality

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Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences

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Innate immunity and immune effector mechanisms in the retina; oxidative stress and cell death; models of developmental angiogenesis and neovascularization; inflammation and photoreceptor survival; macular degeneration

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aging, Angiogenesis, macular degeneration, diabetes, innate immunity, macrophage, retinal degeneration, vascular biology

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

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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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Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Ocular cell biology

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

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Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

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Understanding the role of DNA damage and RNA degradation during tissue homeostasis, regeneration, aging, and cancer

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DNA damage; DNA repair; Telomerase; Stem cell biology; Cancer; Aging

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Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Identification of new targets to improve tumor radiation effectiveness and to protect normal tissues such as the heart from radiation injury

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

Research summary
Placental and pituitary hormone genes

Key words
biochemistry, carbohydrate, protein structure, signal transduction, intracellular trafficking