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Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, PhD

BJC Investigator and James S. McDonnell Professor

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

Research summary
The Cremins lab integrates molecular and computational biology to elucidate how the genome’s structure-function relationship influences synaptic plasticity and neurophysiology during memory encoding and consolidation and how this goes awry in intractable neurological disorders.

Key words
chromatin, neuroepigenetics, 3D genome, synaptic plasticity, Alzheimer's, repeat expansion disorders, chromatin-synapse communication, neural connectome, organoids

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Elizabeth Ann Pollina, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Molecular Mechanisms of Nervous System Longevity and Rejuvenation

Key words
epigenetics, nervous system, DNA repair, aging, rejuvenation

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Sidharth Puram, MD, PhD

Lindburg Professor and Head of the Department of Otolaryngology

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

Research summary
Understanding the role of tumor heterogeneity in cancer biology, including its contributions to cancer development, growth, metastasis, and treatment resistance mechanisms, in order to translate these insights into new diagnostics and novel therapeutics

Key words
tumor heterogeneity; single cell; spatial transcriptomics; head and neck cancer; signaling

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Michael Rauchman, MDCM

Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Investigate gene regulation during kidney development and disease

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Maria Remedi, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Channels: diabetes, obesity and brain disorders

Key words
Diabetes, disease, channels, brain, neurons, hormones, growth, death, obesity, physiology

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Stacey Rentschler, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Direct reprogramming of cells into specialized cardiac conduction tissues

Key words
conduction system, reprogramming, heart development, Notch, arrhythmia, regenerative medicine, mouse models

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Linda Richards, AO, FAA, FAHMS, PhD

Edison Professor of Neuroscience & Head of the Department of Neuroscience

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

Research summary
The Brain Development and Disorders Laboratory investigates how long-range neural circuits are established in the brain, and how neural circuit plasticity affects the function of the cerebral cortex.

Key words
cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, developmental neurobiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurogenetics, cerebral cortex, corpus callosum, glial development, neuronal development, brain wiring, agenesis

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Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary

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David Rudnick, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of liver injury and regeneration

Key words
liver; regeneration; alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; liver disease; aflatoxin; acute liver failure; cell cycle; mouse models; epigenetics; metabolism

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Philip Ruzycki, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary

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