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Anya Plutynski, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
History and philosophy of biology & medicine, general philosophy of science, biomedical ethics

Key words
cancer, genetics, evolution, risk, modeling

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Cyril Pottier, PhD

Assistant Professor

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General
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John Russell, PhD

Professor

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General

Research summary
CNS/lymphocyte interactions regulating inflammation and pathogenesis in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis

Key words
apoptosis, autoimmunity, imaging, inflammation, multiple sclerosis

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Scott Saunders, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Molecular basis of normal and abnormal development

Key words
development, bone biology, stem cell, heparan sulfate, cell signaling

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Anneliese Schaefer, PhD

Professor

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General

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Marwan Shinawi, MD

Professor

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General

Research summary
Clinical genomics and the application of exome and genome sequencing as well as microarray analysis for disease gene discovery

Key words
genomic medicine, disease gene discovery, metabolic disorders, and skeletal dysplasias

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Philip Stahl, PhD

Edward Mallinckrodt Jr Professor Emeritus

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Exosomes- biogenesis and secretion. Hominoid-specific genes such as TBC1D3, that regulate growth factor receptor signaling, may help explain human evolution and physiology

Key words
Exosomes, endocytosis, hominoid-specific genes

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Kurt Thoroughman, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Psychophysical and computational investigation of human motor control and learning

Key words
mathematical modeling, neurobiology, behavior

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Gary Weil, MD

Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Research on the biology of filarial nematode parasites

Key words
gene expression, epidemiology, functional genomics, parasitology

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Michael White, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
My research focuses on learning cis-regulatory grammars using massivley parallel functional assays and machine learning

Key words
computational biology, gene regulation, genomics, deep learning, technology development