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Shankar Mukherji, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Systems and synthetic cell biology: quantitative analysis of cellular organization

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Kenneth Murphy, MD, PhD

Eugene Opie First Centennial Professor

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

Research summary
Dendritic cell development and diversification

Key words
Dendritic cell and T cell differentiation, gene expression, transcription, inflammation

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Colin Nichols, PhD

Carl Cori Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Ion channel biology in health and disease

Key words
ion channel, neurobiology, functional genomics, cell signaling, kinetics

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Natalie Niemi, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

Research summary
Understanding how mitochondria are built, regulated, and maintained

Key words
mitochondria, phosphorylation, metabolism, signaling, kinase, phosphatase

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Dmitri Nusinow, PhD

Assistant Member

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

Research summary
Circadian clock regulation of physiology and development in plants.

Key words
Plant Biology, circadian rhythms, biochemistry, genetics, Arabidopsis, mass spectrometry, chronobiology

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Regis O`Keefe, MD, PhD

Fred C Reynolds Professor and Head of the Department of

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Cartilage research, bone repair, skeletal development, cancer and inflammatory diseases of bone

Key words
Cartilage research, bone repair, skeletal development, cancer and inflammatory diseases of bone

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Stephen Oh, MD, PhD

Samuel B. Grant Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology

Research summary
Mechanisms of dysregulated signaling in blood cancers

Key words
cancer biology, signal transduction, JAK2, leukemia, hematopoiesis, stem cells, mass cytometry, CyTOF, genomics

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John Olson Jr., MD, PhD

William K. Bixby Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Understanding endocrine tumor formation

Key words

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David Ornitz, MD, PhD

Alumni Endowed Professor

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

Research summary
Regulation of lung, skeletal, and cardiovascular development, injury response, and regeneration by Fibroblast Growth Factors

Key words
cell signaling; development; fibroblast growth factors; mouse models; stem cells, regeneration; pulmonary hypertension; alveologenesis; endocrine signaling

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Miranda Orr, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary

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