Neurosciences

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Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences

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Intersection of medical image processing, machine learning, data science, and computational neuroscience

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Neurosciences

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Sensorimotor integration; spinal cord neural networks; turtle hindlimb motor output

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behavior, central pattern generators, neurobiology, physiology, spinal cord

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Neurosciences

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To understand and develop treatments for cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorders during development, including neonatal post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

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Neurosciences

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Characterizing functional brain network development in children with and without anxiety disorders, with the long-term goal of using this information to devise novel, mechanism-based treatments for pediatric anxiety disorders.

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Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Circadian physiology and behavior

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circadian rhythm, neuropeptide, GPCR, 2nd messengers, Drosophila

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Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences

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Cancer-Stroma interactions in metastasis

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cancer metastasis; tumor microenvironment, cancer immunology, CRISPR screen, quantitative biology

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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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Human and Statistical Genetics
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Neurosciences

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Discovery and characterization of genetic etiological factors involved in neurodevelopmental disorders

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genomics, genetics, autism, neurodevelopmental disorders, complex disease, noncoding, enhancers, whole-genome sequencing, whole-exome sequencing, single-nucleotide variation, insertions/deletions, copy number variation, structural variation

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Neurosciences

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Cerebral cortex in humans and nonhuman primates: structure, function, connectivity, development, and evolution

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neurobiology, vision, cerebral cortex, brain mapping, connectomics

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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