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Michael G. Caparon, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Genetics and virulence of the pathogenetic streptococci

Key words
bacteriology, gene expression, inflammation, microbial pathogenesis, toxin

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Bruce A. Carlson, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Sensory and Evolutionary Neuroscience

Key words
neural circuits, neurophysiology, sensory systems, behavior, evolution, mathematical modeling

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James C. Carrington, PhD

President

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Focus on the biogenesis, functions, and evolutionof small RNA-directed silencing pathways in multicellular eukaryotes

Key words
genomics, functional genomics, biogenesis, systems biology, silencing pathways, plant biology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, RNA pathways

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Alex Carter, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Network plasticity as it pertains to neurorehabilitation, particularly in recovery from stroke

Key words
stroke, resting state connectivity, brain

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Daniel Castro, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Understanding the role of endogenous opioids in affective neuroscience and metabolic homeostasis

Key words
reward, valence, opioid, motivation, metabolism, diabetes

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Valeria Cavalli, PhD

Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Professor of Biomedical Research

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Cellular, Molecular and Epigenetic control of axon regeneration

Key words
axon regeneration, nerve injury, epigenetic, transcription, glia biology, neuroimmune mechanisms, spinal cord injury, optic nerve injury

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Shantanu Chakrabartty, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Exploring neuromorphic architectures using silicon and biological neurons; Novel self-powered neural recording systems

Key words

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Douglas L. Chalker, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic regulation of developmentally programmed DNA rearrangements of Tetrahymena, control of intercellular patterning

Key words
cellular patterning, cell biology, basal bodies and cilia, chromatin structure, development, DNA, genome rearrangements, RNA interference,

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Grant Challen, PhD

Professor

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

Research summary
Understanding the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that regulate normal and leukemic stem cells

Key words
Hematopoietic stem cells, Leukemia stem cells, Epigenetic modifications

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Alexander Chamessian, MD PhD

Assistant Professor

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

Research summary

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