Programs

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Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology

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How tyrosine phosphorylation regulates epigenetic processes that affect cellular homeostasis and cancer cell survival

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

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Translational Cancer Genomics; Noncoding RNAs

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non-coding RNAs, lncRNAs, cancer genomics, transcriptome, bioinformatics, computational biology, solid tumor malignancies

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Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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The microtubule cytoskeleton in health and disease

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Cell cytoskeleton, microtubules, cilia, centrosome, cell cycle, signal transduction, kidney/lung development and disease

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Cancer Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

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Studying how perturbation of specific signal transduction pathways contributes to the initiation, progression and dissemination of cancer

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proteomics, functional genomics, lung cancer, signal transduction, WNT, oxidative stress

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Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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Research in the laboratory is aimed at attaining functional selectivity of opioid agonist action from its own target adverse effects while integrating chemical synthesis with biochemical, genetic and pharmacological approaches.

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opioids, GPCRs, biased signaling, pain, chemical biology

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Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

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How the environment shapes host-associated microbial communities both within and across species

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Gut microbiome, nonhuman primates, environmental health

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Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

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The Mansfeld Lab uses various non‑model species and a hypothesis driven, systems approach to examine how circadian rhythm, development, and tissue type impact plant defense.

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Plant Pathology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Disease Resistance

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Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology

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Artificial intelligence and informatics to support open science and translational research

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informatics imaging AI open science

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Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

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General

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The cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the establishment and maintenance of latent neuronal infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV).

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