Programs

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Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
We use multiomic approaches to discover mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease and leverage these insights to identify new drug targets.

Key words
Human genetics; cardiovascular disease

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Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

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Work in our lab focuses on the role of insulin resistance in human metabolic diseases. To accomplish this, we focus our efforts on patients with severe insulin resistance syndromes.

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Insulin Resistance, Atypical Diabetes, Pediatric Endocrinology, FGF21, Fibroblast Growth factors

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General

Research summary
Computational biology, bioinformatics, protein-DNA interactions, gene regulation

Key words
computational biology, genome analysis, gene expression, mathematical modeling

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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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Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

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We work on social interactions and mutualism using a microbial system so we can study cheating, conflict and cooperation at experimental and genomic levels, within and between species, in particular in social amoebae and their farmed bacteria

Key words
social evolution; multicellularity; mutualism; symbiosis; experimental evolution; disease; social amoebae; Dictyostelium; science education; birds

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

Research summary
The Stratman lab is broadly interested in how blood vessels form and stabilize during development, and how changes in these processes affect tissue homeostasis and disease.

Key words
mechanobiology, vascular, endothelial cell, blood flow

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Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

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protein design, protein engineering, influenza, RSV, machine learning , vaccines, antivirals

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General

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

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Infectious causes of cancer and chronic diseases

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Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
We computationally model drug metabolism to predict drug toxicity and to assist pathologists in assessing histology images.

Key words
deep learning, metabolism, pathology, image analysis, machine learning, bioinformatics, biostatistics, chemical informatics, drug and target discovery, drug design