Programs

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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
The research in my laboratory is aimed at understanding fundamental principles of the interaction between bacterial pathogens and the human host.

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Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

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Developing algorithms and architectures for large-scale biosequence comparison, genome annotation, and metagenomics

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annotation, bioinformatics, computational biology, genome analysis, metagenomics

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Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Our research is focussed on improving the design of neuroprosthetic systems for post-stroke rehabilitation by examining the relationship between neuroplasticity and motor recovery and the mechanisms of neuroprosthetic-driven neuroplasticity.

Key words
Neuroprosthetic, Brain-Computer Interface, Motor Control, Stroke, Neuroplasticity

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

Research summary
Molecular Biology of DNA replication and damage response in yeast and human

Key words
Cell cycle, DNA damage response, DNA replication, Checkpoints, Mutagenesis, DNA repair, yeast

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Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Structure and physiology of neuronal circuits in mouse visual cortex

Key words
neurobiology, vision, physiology, development, synapse biology

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General

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The transmission and epidemiology of multi-drug resistant bacteria

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Neurosciences

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Neuroimaging studies of adaptive plasticity in people with sensory deficits

Key words
imaging, cognition, neurobiology

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Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

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We use computational and naturalistic methods to study emotional and social neurodevelopment with the larger goal of identifying neurophenotypes of depression and anxiety symptoms and risk.

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depression, anxiety, infancy, social cognition, emotion, neuroimaging, preschool, neurodevelopment

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Neurosciences

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Focusing on the Neuropsychology of Movement Disorders, particularly Parkinson disease, by combining the principles and methods of cognitive and clinical neuroscience, neuropsychology, and neuroimaging

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Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Our laboratory is interested in the role of platelets and leukocytes in inflammatory diseases which induce changes in hemostasis and thrombosis

Key words
thrombosis, platelets, stroke, neutrophils