Faculty | Tetrad Graduate Program

David Agard, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Structure, Function, and Folding of Proteins, Chromosomes, and Centrosomes

Lab Website

https://msg.ucsf.edu/agard-lab

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Functional genomics of gene regulation

Lab Website

http://pharm.ucsf.edu/ahituv

Bassem Al-Sady, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Mechanisms of formation and fidelity of epigenetic elements

Lab Website

https://alsadylab.ucsf.edu/

Steven Altschuler, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Systems biology and pharmacology

Lab Website

http://www.altschulerwulab.org/

Raul Andino-Pavlovsky, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

RNA Viruses, Replication, Pathogenesis and Control

Lab Website

https://andino.ucsf.edu/

Kaveh Ashrafi, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Metabolic Regulation of Neural Function

Lab Website

http://ashrafilab.ucsf.edu/

Alan Ashworth, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Understanding the genes that drive breast cancer risk

Lab Website

http://cancer.ucsf.edu/people/profiles/ashworth_alan.5757

Brian Black, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cardiovascular Development

Lab Website

https://blacklab.ucsf.edu/

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Stem Cell Differentiation and Cancer

Lab Website

https://blellochlab.ucsf.edu/

Joseph Bondy-Denomy, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

CRISPR-Cas Biology and Phage-Bacteria Interactions

Lab Website

https://bondydenomylab.com/

David Booth, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Evolution of cell identity and fate

Lab Website

https://www.biobooth.org/

Benoit Bruneau, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Transcriptional regulation of heart development

Lab Website

http://www.gladstone.ucsf.edu/gladstone/site/bruneau/

Abby Buchwalter, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cell biology of the genome

Lab Website

https://buchwalterlab.ucsf.edu/

Daniele Canzio, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms generating neural cell-surface diversity

Lab Website

https://canziolab.ucsf.edu/

Fred Chang, PhD, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Regulation of Cell Size and Shape

Lab Website

http://fredchanglab.ucsf.edu/

Yifan Cheng, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Structural biology, cryoEM

Lab Website

http://cryoem.ucsf.edu

Pao-Tien Chuang, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Hedgehog Signaling in Mammalian Embryogenesis and Postnatal Physiology

Lab Website

https://sites.google.com/view/chuanglab/

Carlo Condello, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Biological mechanisms and pharmacology of neurodegenerative diseases

Lab Website

https://condellolab.ucsf.edu/

Bruce Conklin, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Signaling and Functional Genomics

Lab Website

http://labs.gladstone.ucsf.edu/conklin

Willow Coyote-Maestas, PhD, MS

Research Summary:

Research Title

High throughput studies of membrane proteins folding, function, and disease

Lab Website

https://www.wcoyotelab.com

Charles Craik, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Chemical Biology of Proteases and Their Receptors

Lab Website

http://www.craiklab.ucsf.edu/

Jason Cyster, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Lymphocyte Migration and Selection

Lab Website

https://cysterlab.ucsf.edu/

Grae Davis, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Synapse Formation, Growth and Plasticity

Lab Website

http://www.graemedavislab.com/

Markus Delling, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Primary cilia signaling during development and disease

Lab Website

https://dellinglab.ucsf.edu/

Joe Derisi, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Genomics and Infectious Disease

Lab Website

http://derisilab.ucsf.edu/

Shawn Douglas, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

DNA nanotechnology

Lab Website

http://bionano.ucsf.edu/

Sophie Dumont, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Mechanical architecture of cell division

Lab Website

http://dumontlab.ucsf.edu/

Robert Edwards, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Neurotransmitter Release

Lab Website

https://edwardslab.ucsf.edu/

Hana El-Samad, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Systems Biology of Stress Responses

Joanne Engel, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Bacterial Pathogen-Host Cell Interactions

Lab Website

https://joanneengellab.ucsf.edu/contact

Alan Frankel, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

RNA-protein complexes

Lab Website

https://frankellab.ucsf.edu/

James Fraser, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Macromolecular structure and dynamics

Lab Website

http://www.fraserlab.com

Adam Frost, PhD, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Structural biology

Lab Website

http://frostlab.org/

Jennifer Fung, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Chromosome Synapsis and Recombination Control During Meiosis

Lab Website

http://funglab.ucsf.edu

Danica Galonic Fujimori, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Chromatin, Ribosome, Protein Quality Control

Lab Website

http://fujimorilab.ucsf.edu/

Zev Gartner, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Tissue structure and function

Lab Website

http://www.gartnerlab.ucsf.edu

Luke Gilbert, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Functional genomics and synthetic biology applied to cancer biology

Lab Website

https://gilbertlab.ucsd.edu/

Andrei Goga, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Oncogene Signaling

Lab Website

http://www.oncogenes.net

Emily Goldberg, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Metabolic Regulation of Immune Function

Lab Website

https://goldberglab.ucsf.edu/

Hani Goodarzi, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cancer Systems Biology and Translational Genomics

Lab Website

http://goodarzilab.ucsf.edu/

Douglas Gould, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cell-matrix interactions and disease

Lab Website

https://ophthalmology.ucsf.edu/gouldlab/

Carol Gross, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Regulation of Gene Expression

John Gross, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Control of eukaryotic mRNA stability

Lab Website

http://www.grosslab.ucsf.edu/

Alina Guna, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Protein biogenesis and quality control

Lab Website

https://www.gunalab.org/

Su Guo, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Zebrafish Genetics

Lab Website

https://pharm.ucsf.edu/guo

Bo Huang, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

protein complex; membrane receptor; microscopy

Lab Website

http://huanglab.ucsf.edu

Guo Huang, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Organ development and regeneration

Lab Website

https://scvrb-core.ucsf.edu/~huang/lab/Research.html

Holly Ingraham, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Transcriptional regulators in energy balance

Lab Website

http://ingrahamlab.ucsf.edu/

Roshanak Irannejad, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Organelle-based signaling in cardiovascular biology

Lab Website

http://irannejadlab.ucsf.edu/

Lily Jan, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Ion channels

Lab Website

https://janlab.ucsf.edu/

Yuh Nung Jan, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Constructing the nervous system

Lab Website

https://janlab.ucsf.edu/

Babak Javid, MB, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Regulation of adaptive translation and mistranslation, host-pathogen interactions

Lab Website

https://experimentalmedicine.ucsf.edu/laboratories/javid-lab

Alexander-Sandy Johnson, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Yeast Genetics and Genomics

Lab Website

http://johnsonlab.ucsf.edu/

Leanne Jones, PhD

Research Summary:

Lab Website

https://joneslabucsf.com

David Julius, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Molecular biology

Lab Website

https://juliuslab.ucsf.edu/

Natalia Jura, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Structure Function Studies of Cellular Signaling

Lab Website

https://juralab.ucsf.edu/

Roarke Kamber, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Mechanisms of macrophage-mediated cell clearance

Lab Website

https://www.kamberlab.com

Martin Kampmann, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

The protein homeostasis network in normal and disease states of human cells

Lab Website

http://kampmannlab.ucsf.edu

Aimee Kao, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Lysosome biology and pH dynamics in aging and disease

Lab Website

https://kaolab.ucsf.edu/

Tanja Kortemme, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Computational protein design, how proteins function in complex contexts

Lab Website

http://kortemmelab.ucsf.edu/

Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Neocortical development

Lab Website

https://www.kriegstein-lab.com/

Nevan Krogan, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Systems Biology

Lab Website

http://kroganlab.ucsf.edu

Noelle L'etoile, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Neuronal plasticity

Lab Website

http://letoilelab.org

Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Mechanisms that regulate the function of the retina in health and disease

Lab Website

https://ophthalmology.ucsf.edu/lakkarajulab/

Hao Li, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Computational Genomics

Lab Website

http://mobydick.ucsf.edu/~haoli/

Wendell Lim, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cell signaling; systems and synthetic biology

Lab Website

http://limlab.ucsf.edu/

Qili Liu, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cellular and Molecular basis of nutrient-specific appetite

Lab Website

https://qililiulab.science/

Dengke Ma, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Genetic analysis of biological homeostasis and extremophile

Lab Website

http://malab.ucsf.edu

Hiten Madhani, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Gene expression, genome defense, and pathogenesis

Lab Website

http://madhanilab.ucsf.edu

Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Structural biophysics of transmembrane signal transduction

Lab Website

http://www.mangliklab.com

Wallace Marshall, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

How Cells Count and Measure

Lab Website

https://cellgeometry.ucsf.edu/

Hanna Martens, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Mechanobiology of Tissues

Lab Website

https://martenslab.ucsf.edu/

Frank Mccormick, PhD, FRS

Research Summary:

Research Title

Ras genes and human cancer

Lab Website

http://mccormicklab.ucsf.edu

Michael Mcmanus, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

RNAi and Noncoding RNAs

Lab Website

http://mcmanuslab.ucsf.edu/

Daniel Minor, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Ion channel structure and chemical biology

Lab Website

https://scvrb-core.ucsf.edu/~dminor/index.html

David Morgan, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Protein Machines That Drive the Cell Cycle

Lab Website

https://morganlab.ucsf.edu/

Keith Mostov, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Epithelial polarity, morphogenesis and regeneration

Lab Website

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/keith.mostov

Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Host-pathogen interactions

Lab Website

https://www.mukherjeelabucsf.com/

Dyche Mullins, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Dynamics of Structure of the Cytoskeleton

Lab Website

http://mullinslab.ucsf.edu/

Maxence Nachury, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Trafficking and signaling at the primary cilium

Lab Website

http://nachurylab.ucsf.edu

Geeta Narlikar, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Mechanisms of Regulating Chromatin Structure and Function

Lab Website

https://narlikarlab.ucsf.edu/

Suzanne Noble, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

The Biology of Candida albicans

Lab Website

http://noblelab.ucsf.edu/

Elphege Nora, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Unravelling and manipulating the functional architecture of chromosomes

Lab Website

https://noralab.ucsf.edu/index.php/the-team/

Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Development and function of the human brain

Lab Website

https://nowakowski-lab.squarespace.com/

Todd Nystul, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Epithelial stem cells and cancer

Lab Website

http://nystullab.ucsf.edu/

Patrick O'farrell, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cell cycle control in development

Lab Website

http://biochemistry.ucsf.edu/labs/ofarrell/

Barbara Panning, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Stem Cell Epigenetics

Karin Pelka, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Studying Immune Hubs to Improve Immunotherapy

Lab Website

https://pelkalab.org/

Rushika Perera, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Reprogramming of cellular metabolic networks in cancer

Lab Website

http://www.rushikapereralab.com

Angela Phillips, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Constraints on protein evolution at the host-virus interface

Lab Website

https://aphillipslab.ucsf.edu/

Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Regulation of cortical development and function in health and disease

Lab Website

https://pleasurelab.ucsf.edu

Louis Ptacek, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Human Neurogenetics

Lab Website

https://neugenes.org/

David Raleigh, PhD, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Developmental biology, lipid signaling and brain tumors

Lab Website

http://raleighlab.ucsf.edu

Vijay Ramani, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Developing novel genomic tools to study chromatin structure & transcriptional regulation

Lab Website

https://gladstone.org/people/vijay-ramani

Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Intercellular communication in development and disease

Lab Website

https://reitergroup.ucsf.edu/

Davide Ruggero, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

How translational control shapes the proteome in normal and cancer cells

Lab Website

http://ruggerolab.ucsf.edu

Bjoern Schwer, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

DNA repair and genome stability

Lab Website

https://schwerlab.ucsf.edu

Yin Shen, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Functional genomics and gene regulation

Lab Website

http://shenlab.ucsf.edu

Dean Sheppard, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

In vivo functions of integrins

Lab Website

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/dean.sheppard

Kevan Shokat, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Development of Novel Tools to Study Signal Transduction

Lab Website

http://shokatlab.ucsf.edu/

Anita Sil, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Fungal Pathogenesis

Lab Website

http://histo.ucsf.edu/sillab/index.htm

Daniel Southworth, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Structure/function of heat shock proteins and protein quality control

Lab Website

https://southworthlab.ucsf.edu/

Deepak Srivastava, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiogenesis

Lab Website

http://gladstoneinstitutes.org/u/dsrivastava/SrivastavaLab.htm

Robert Stroud, MA, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cellular Signaling and Molecular Mechanisms

Lab Website

http://www.msg.ucsf.edu/stroud/index.htm

Jack Taunton, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Actin/Membrane Dynamics and Chemical Proteomics

Lab Website

https://tauntonlab.ucsf.edu/

Jeannette Tenthorey, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Evolution and mechanism of antiviral immunity

Lab Website

https://tenthoreylab.ucsf.edu/

Thea Tlsty, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Communal-cell interactions in cancer, genetics, epigenetics

Lab Website

https://tlstylab.ucsf.edu/

David Toczyski, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

The DNA damage response and ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis

Lab Website

http://toczyskilab.ucsf.edu

Peter Turnbaugh, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Impact of the human gut microbiome on pharmacology

Lab Website

http://turnbaughlab.ucsf.edu

Kliment Verba, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Structural studies of dynamic kinase signalosomes

Lab Website

https://www.verbalab.science/

Mark Von Zastrow, MD, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Linking Cell Signaling and Membrane Traffic

Lab Website

http://www.vzlab.org

Peter Walter, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Mechanisms of Organelle Homeostasis

Lab Website

http://walterlab.ucsf.edu

Orion Weiner, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cell polarity and migration

Lab Website

https://weinerlab.com/

Jim Wells, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Apoptosis and Differentiation

Lab Website

http://wellslab.ucsf.edu

Allison Williams, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Molecular details of signal transduction

Lab Website

https://williamslab.ucsf.edu/

Michael Wilson, MD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Neuroimmunology, antibody discovery, metagenomics

Lab Website

https://wilsonlab.ucsf.edu

Torsten Wittmann, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Cytoskeleton dynamics and microscopy

Lab Website

https://whitmanlab.ucsf.edu/

Lani Wu, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Systems biology and pharmacology

Lab Website

http://www.altschulerwulab.org/

Balyn Zaro, PhD

Research Summary:

Research Title

Proteomic and chemical biology investigations of innate immunity and hematopoiesis

Lab Website

https://pharm.ucsf.edu/zaro