Faculty

David Agard, PhD

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

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

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Functional genomics of gene regulation

Bassem Al-Sady, PhD

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Mechanisms of formation and fidelity of epigenetic elements

Steven Altschuler, PhD

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Systems biology and pharmacology

Raul Andino-Pavlovsky, PhD

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RNA Viruses, Replication, Pathogenesis and Control

Kaveh Ashrafi, PhD

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Metabolic Regulation of Neural Function

Alan Ashworth, PhD

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Understanding the genes that drive breast cancer risk

Roland Bainton, MD, PhD

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The Biology of Chemical Protection

Brian Black, PhD

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Cardiovascular Development

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

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Stem Cell Differentiation and Cancer

Joseph Bondy-Denomy, PhD

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CRISPR-Cas Biology and Phage-Bacteria Interactions

David Booth, PhD

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Evolution of cell identity and fate

Benoit Bruneau, PhD

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Transcriptional regulation of heart development

Daniele Canzio, PhD

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

Fred Chang, PhD, MD

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Regulation of Cell Size and Shape

Yifan Cheng, PhD

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Structural biology, cryoEM

Pao-Tien Chuang, MD, PhD

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Hedgehog Signaling in Mammalian Embryogenesis and Postnatal Physiology

Carlo Condello, PhD

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Biological mechanisms and pharmacology of neurodegenerative diseases

Bruce Conklin, MD

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Signaling and Functional Genomics

Abigail (Abby) Buchwalter Cool, PhD

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Cell biology of the genome

Willow Coyote-Maestas, PhD, MS

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

Charles S. Craik, PhD

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Chemical Biology of Proteases and Their Receptors

Jason Cyster, PhD

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Lymphocyte Migration and Selection

Grae Davis, PhD

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Synapse Formation, Growth and Plasticity

Markus Delling, PhD

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Primary cilia signaling during development and disease

Joe Derisi, PhD

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Genomics and Infectious Disease

Shawn Douglas, PhD

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DNA nanotechnology

Sophie Dumont, PhD

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Mechanical architecture of cell division

Hana El-Samad, PhD

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Systems Biology of Stress Responses

Joanne Engel, MD, PhD

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Bacterial Pathogen-Host Cell Interactions

Pamela England, PhD

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Chemical Neurobiology: Ion Channel Structure-Function, Synaptic Plasticity

Alan Frankel, PhD

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RNA-protein complexes

James Fraser, PhD

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Macromolecular structure and dynamics

Adam Frost, PhD, MD

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Structural biology

Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD

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Chromatin, Ribosome, Protein Quality Control

Jennifer Fung, PhD

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Chromosome Synapsis and Recombination Control During Meiosis

Zev Gartner, PhD

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Tissue structure and function

Luke Gilbert, PhD

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Functional genomics and synthetic biology applied to cancer biology

Andrei Goga, MD, PhD

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Oncogene Signaling

Emily Goldberg, PhD

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Metabolic Regulation of Immune Function

Hani Goodarzi, PhD

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Cancer Systems Biology and Translational Genomics

Douglas Gould, PhD

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Cell-matrix interactions and disease

Carol Gross, PhD

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Regulation of Gene Expression

John Gross, PhD

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Control of eukaryotic mRNA stability

Su Guo, PhD

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Zebrafish Genetics

Bo Huang, PhD

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protein complex; membrane receptor; microscopy

Guo Huang, PhD

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Organ development and regeneration

Holly Ingraham, PhD

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Transcriptional regulators in energy balance

Roshanak Irannejad, PhD

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Organelle-based signaling in cardiovascular biology

Lily Jan, PhD

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Ion channels

Yuh Nung Jan, PhD

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Constructing the nervous system

Babak Javid, MB, PhD

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Regulation of adaptive translation and mistranslation, host-pathogen interactions

Alexander-Sandy Johnson, PhD

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Yeast Genetics and Genomics

David Julius, PhD

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Molecular biology

Natalia Jura, PhD

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Structure Function Studies of Cellular Signaling

Roarke Kamber, PhD

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Mechanisms of macrophage-mediated cell clearance

Martin Kampmann, PhD

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

Aimee Kao, MD, PhD

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Lysosome biology and pH dynamics in aging and disease

Tom Kornberg, PhD

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Drosophila developmental genetics

Tanja Kortemme, PhD

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Computational protein design, how proteins function in complex contexts

Nevan Krogan, PhD

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Systems Biology

Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD

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Analysis of Complex Genetic Traits

Noelle L'etoile, PhD

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Neuronal plasticity

Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD

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

Hao Li, PhD

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Computational Genomics

Joachim Li, MD, PhD

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Regulation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication

Wendell Lim, PhD

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Cell signaling; systems and synthetic biology

Qili Liu, PhD

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Cellular and Molecular basis of nutrient-specific appetite

Averil Ma, MD

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Ubiquitination and cell signaling

Dengke Ma, PhD

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Genetic analysis of biological homeostasis and extremophile

Hiten Madhani, MD, PhD

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Gene expression, genome defense, and pathogenesis

Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD

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Structural biophysics of transmembrane signal transduction

Wallace Marshall, PhD

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How Cells Count and Measure

Frank Mccormick, PhD, FRS

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Ras genes and human cancer

Michael Mcmanus, PhD

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RNAi and Noncoding RNAs

Daniel Minor, PhD

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Ion channel structure and chemical biology

David Morgan, PhD

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Protein Machines That Drive the Cell Cycle

Keith Mostov, MD, PhD

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Epithelial polarity, morphogenesis and regeneration

Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD

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Host-pathogen interactions

Dyche Mullins, PhD

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Dynamics of Structure of the Cytoskeleton

Maxence Nachury, PhD

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Trafficking and signaling at the primary cilium

Geeta Narlikar, PhD

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Mechanisms of Regulating Chromatin Structure and Function

Suzanne Noble, MD, PhD

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The Biology of Candida albicans

Elphege Nora, PhD

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Unravelling and manipulating the functional architecture of chromosomes

Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD

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Development and function of the human brain

Todd Nystul, PhD

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Epithelial stem cells and cancer

Patrick O'farrell, PhD

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Cell cycle control in development

Barbara Panning, PhD

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Stem Cell Epigenetics

Karin Pelka, PhD

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Studying Immune Hubs to Improve Immunotherapy

Rushika Perera, PhD

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Reprogramming of cellular metabolic networks in cancer

Angela Phillips, PhD

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Constraints on protein evolution at the host-virus interface

Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD

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Regulation of cortical development and function in health and disease

Louis Ptacek, MD

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Human Neurogenetics

David Raleigh, PhD, MD

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Developmental biology, lipid signaling and brain tumors

Vijay Ramani, PhD

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Developing novel genomic tools to study chromatin structure & transcriptional regulation

Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD

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Intercellular communication in development and disease

John Rubenstein, MD, PhD

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Forebrain Development

Davide Ruggero, PhD

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How translational control shapes the proteome in normal and cancer cells

Bjoern Schwer, MD, PhD

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DNA repair and genome stability

Yin Shen, PhD

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Functional genomics and gene regulation

Dean Sheppard, MD

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In vivo functions of integrins

Kevan Shokat, PhD

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Development of Novel Tools to Study Signal Transduction

Anita Sil, MD, PhD

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Fungal Pathogenesis

Daniel Southworth, PhD

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Structure/function of heat shock proteins and protein quality control

Deepak Srivastava, MD

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Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiogenesis

Robert Stroud, MA, PhD

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Cellular Signaling and Molecular Mechanisms

Jack Taunton, PhD

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Actin/Membrane Dynamics and Chemical Proteomics

Jeannette Tenthorey, PhD

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Evolution and mechanism of antiviral immunity

Thea Tlsty, PhD

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Communal-cell interactions in cancer, genetics, epigenetics

David Toczyski, PhD

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The DNA damage response and ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis

Peter Turnbaugh, PhD

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Impact of the human gut microbiome on pharmacology

Kliment Verba, PhD

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Structural studies of dynamic kinase signalosomes

Mark Von Zastrow, MD, PhD

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Linking Cell Signaling and Membrane Traffic

Peter Walter, PhD

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Mechanisms of Organelle Homeostasis

Leor Weinberger, PhD

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How viruses (and cells) make decisions

Orion Weiner, PhD

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Cell polarity and migration

Jim Wells, PhD

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Apoptosis and Differentiation

Allison Williams, PhD

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Molecular details of signal transduction

Michael Wilson, MD

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Neuroimmunology, antibody discovery, metagenomics

Torsten Wittmann, PhD

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Cytoskeleton dynamics and microscopy

Lani Wu, PhD

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Systems biology and pharmacology

Balyn Zaro, PhD

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Proteomic and chemical biology investigations of innate immunity and hematopoiesis