Vitamin D and steroid hormones
Role of neural activity in sculpting the connectome
Cardiovascular stem cells and regenerative therapy
Blood stem cell maintenance; Metabolic and signaling control of Mammalian embryonic development
Cell-cell interactions in immune system and cancer
Lipid metabolism, inflammation and immunity
Regulation of gene expression through pre-mRNA splicing
create biomarkers to maximize cure and minimize morbidities
Host-pathogen interactions in Toxoplasma gondii
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Mechanobiology of walled organisms
Development and regeneration of spinal neural circuits
Normal and abnormal development cardiovascular development
Signaling pathways and metabolism in stem cells and cancers
Hematopoietic stem cells therapies for diseases such as leukemia
Stem cell biology, infertility and cancer
Molecular basis of skeletal dysplasias
MBIDP Interim Chair
Molecular basis of cellular quiescence
Human hematopoietic stem cells, lymphopoiesis and transplantation
Cell-matrix interactions in neuromuscular disease
Molecular alterations responsible for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Activating heart stem cells to generate new heart muscle
Improve current treatments for patients with limbal stem cell deficiency
Substrate transporters and protection against hypoxic-ischemic brain injury
Synapse formation and regulation of neurotransmitter receptors
Machine learning methods to analyze high-throughput data
Molting cycle of the model nematode C. elegans
Gene regulatory networks required for seed development
Epithelial stem cells & prostate cancer initiation and progression
Role of adult stem cells in repair and regeneration of the lungs
Systems biology of cancer and immune signaling and metabolism
Molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Plasticity and function after traumatic brain injury
Brain development in the genetic model system, Drosophila melanogaster
Motility and Signaling Functions of the Trypanosome Cilium
Systems biology approaches to understand immune responses
Signaling pathway and biomechanical regulation of morphogenesis and epithelial stem cells
Mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation by DNA methylation
Pre-messenger RNA splicing and processing; chromatin modification
Age-related changes to stem cells and the stem cell niche
Mitochondrial biogenesis- protein translocation into mitochondria
Growth Factors in brain development and plasticity
Genes and mechanisms that lead to inherited osteochondrodysplasia
Molecular mechanisms that regulate neurological function and neuropsychiatric illnesses
Epigenetics in biology and disease
Genetic analysis of drosophila development
Signal Transduction of plant photoreceptors
Development of specialized cell types during vertebrate embryogenesis
Gene therapy approaches for treating metabolic disorders
Chromatin modifiers regulating plant stem cells
Cell fate decisions in development and cancer
Growth Factor Signaling in Mammalian Development and Disease
Cell Biology of Experience-Dependent Changes in Neural Connectivity
Genetics of growth signals in development, cancer and syndromes
Overcoming mechanisms of therapy resistance in human carcinomas
T Cell activation and inactivation
Molecular regulation of hematopoietic stem cell development
Stem cell and developmental biology of the heart
Genomic approaches to the study of complex human diseases
Genetic and developmental basis of plant secretory structures, single-cell transcriptomics and gene regulatory networks driving floral development
Mechanisms of differentiation of neural stem cells into defined lineages
Tissue-resident innate immune responses during infection, cancer, and obesity
Cancer stem cells, proteasomes and radiation biology
Genetics of cardiovascular diseases
Voltage-gated K channels
Mechanisms of intracellular protein traffic and endocytosis
Development and application of tools to interpret genomic and epigenomic data
Neuronal migration and axonal elongation in rodent spinal cord
Epigenetic regulation of stem cell self-renewal, differentiation, and cancer
Biology of pluripotent stem cells, skeletal muscle and disease
Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton
Genes underlying disorders in lipid and glucose metabolism
Physical properties, structure and function of cells and the nucleus
Growth of sensory axon arbors in the peripheral nervous system
Molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release
Evolution and development of mammals
intersection of signal transduction and metabolism in cancer in order to identify the molecular and metabolic basis of tumor development and progression
Synaptogenesis and neural circuit development
Mechanisms, pathogenesis and therapy of muscular dystrophies
Signaltransduction and cancer therapy
Mitochondrial metabolism; Stem and B cell development and malignancy; bioengineering
Mitotic spindle formation during cell division and its misregulation in human diseases like cancer
Mechanisms of acquisition and consolidation of memories in the cortex
How HIV impacts lymphocyte development in the human thymus
Mechanisms of mitochondrial membrane dynamics
Genetics of development of the reproductive axis (hypothalamus-pituitary-gonads)
molecular mechanisms that underly the cellular plasticity of adipocytes
Epigenomic regulation of the cardiovascular system
Role of mitochondrial energy metabolism in aging
Molecular signaling of human diseases
Intracellular transport of organelles and ciliary proteins
Dissecting Ubiquitin-regulated Signaling Networks
Tumor Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy
Development of the vertebrate central nervous system
Pathogenic processes of HIV-1 infection
Functional RNAs in Human Development and Disease
Astrocyte development and neurological disorders
Therapeutic development in ophthalmology and Wnt signaling pathways
Identifying and manipulating neuronal connections
