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
Lipid metabolism, inflammation and immunity
human brain development, as well as how these trajectories are hijacked in brain cancer such as glioblastoma
Regulation of gene expression through pre-mRNA splicing
create biomarkers to maximize cure and minimize morbidities
Host-pathogen interactions in Toxoplasma gondii
Investigating host polysaccharide and microbiome interactions in plants and algae
Development and regeneration of spinal neural circuits
Normal and abnormal development cardiovascular development
Signaling pathways and metabolism in stem cells and cancers
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 Mechanisms of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
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
Sensory neurobiology of parasitic and free-living nematodes
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
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
Gene therapy approaches for treating metabolic disorders
Chromatin modifiers regulating plant stem cells
Cell fate decisions in development and cancer
Vascular biology, endothelial cell mechanotransduction and signaling
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
Molecular mechanism that underlies the development of the visual system
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
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Investigating the role of glucose transport in cancer cell metabolism, differentiation, and microenvironment.
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
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
using neurogenetics in a cell-specific, region-specific, and sex-specific approach to identifying new targets for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and brain aging
Role of mitochondrial energy metabolism in aging
Molecular signaling of human diseases
Dissecting Ubiquitin-regulated Signaling Networks
Next-generation immune checkpoint blockade therapy & off-the-shelf CAR-iNKT cell therapy for cancer
Development of the vertebrate central nervous system
Functional RNAs in Human Development and Disease
Astrocyte development and neurological disorders
Therapeutic development in ophthalmology and Wnt signaling pathways
CryoEM of membrane proteins, protein-nucleic acid complexes and microbes
Molecular mechanisms that regulate mitochondrial function and metabolic diseases
Identifying and manipulating neuronal connections
