Gene Regulation, Epigenomics and Transcriptomics (GREAT)
*Asterisk indicates faculty who have taken mentor training and/or implicit bias training.
![John Adams](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/jadams.jpg)
John Adams
Vitamin D and steroid hormones
![Patrick Allard*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2021/07/Allard-3.jpg)
Patrick Allard*
aims to dissect the genetic and epigenetic pathways that connect environmental cues to health effects across the lifespan and across generations
![Valerie A. Arboleda*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2021/07/Arboleda-2.jpg)
Valerie A. Arboleda*
Epigenetics, Genomics, Rare Disease, Computational Medicine
![Amjad Askary*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2023/06/Amjad-Askary-05Web.jpeg)
Amjad Askary*
Lineage and cell fate specification in the mammalian retina
![Aparna Bhaduri*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2021/07/Bhaduri.png)
Aparna Bhaduri*
human brain development, as well as how these trajectories are hijacked in brain cancer such as glioblastoma
![Douglas Black*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/dblack.jpg)
Douglas Black*
Regulation of gene expression through pre-mRNA splicing
![Mehdi Bouhaddou*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2023/04/Mehdi-Bouhaddou.jpg)
Mehdi Bouhaddou*
Decoding Viral Control of Host Signaling to Design Multi-Virus Therapeutic Strategies
![Paul Boutros*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2020/11/boutros.jpg)
Paul Boutros*
create biomarkers to maximize cure and minimize morbidities
![Michael Carey*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2021/07/Carey2.png)
Michael Carey*
Mechanisms of eukaryotic gene transcription
![Guillaume Chanfreau*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/gchanfreau.jpg)
Guillaume Chanfreau*
RNA Processing, Degradation and Quality Control
![Hilary Coller*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/Coller.jpeg)
Hilary Coller*
Molecular basis of cellular quiescence
![Lydia Daboussi*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2023/02/Daboussi-2-scaled-2.jpeg)
Lydia Daboussi*
Molecular Mechanisms of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
![Luis De La Torre-Ubieta*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2020/11/Luis2.jpg)
Luis De La Torre-Ubieta*
Mechanisms of gene regulation in neocortical development and neuropsychiatric disease
![Jason Ernst*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/ernst_jason.png)
Jason Ernst*
Machine learning methods to analyze high-throughput data
![Oliver Fregoso*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2016/05/Fregoso-Headshot.jpg)
Oliver Fregoso*
Molecular and evolutionary approaches to understand virus-host interactions of HIV
![Robert Goldberg](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/Goldberg.jpg)
Robert Goldberg
Gene regulatory networks required for seed development
![Feng Guo*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/08/DSC_0056-Feng-Guo_small509.jpg)
Feng Guo*
RNA-targeting drug development
![Oliver Hankinson](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/oliver_hankinson_image.jpg)
Oliver Hankinson
Carcinogenesis, chemoprevention and hypoxia
![Alexander Hoffmann*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/09/Hoffman1.jpg)
Alexander Hoffmann*
Systems biology approaches to understand immune responses
![Steven Jacobsen](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/sjacobsen.jpg)
Steven Jacobsen
Mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation by DNA methylation
![Tracy Johnson*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/tjohnson2.jpg)
Tracy Johnson*
Pre-messenger RNA splicing and processing; chromatin modification
![Siavash Kurdistani*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2020/11/Kurdistani2.jpg)
Siavash Kurdistani*
Epigenetics in biology and disease
![Chentao Lin](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/lchentao.jpg)
Chentao Lin
Signal Transduction of plant photoreceptors
![Jeffrey Long*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/08/photo.jpg)
Jeffrey Long*
Chromatin modifiers regulating plant stem cells
![Bill Lowry*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/09/download.jpg)
Bill Lowry*
Cell fate decisions in development and cancer
![Chongyuan Luo*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2021/07/Luo.jpg)
Chongyuan Luo*
Genetic basis of neurodevelopmental disorders
![Hanna Mikkola*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/hmikkola.jpg)
Hanna Mikkola*
Molecular regulation of hematopoietic stem cell development
![Jeffery F. Miller*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/Jmiller.jpg)
Jeffery F. Miller*
Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and immunity
![Bennett Novitch*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/bnovitch.jpg)
Bennett Novitch*
Mechanisms of differentiation of neural stem cells into defined lineages
![Kathrin Plath*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/09/Plath1.jpg)
Kathrin Plath*
Epigenetic regulation of stem cell self-renewal, differentiation, and cancer
![Dinesh Rao*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/rao.jpg)
Dinesh Rao*
Physiology and pathology of non-coding RNA in hematopoiesis
![Tamer Sallam*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2017/07/Tamer-Sallam.jpg)
Tamer Sallam*
Contributions of long non-coding RNAs in cardiometabolic disease
![Philip Scumpia*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2023/03/image-4.png)
Philip Scumpia*
Understanding immunity and developing immunotherapies for skin diseases.
![Stephen Smale*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/ssmale2.jpg)
Stephen Smale*
Gene regulation mechanisms controlling inflammatory responses
![Elizabeth Tarling*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2023/10/Liz_headshot-1.png)
Elizabeth Tarling*
Molecular mechanisms that maintain cholesterol trafficking and homeostasis in immune cells in metabolic and cardiopulmonary diseases.
![Peter Tontonoz*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/ptontonoz.jpg)
Peter Tontonoz*
Regulation of gene expression by nuclear hormone receptors
![Thomas Vallim*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2017/07/Vallim.jpg)
Thomas Vallim*
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of lipid metabolism
![Claudio Villanueva*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2020/12/UUHC_170829_5083-2.jpg)
Claudio Villanueva*
molecular mechanisms that underly the cellular plasticity of adipocytes
![Thomas Vondriska*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/TomVondriska.jpg)
Thomas Vondriska*
Epigenomic regulation of the cardiovascular system
![Cun-Yu Wang](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/wangcun-yu.jpg)
Cun-Yu Wang
Molecular regulation of dental stem cell property
![Joanne Weidhaas*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2020/11/Weidhaas2.png)
Joanne Weidhaas*
impact of microRNAs and germline mutations that disrupt their function on oncogenesis as well as the stress response to all types of cancer therapies, including radiation and immune therapy
![James Wohlschlegel](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/jWohlschlegel.jpg)
James Wohlschlegel
Dissecting Ubiquitin-regulated Signaling Networks
![Xinshu Grace Xiao*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/xiaograce.jpg)
Xinshu Grace Xiao*
Genomics and bioinformatics of post-transcriptional gene regulation in biology & disease
![Xia Yang*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2021/02/xia-yang.jpg)
Xia Yang*
Multiomics systems biology and gene regulatory networks of complex diseases.
![Xian-Jie Yang](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/11/XYang_2015MBI.jpg)
Xian-Jie Yang
Development of the vertebrate central nervous system
![Jesse Zamudio*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2016/08/Zamudio.jpg)
Jesse Zamudio*
Functional RNAs in Human Development and Disease
![Hong Zhou*](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2015/10/hzhou.jpg)
Hong Zhou*
CryoEM of membrane proteins, protein-nucleic acid complexes and microbes
![Xianghong (Jasmine) Zhou](https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/mbi-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/191/2019/08/zhou.jpeg)
Xianghong (Jasmine) Zhou
developing computational and experimental methods on non-invasive cancer diagnosis and monitoring using circulating free DNA (cfDNA) and other materials released by tumor in blood