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Gary Karpen Gary Karpen
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
gene expression, cell biology, chromosome structure and function, drosophila melanogaster, centromere identity and function, biophysics, condensed phases
John Gerhart John Gerhart
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
developmental biology, Xenopus laevis, Spemann's organizer, cortical rotation, cell cycle after fertilization, vegetal materials, blastula stage, egg cytoplasm
Ben Williams Ben Williams
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant epigenetics, cell identity
Photo of Sanjay Kumar Sanjay Kumar
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
biomaterials, molecular and cellular bioengineering, stem cells, cancer biology, translational medicine
Professor Lewis: A young smiling woman wearing glasses in a blue, collared shirt. Samantha Lewis
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial genome inheritance, organelle assembly, DNA replication, cell metabolism, interactions between membrane-bound organelles
Robert Tijian Robert Tjian
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging
Hiroshi Nikaido Hiroshi Nikaido
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
membrane biochemistry, bacterial physiology, bacteria, channel-forming proteins of the outer membrane, the diffusion of lipophilic compounds, mechanism and regulation of multidrug efflux transport systems, mycobacterial cell wall
Dan Fletcher holding equipment Daniel Fletcher
Dept of Bioengineering
bioengineering, optical and force microscopy, microfabrication, biophysics, mechanical properties of cells
Jasper Rine Jasper Rine
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biology, cell biology, DNA replication, gene regulation, saccharomyces cerevisiae, genetic analysis, genome, cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, modification of proteins, prenylated proteins
Dan Nomura in lab setting with others in the background. Daniel Nomura
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
chemistry, molecular and cell biology, chemical biology, cancer, drug discovery, chemoproteomics, undruggable
Barbara Meyer Barbara Meyer
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
cell fate determination, chromosome architecture, developmental biology, gene expression, genetic determination of sex, regulatory genes, chromosome dynamics, X-chromosome
Yangnan GU Yangnan Gu
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
plant biology, plant immunity, cell biology
David Schaffer in lab David V. Schaffer
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, neuroscience, stem cell biology, gene therapy
headshot of Reinhard Genzel Reinhard Genzel
Dept of Physics
physics, existence and formation of black holes in galactic nuclei, the nature of the power source, the evolution of (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies, gas dynamics, the fueling of active galactic nuclei, the properties evolution of starburst galaxies
Iain Clark in outdoor setting Iain Clark
Dept of Bioengineering
microfluidics, single cell analysis, HIV, neurologic diseases
Ellen Robey Ellen Robey
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
fate determination in the T-lymphocyte lineage, T cell development in the mouse, thymic development, cellular maturation, parasitic infection, chronic infection, host-pathogen interactions, Toxoplasma gondii
Karthik Shekhar Karthik Shekhar
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
cellular and systems biology, statistical inference, single-cell genomics
Professor Danica Chen standing in front of audience with microphone in hand Danica Chen
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
aging, stem cell, metabolism, diseases of aging
Jay Groves Jay T. Groves
Dept of Chemistry
physical chemistry, intracellular signal transduction mechanisms, physical chemistry of cell membranes, single molecule imaging, stochastic processes
Guanghan with "Light Fury" Guanghan Meng
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
School of Optometry
biomedical optics, clinical science, molecular and cell biology, neuroscience
headshot of Mohammad R. K. Mofrad Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine
Kevin Healy Kevin Edward Healy
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
bioengineering, biomaterials engineering, bioinspired materials, regenerative medicine, stem cell engineering, microphysiological systems, organs on a chip, drug screening and discovery
Patrick Hsu in the lab Patrick Hsu
Dept of Bioengineering
generative biology, language models, virtual cell models, genome mining and editing, synthetic biology, AI agents for science
Ke Xu in lab with instrumentation in foreground. Ke Xu
Dept of Chemistry
biophysical chemistry, cell biology at the nanoscale, super-resolution microscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy
Lydia Sohn in lab Lydia Sohn
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
micro-nano engineering, bioengineering, biomedical devices biomedical numerical analysis, microfluidics and nanofluidics, bioanalytical separations and disease diagnostics, stem cells, cancer
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