Name |
Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Cory Abate–Shen | Understanding the relationship between the processes that control normal development and those that lead to cancer |
| Asa Abeliovich | The molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and the function and survival of dopamine receptors |
| Rando Allikmets | Stargardt macular dystrophy and other retinal diseases |
| Richard Ambron | Signals that mediate changes in transcription following nerve injury |
| Ottavio Arrancio | Mechanisms underlying changes of synaptic function associated with cognitive impairment |
| Richard Axel | Defining the logic of olfactory perception |
| Richard Baer | The pathogenesis of hereditary breast cancer |
| Jonathan Barasch | Developmental and cell biology of kidney organogenesis |
| Paulette Bernd | The mechanisms underlying neuronal cell death in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. |
| Philip W. Brandt | How cooperation between the proteins of the thin and thick filaments regulates muscle contraction |
| J. Chloe Bulinski | Function of the cytoskeleton during the cell cycle and during differentiation |
| Robert Burke | Programmed cell death in models of Parkinsonism |
| Julie C. Canman | Molecular mechanisms of cell division |
| Peter D. Canoll | Mechanisms of glioma growth and invasion |
| Fred Chang | Cell polarization, cell division and dynamics of the cytoskeleton in fission yeast |
| Lorraine N. Clark | Genetics of neurodegenerative disease |
| Carlos Cordon–Cardo | Understand what causes variation in cancers as a means to provide better diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment for patients |
| Riccardo Dalla-Favera | Molecular genetics of cancer; molecular pathogenesis of lymphoma and leukemia |
| Thomas Diacovo | Adhesive interactions between circulating blood cells and endothelium |
| Gilbert Di Paolo | Role of phosphoinositides in organelle trafficking, cytoskeletal dynamics and disease-related processes |
| Fiona Doetsch | The nature and function of stem cells for adult neurogenesis |
| Karen Duff | Mouse models of Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Qing R. Fan | Structural biology; cell surface receptor-ligand recognition |
| Adolfo Ferrando | Understand the molecular mechanisms that sustain the proliferation and survival of leukemic cells, and to identify novel therapeutic targets for the design of highly effective, molecularly-tailored antileukemic drugs |
| Michael D. Gershon | Structure, function and development of the enteric nervous system |
| James E. Goldman | Glial differentiation in mammalian CNS development; progenitors in the adult CNS |
| Lloyd A. Greene | Molecular mechanisms governing neuronal differentiation and survival |
| Wei Gu | P53 in tumor suppression and aging |
| Gregg G. Gundersen | The regulation and function of the microtubule cytoskeleton |
| Christopher Henderson | Motor neuron development and pathology |
| Ulrich Hengst | The physiological role of intra-axonal protein synthesis |
| Antonio Iavarone | Molecular genetics of tumors derived from the nervous system |
| Steven G. Kernie | Mechanisms and relevance of injury-induced neurogenesis |
| Richard H. Kessin | Genetic capacity of Dictyostelium discoideum to study proteolytic mechanisms and regulation |
| Tae-Wan Kim | Presenilin biology and molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease |
| Jan Kitajewski | Wnt and Notch genes in tumorigenesis and vascular development |
| Ulf Klein | Germinal center B-cell differentiation: Physiology and disruption in malignancy |
| Stavroula Kousteni | Molecular studies of skeletal physiology |
| Anna Lasorella | Molecular biology of pediatric tumors |
| Edward M. Laufer | Regulation of steroid producing cells in the adrenal cortex |
| Fangming Lin | 1) Stem cell-based therapy to accelerate renal repair following acute kidney injury. 2) Mechanisms of renal tubular atrophy after urinary tract obstruction. |
| Ronald Liem | The neuronal cytoskeleton and its involvement in neurodegenerative diseases |
| W. Ian Lipkin | Immunopathogenesis and infectious diseases |
| Thomas Ludwig | Molecular functions of breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 |
| Yinghui Mao | Kinetochore microtubule attachment, chromosome movement, and mitotic checkpoint during mitosis |
| Carol A. Mason | Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance and synaptogenesis |
| Cathy Mendelsohn | Molecular pathways controlling development of urogenital tract |
| Umrao Monani | Motor neuron disease - spinal muscular atrophy as a paradigm |
| Siddharta Mukherjee | Understanding malignant and pre-malignant blood diseases such as Myelodysplastic Sydrome (MDS) and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) |
| Peter L. Nagy | The role of transcriptional defects in neurodegenerative disorders and the use of high throughput sequencing in clinical diagnosis |
| Kenneth P. Olive | Preclinical therapeutics in genetically engineered mouse models of pancreatic cancer |
| David M. Owens | The contributions of stem cells and differentiated cells to epidermal cancer |
| Ramon Parsons | The genetics of breast cancer tumorigenesis |
| Livio Pellizzoni | RNA Biology and Motor Neuron Pathology |
| Liza A. Pon | Cytosketetal control of organelle movements and segregation during cell division |
| Serge Przedbrodski | Toxin-induced damage to neurotransmitter systems pertinent to movement disorders |
| Michael L. Shelanski | Role of cytoskeleton, cell cycle machinery, and proteases in neuronal degeneration |
| Jose Silva | Studying the Biology of Breast Cancer |
| Rae Silver | Neurobiological basis of circadian rhythms and role of mast cells in the brain |
| Janet Sparrow | Cell biology of retinal disorders |
| Steven Spitalnik | The biochemistry, cell biology, and immunology of glycoproteins and glycolipids |
| Gloria Su | Molecular genetics of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| Ira Tabas | Cellular and molecular processes related to arterial wall biology and atherogenesis |
| C. Dominique Toran- Allerand | The role of the steroid hormone estrogen in the developing CNS |
| Carol Troy | The study of the molecular mechanisms of neuronal death with an emphasis on the regulation of caspase activity |
| Stephen Tsang | Stem Cells and Reprogramming in Neuronal Degenerations |
| Benjamin Tycko | Molecular biological studies on genomic imprinting; molecular genetics of pediatric tumors |
| Richard Vallee | Microtubule motor proteins in axonal transport, brain developmental disease, and synaptic function |
| David J. Volsky | HIV, neuropathogenesis, and mouse models of HIV infection and disease |
| Clarissa Waites | Roles of protein ubiquitination in synaptic function and neurodegeneration |
| Hynek Wichterle | The use of stem cells to study the development and function of the nervous system |
| Robert Winchester | Autoimmunity and autoimmune disease |
| Howard J. Worman | The studies of the inner nuclear membrane and its proteins |
| Ai Yamamoto | Protein trafficking in Huntington’s disease and other neurological disorders |
| Darrell Yamashiro | The role of angiogenesis in promoting the growth and metastasis of pediatric solid tumors |
| Shan Zha | The molecular mechanisms of DNA damage response and their roles in lymphocyte gene-rearrangement |
| Bin Zheng | Signal Transduction and Cancer Cell metabolism in Melanoma |
