Home Department: Undeclared
Mentor: Bianxiao Cui (Chemistry)

Dr. Karthik Balakrishnan studies ways to improve outcomes of pediatric airway reconstruction for diseases such as laryngotracheal, subglottic and tracheal stenosis, congenital tracheal stenosis and complete tracheal rings, laryngeal clefts, and vocal fold immobility and paralysis. He also examines the same questions for vascular malformations such as lymphatic malformations, venous malformations and hemangiomas.

The Cimprich lab is focused on understanding how cells maintain genomic stability, with an emphasis on the DNA damage response (DDR).

Dr. Kirkegaard's laboratory is interested in the mechanism of the RNA-dependent RNA amplification utilized by positive-strand RNA viruses, such as poliovirus, rhinoviruses, hepatitis C virus and dengue virus in their replication.