The long-term goal of this component of Dr. Helms's research program is to elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating normal and abnormal craniofacial development.

Dr. Ye's professional interest is to investigate the causes and consequences of the abnormal metabolic phenotypes of cancer cells in response to microenvironmental stresses such as hypoxia and nutrient deprivation, with the prospect that therapeutic approaches might be developed to target these metabolic pathways to improve cancer treatment.

Dr. Jiajun Wu is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, working on computer vision, machine learning, and computational cognitive science. Before joining Stanford, he was a Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google Research. Dr. Wu is affiliated with the Stanford Vision and Learning Lab (SVL) and the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and studies machine perception, reasoning, and its interaction with the physical world, drawing inspiration from human cognition.

Dr. Feldman is interested in understanding design principles within cells that contribute to the diversification of cellular form and function.