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Atman Desai - Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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The Stanford Neurosurgical Outcomes Laboratory aims to analyze and solve healthcare problems relating to neurosurgical and spine care on a population level.
Brooke Howitt - Assistant Professor of Pathology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Howitt is interested in elucidating cell of origin for gynecologic tumors, and mechanisms for detection of precursor lesions and early cancers, with the goal of preventive measures and targeted therapeutics.
Katherine Ferrara - Professor of Radiology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Ferrara's Lab Homepage
Dr. Katherine Ferrara's laboratory has projects spanning all aspects of image-guided drug delivery. Major areas of interest include the fusion of images between ultrasound, PET, MRI and CT, the development of activatable drug delivery vehicles, and the development of molecularly-targeted drug delivery vehicles. Members of the Ferrara laboratory bring expertise in many areas including biomedical engineering, physics, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, material science, chemistry, and biology.
Prithvi Mruthyunjaya - Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya cares for patients with conditions related to cancer of the eye in both adults and children - either benign, pre-cancerous, or eye cancer. These conditions include ocular melanoma, hemangioma, cancers from other parts of the body which spread to the eye, Coats' disease, retinoblastoma, iris tumors (melanoma, cysts, metastatic lesions) and tumors of the conjunctiva including melanoma, and squamous cells carcinoma. He also manages the eye related side effects of chemotherapy treatments.
Timothy Stearns - Frank Lee and Carol Hall Professor and Professor of Biology and of Genetics
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Stearns's Lab Homepage
The central question behind Dr. Stearns's work is how the centrosome and primary cilium control cell function and influence development, and how defects in these structures cause a remarkable range of human disease, ranging from cancer, polycystic kidney disease, and obesity, to neurocognitive defects including mental retardation, schizophrenia, and dyslexia.
Jennifer Cochran - Shriram Chair of Bioengineering, Professor of Bioengineering, and Professor (by courtesy) of Chemical Engineering
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Cochran's Lab Homepage
Dr. Jennifer Cochran's laboratory uses interdisciplinary approaches in chemistry, engineering, and biophysics to study complex biological systems.
Marion Buckwalter - Associate Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Buckwalter's Lab Homepage
Dr. Buckwalter's laboratory's goal is to improve how people recover after a stroke.
Hanlee P. Ji - Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Ji's Lab Homepage
Dr. Ji's research group has embarked on a research initiative to use cutting edge genetics and technology to interrogate the fundamental genetic "digital" code responsible for cancer development and overall clinical behavior.
Alice Bertaina - Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Bertaina's Lab Homepage
Dr. Alice Bertaina's laboratory is focused on identifying innovative approaches of stem cell transplantation and molecular/genomic characterization of leukemia stem cells in myeloid pediatric hematologic malignancies.
Scott Boyd - Associate Professor of Pathology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Boyd's Lab Homepage
Dr. Boyd's laboratory's goal is to understand the lymphocyte genotype-phenotype relationships in healthy human immunity and in immunological diseases.
Calvin Kuo - Maureen Lyles D'Ambrogio Professor
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Kuo's Lab Homepage
Dr. Calvin Kuo's group's research explores a variety of topics, including angiogenesis, intestinal stem/progenitor cell biology, and nanoparticle-mediated systemic siRNA delivery.
Brian Kobilka - Helene Irwin Fagan Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular), of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, and (by courtesy) of Chemical and Systems Biology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Kobilka's Lab Homepage
Dr. Brian Kobilka's laboratory is involved in studying several aspects of adrenergic receptor biology.
Roger Kornberg - Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor in Medicine and Professor of Structural Biology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Kornberg's Lab Homepage
Dr. Roger Korberg's laboratory's goal is to elucidate the fundamental basis of gene regulation.
PJ Utz - Professor of Medicine (Immunology and Rheumatology)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Utz's School of Medicine Lab Homepage
Dr. PJ Utz's lab focuses on the normal immune system and how it differs from the immune system of patients with immunodeficiency disorders, infections, and autoimmune diseases.
Sergiu P. Pasca - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Pasca's Lab Homepage
Dr. Sergiu Pasca's lab employs state-of-the-art stem cell biology, genome engineering, imaging and neuroscience approaches to identify the dynamical processes that go awry in neural cells derived from patients with neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia, and what should be therapeutically targeted in these conditions.
Markus Covert - Associate Professor of Bioengineering and (by courtesy) of Chemical and Systems Biology
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Covert's Lab Webpage
Dr. Covert's lab's focus is on building computational models of complex biological processes, and using these models to guide an experimental program.
Karen Parker - Associate Professor (Research) of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Parker's Lab Homepage
The principal goal of Dr. Karen Parker's research is to better understand the biology of social functioning using an integrative, translational approach.
Josef Parvizi - Professor of Neurology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Laboratory of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience (LBCN) Homepage
Dr. Josef Parvizi's lab specializes in the study of human brain using a combination of intracranial electrocorticography (ECoG), electrical brain stimulation (EBS), and functional neuroimaging (fMRI) methods.
Lisa Giocomo - Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Scientific Leadership Council Member
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Dr. Giocomo's Lab Homepage
Dr. Lisa Giocomo's laboratory studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the organization of cortical circuits important for spatial navigation and memory.
Axel Brunger - Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, of Photon Science, and (by courtesy) of Structural Biology
Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Brunger's Lab Webpage
Dr. Axel Brunger's laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release, and how these mechanisms relate to physiological function.

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