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Daniel Palanker - Director of the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory and Professor of Ophthalmology and (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering
Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Stanford Profile
Dr. Palanker's Lab Homepage
The primary focus of Dr. Daniel Palanker's research is in interactions of electric field (including light) with biological cells and tissues.
Stephen Baccus - Professor of Neurobiology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Baccus's Lab Homepage
Dr. Baccus's lab studies how the circuitry of the retina translates the visual scene into electrical impulses in the optic nerve.
Josh Makower - Consulting Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign Homepage
Dr. Makower serves as a Consulting Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and is a consultant and real world mentor of The Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, and Co-Founder of the Biodesign Innovation Program at Stanford.
Paul Yock - The Martha Meier Weiland Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Bioengineering, Cardiovascular Medicine, and (by courtesy) of Mechanical Engineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
Stanford Profile
Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign Homepage
Dr. Yock is the founder and director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, a multidisciplinary training and support program for physicians and engineers with the ambition and talent to become health technology innovators.
Kristy Red-Horse - Associate Professor of Biology
Clark Center Faculty, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Red-Horse's Lab Homepage
Dr. Red-Horse's laboratory uses cardiovascular development as a model to study the signals that instruct cell fate and guide morphogenesis during organ formation in the mammalian embryo.
Hunter Fraser - Associate Professor of Biology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Fraser's Lab Homepage
Dr. Fraser's laboratory study the regulation and evolution of gene expression using a combination of experimental and computational approaches.
Hilda Borko - Charles E. Ducommun Professor in the Graduate School of Education
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Borko's Graduate School of Education Profile
Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET) Homepage
Dr. Borko’s research explores 1) the process of learning to teach with an emphasis on changes in teachers’ knowledge, beliefs about teaching and learning, and classroom practices as they participate in professional-development programs; 2) learning to lead professional development, and 3) the measurement of instructional practices.
Liang Feng - Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Stanford Profile
Dr. Feng's group is interested in the structure, dynamics and function of eukaryotic transport proteins mediating ions and major nutrients crossing the membrane, the kinetics and regulation of transport processes, the catalytic mechanism of membrane embedded enzymes and the development of small molecule modulators based on the structure and function of membrane proteins.
Christopher Francis - Professor of Earth System Science
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Francis's Homepage
Dr. Francis's research interests center on the molecular, biogeochemical, and ecological aspects of the microbially-mediated cycling of nitrogen and metals in the environment.
Benjamin Pinsky - Associate Professor of Pathology and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Pinsky's research interests include the development and application of molecular assays for the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases.
Catherine Curtin - Professor of Surgery (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery) and (by courtesy) of Orthopaedic Surgery
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Curtin's research interests include maintaining and optimizing upper limb function in people with spinal cord injury, improving pain and general well being after severe hand injuries, and neuroma care in the surgical patient.
Desiree LaBeaud - Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. LaBeaud's Lab Homepage
The LaBeaud lab's main research questions focus on the risk factors for arboviral infections, the development of diagnostic tests that can be administered in the field to quickly determine what kind of arboviral infection a person has, and the genetic and immunologic investigation of why different people respond differently to the same infection.
Stephen Felt - Professor of Comparative Medicine
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Felt's research interests include infectious diseases, particularly zoonoses, and exploring techniques which promote the health and welfare of laboratory animals.
Purvesh Khatri - Associate Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics Research) and Biomedical Data Science
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Khatri's Lab Homepage
The Khatri Lab focuses on novel translational bioinformatics approaches to translation medicine in the broad domains of autoimmunity, infection, and inflammation.
David A. Stevenson - Professor of Pediatrics (Genetics)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Stevenson's research focuses on disorders of the RAS/MAPK pathway (e.g. NF1, Noonan, CFC, and Costello syndrome).
Creed Stary - Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Stary's Lab Homepage
Dr. Stary is interested in finding new strategies to promote neuronal survival and improve functional outcome following injury to the brain.
Paula Welander - Associate Professor of Environmental Earth System Science
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Welander's Lab Homepage
Dr. Welander is a microbiologist with interests in understanding the biosynthesis and physiological function of “molecular fossils” or biomarkers in extant bacteria.
Jon Bernstein - Professor of Pediatrics (Genetics)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Bernstein's interests include the genetics of autism and other developmental disorders.
Heather Moss - Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and of Neurology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Moss's aim is to develop non-invasive structural and functional markers of papilledema physiology that predict visual outcomes in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and guide tailored intervention that will improve visual outcomes and prevent blindness.
Beth Beadle - Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Beadle's research goals are to improve the outcomes of patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer through the integration of novel agents with radiation therapy, understanding key molecular drivers of the disease, and optimizing the use of advanced computational and physics-based approaches to improve treatment planning.

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