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Sarah Heilshorn - Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) of Chemical Engineering and of Bioengineering
Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Heilshorn's Lab Homepage
Dr. Heilshorn's interests include biomaterials in regenerative medicine, engineered proteins with novel assembly properties, microfluidics and photolithography of proteins, and synthesis of materials to influence stem cell differentiation.
Jill Helms - Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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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.
Brian Knutson - Professor of Psychology
Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Symbiotic Project on Affective Neuroscience (SPAN) Lab Homepage
Dr. Knutson's primary interest is in the neural basis of emotion: he believes that a certain class of neurotransmitters (the biogenic amines) can powerfully modulate emotional experience at specific brain locations.
Liqun Luo - Professor of Biology and (by courtesy) of Neurobiology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Luo's Lab Homepage
Dr. Luo's lab studies how neural circuits are organized to process information, and how they are assembled during development.
Theo Palmer - Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Seed Grant Committee Member & Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Palmer's School of Medicine Lab Homepage
Dr. Palmer's lab's research examines how neural stem cells respond to genetic and environmental cues to add and integrate new neurons into functional circuits.
Sylvia Plevritis - Professor of Radiology (General Radiology), of Biomedical Data Science, and (by courtesy) of Management Science and Engineering
Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Plevritis's School of Medicine Lab Homepage
Dr. Plevritis's research program focuses on computational modeling of cancer biology and cancer outcomes.
Christina Smolke - Associate Professor of Bioengineering and (by courtesy) of Chemical Engineering
Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Smolke's Lab Homepage
Dr. Smolke's research program focuses on developing modular genetic platforms for programming information processing and control functions in living systems, resulting in transformative technologies for engineering, manipulating, and probing biological systems.
James Robert Swartz - James H. Clark Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Bioengineering
Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Swartz's School of Engineering Webpage
Dr. Swartz's Lab Homepage
The current and projected research in the Swartz lab balances basic research in microbial metabolism, protein expression, and protein folding with a strong emphasis on compelling applications.
Robert Tibshirani - Professor of Health Research and Policy and of Statistics
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Tibshirani's Homepage
Dr. Tibshirani's Department of Statistics Webpage
Dr. Tibshirani's main interests are in applied statistics, biostatistics, and data mining.
William Weis - William M. Hume Professor in the School of Medicine, Professor of Structural Biology, of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and of Photon Science
Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Structural Biology Homepage
Dr. Weis's laboratory studies molecular interactions that underlie the establishment and maintenance of cell and tissue structure.
Margaret Fuller - Reed-Hodgson Professor in Human Biology and Professor of Developmental Biology, of Genetics, and of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Fuller's Lab Homepage
A central focus of Dr. Fuller's work concerns the mechanisms that regulate stem cell behavior.
Henry Hank Greely - Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law and Professor (by courtesy) of Genetics
Scientific Leadership Council Member & Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Greely's Lab Homepage
Dr. Greely's interests in human research protections, biological enhancement, and the future of reproduction draw on, and involve, the fields of neuroscience, human genetics, and stem cell research.
Karla Kirkegaard - Violetta L. Horton Research Professor and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Kirkegaard's Lab Homepage
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.
Michael Longaker - Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Surgery (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery) and (by courtesy) of Bioengineering and of Materials Science and Engineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Longaker's School of Medicine Lab Homepage
Dr. Longaker's extensive research experience includes the cellular and molecular biology of extracellular matrix with specific applications to the differences between fetal and post-natal wound healing, the biology of keloids and hypertrophic scars, the cellular and molecular events in craniofacial development and stem cell biology.
Dmitri Petrov - Kevin and Michelle Douglas Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Biology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Petrov's Lab Homepage
The Petrov lab does theoretical, computational and experimental work to address questions in molecular evolution and molecular population genetics.
Arend Sidow - Associate Professor of Pathology and of Genetics
Scientific Leadership Council Member & Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Sidow's Lab Homepage
The Sidow lab's main inspiration is evolution, which is not only beautiful and surprising but also useful and relevant: specifically, they focus on the evolution of function, which they are currently exploring in cancer.
Anthony Wagner - Professor of Psychology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Wagner's Lab Homepage
Dr. Wagner's primary research interests is cognitive neuroscience of memory and cognitive/executive control in young and older adults.
Andrew Spakowitz - Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and (by courtesy) of Materials Science and Engineering and of Applied Physics
Clark Center Faculty, Scientific Leadership Council Member
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Dr. Spakowitz's Lab Homepage
The Spakowitz lab is engaged in projects that address fundamental chemical and physical processes that underlie a range of key biological mysteries and cutting-edge materials applications.
Marc Levenston - Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) of Bioengineering and of Radiology (Radiological Sciences Laboratory)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Levenston's Department of Engineering Profile
Dr. Levenston's Lab Homepage
Dr. Levenston's primary research interests relate to the function, degeneration and repair of articular cartilage and fibrocartilage, with an emphasis on understanding the complex interactions between biophysical and biochemical cues in controlling cell behavior.
James Chang - Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) and (by courtesy) of Orthopaedic Surgery
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Chang's School of Medicine Homepage
Dr. Chang's basic science research interests include modulation of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta in scarless flexor tendon wound healing and tissue engineered flexor tendon grafts for hand reconstruction.

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