Clark Center Faculty

photo of Drs. Todd Brinton, Joseph Wu, and Paul Yock in the Clark Center

Over 45 faculty from more than 20 different departments – along with all their students, postdoctoral trainees, and staff – reside in the Clark Center.

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Oscar Abilez - Instructor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Abilez's research interests include bioengineering, biophysical control of cardiovascular development, pluripotent stem cell biology, optogenetics, electrophysiology, cell mechanics, directed cellular evolution, multiscale engineering, microfluidics, and computational biology.
Alice Ting - Professor of Genetics, of Biology and (by courtesy) of Chemistry
Clark Center Faculty, Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Ting's Lab Homepage
The Ting lab develops technologies to study the molecular properties of living cells. They apply the technologies to understand signaling in the mitochondria and neuronal synapse.
Paul Nuyujukian - Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Neurosurgery and (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
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Brain Interfacing Laboratory
The goal of Dr. Nuyujukian's work is to develop brain-machine interfaces as a platform technology for a variety of brain-related medical conditions including stroke and epilepsy.
Julia Kaltschmidt - Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
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The Kaltschmidt lab’s goal is to understand the molecular basis of neuronal circuit formation. They are particularly interested in circuits that underlie locomotion, sexual function and gut motility.
Georgios Skiniotis - Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology and of Structural Biology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Skiniotis is a structural biologist with expertise in electron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM) whose main interests are on the mechanisms of transmembrane signal instigation with a particular focus on G protein-coupled receptors and cytokine receptors.
Wah Chiu - Professor of Photon Science, Bioengineering, and of Microbiology & Immunology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Chiu's research is the development of methodology for electron cryo-microscopy to determine 3D structures of macromolecules, molecular machines, organelles and cells.