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Scientific Leadership Council

Charged with making recommendations regarding the scientific direction of Bio-X as well as reviewing fellowship applications, the 33 members of the committee come from 20 different departments. Carla Shatz is the Chair of the Scientific Leadership Council.

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.
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.
Heideh Fattaey, Ph.D. - Executive Director of Operations and Programs, Stanford Bio-X
Executive Committee Member, Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Working Group Member
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Carla Shatz - David Starr Jordan Director of Stanford Bio-X, Sapp Family Provostial Professor, Professor of Biology and Neurobiology
Executive Committee Member, Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Chair, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
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Dr. Shatz's Lab Webpage
To discover cell and molecular underpinnings of circuit tuning, the Shatz lab has conducted functional screens for genes regulated by neural activity.
Martha Cyert - Professor of Biology
Seed Grant Committee, Scientific Leadership Council Member
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Dr. Cyert's Lab Webpage
Research in the Cyert lab has three major goals: elaborate calcineurin signaling networks; elucidate calcineurin function; and define how calcineurin recognizes and dephosphorylates substrates.
Mark Davis - The Burt and Marion Avery Family Professor and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Davis's Lab Homepage
Dr. Davis's lab is interested in the molecular basis of T and B lymphocyte recognition, as well as the control of differentiation and functional responses in these cells.
Gill Bejerano - Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, of Computer Science, and of Pediatrics (Genetics)
Seed Grant Committee, Leadership Council Member, & Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Bejerano's Lab Homepage
The Bejerano Lab studies genome function in human and related species.
Harvey Cohen - Deborah E. Addicott - John A. Kriewall and Elizabeth A. Haehl Family Professor in Pediatrics
Seed Grant Committee Chair, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Cohen's Lab Webpage
Dr. Cohen's research interests extend from hypothesis-driven studies in biochemistry and cell biology to discovery-driven interests in proteomics and systems biology to clinical treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia of children.
Shirit Einav - Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbiology and Immunology
Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Einav's Lab Homepage
The Einav lab's goal is to better understand the roles of virus-host interactions in the viral lifecycle and pathogenesis and identify host functions required by multiple unrelated viruses.
Scott Delp - James H. Clark Professor in the School of Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) of Orthopaedic Surgery
Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
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NeuroMuscular Biomechanics Lab (NMBL) Homepage
Dr. Delp's work draws on computational mechanics, medical imaging, and neuromuscular biology to improve treatments for neurologic and musculoskeletal diseases.
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir - Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research and Professor of Radiology (Nuclear Medicine) and (by courtesy) of Bioengineering and of Materials Science and Engineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
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Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) Homepage
Dr. Gambhir's research interests are directed at the development of techniques to study various molecular/biochemical events taking place in living animals and humans, in their natural state.
Michael Levitt - Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research in the School of Medicine and Professor of Structural Biology and (by courtesy) of Computer Science
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Levitt's Lab Homepage
Dr. Levitt uses both molecular dynamics simulation and molecular modeling in the hopes of understanding the molecular structure and function of proteins and nucleic acids in enough detail to make accurate predictions about structure and function.
Sandy Napel - Professor of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology), and (by courtesy) of Medicine (Medical Informatics), and of Electrical Engineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Integrative Biomedical Imaging Informatics at Stanford (IBIIS)
3D and Quantitative Imaging (3DQ) Lab Homepage
Dr. Napel's primary interests are in developing diagnostic and therapy-planning applications and strategies for the acquisition and visualization of multi-dimensional medical imaging data.
Krishna Shenoy - Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Lim Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor (by courtesy) of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Shenoy's Lab Homepage
Dr. Shenoy's group (Neural Prosthetic Systems Laboratory, NPSL) conducts neuroscience, neuroengineering, and translational research to better understand how the brain controls movement, and to design medical systems to assist people with movement disabilities.
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
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Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign Homepage
Dr. Yock is the founder and director of the Byers Center for Biodesign, a multidisciplinary training and support program for physicians and engineers with the ambition and talent to become health technology innovators.
Richard Zare - Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science and Professor of Chemistry and (by courtesy) of Physics
Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Zare's Biosketch
Dr. Zare's Lab Homepage
A pioneer in the use of lasers to study chemical reactions at the molecular level, Dr. Zare pursues diverse theoretical and experimental interests in physical chemistry and nanoscale chemical analysis.
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.
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.
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.

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