Scientific Leadership Council

Dr. Pritchard's lab is interested in a broad range of problems at the interface of genomics and evolutionary biology. One current focus of the lab is in understanding how genetic variation impacts gene regulation and complex traits. They also have long-term interests in using genetic data to learn about population structure, history and adaptation, especially in humans.

Dr. Clandinin's laboratory is focused on two questions: how do complex neuronal circuits assemble during development and disassemble in disease, and how do such circuits mediate the complex computations essential to behavior?

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.

Dr. Cui's laboratory's inerests lie in understanding the signal propagation in neurons using quantitative tools developed by physical and chemical sciences.

A central focus of Dr. Fuller's work concerns the mechanisms that regulate stem cell behavior.

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.

Dr. Lisa Giocomo's laboratory studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the organization of cortical circuits important for spatial navigation and memory.

Research in the Cyert lab has three major goals: elaborate calcineurin signaling networks; elucidate calcineurin function; and define how calcineurin recognizes and dephosphorylates substrates.

Dr. Delp's work draws on computational mechanics, medical imaging, and neuromuscular biology to improve treatments for neurologic and musculoskeletal diseases.