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Erin Adams

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Research: Immunology, t-cell receptor, molecular recognition, signaling, membrane channels

Demet Araç-Özkan

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Research: Understanding the structural and functional basis of adhesion in the brain

Research: We use combined expertise from physics, genomics, molecular biology and materials science to study complex biological systems with single cell resolution, at very high throughput, and in context of their native environments

Eugene Chang

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Research: Host-microbial interactions of the intestine signals/pathways that are involved in maintaining intestinal homeostasis

Mengjie Chen

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Research: Our research group develop computational and statistical tools to address the challenges high-throughput genomics technologies have posed for data analysis and interpretation, particularly for data emerging from biomedical studies

Nicolas Chevrier

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Research: We develop interdisciplinary approaches and tools to study how the immune system functions across biological scales ranging from individual molecules and cells, to tissues, to a mammalian organism.

Sarah Cobey

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Research: Evolution of B cells, RNA viruses, epidemic dynamics, and vaccine design

Maureen Coleman

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Research: Microbial evolution and ecology, biogeochemistry

Axel Concepcion

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Research: Identification and characterization of novel membrane proteins and ion channels in cells of the immune system in the context of viral infection, autoimmunity and cancer

Juan de Pablo

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Research: Protein Folding, Protein Aggregation, DNA Folding and Hybridization

Bryan Dickinson

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Research: Protein engineering, molecular evolution, metabolic regulation, chemical biology

Aaron Dinner

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Research: Apply theoretical and computational approaches to relate biological behavior to underlying molecular interactions.

D. Allan Drummond

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Research: Protein and RNA condensation in cellular adaptation to stress

Greg Engel

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Research: Photosynthetic energy transfer, Photochemical dynamics, quantum effects in biology, ultrafast spectroscopy

Aaron Esser-Kahn

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Research: We use tools that live at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and material science to answer unique questions across different fields

Yun Fang

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Research: Mechano-transduction mechanisms by which cells sense and convert environmental mechanical stimuli into biological signaling and novel nanomedicine approaches

Jingyi Fei

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Research: Single-molecule fluorescence imaging and quantitative biology of RNA

Andrew Ferguson

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Research: We use tools from theory, computation, data science, and machine learning to understand macromolecular folding, engineer self-assembling colloids and peptides, and design antiviral therapies

Margaret Gardel

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Research: Cytoskeletal dynamics and mechanics, cellular mechanotransduction, physics of biopolymer networks, cell adhesion and migration

Ben Glick

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Research: Dynamics of membrane domains; directed evolution of fluorescent proteins

Michael Glotzer

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Research: Determining the mechanism of cytokinesis using genetics, biochemistry, and live cell imaging

Jean T. Greenberg

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Research: Induced systemic resistance, plant immunity, Posttranslational Modifications, Pseudomonas syringae, systemic acquired resistance, type III pathogen effector

Cassandra Hayne

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Research: Understanding the structure, regulation and function of RNA processing complexes that are both essential for life and that also have links to neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disease

Chuan He

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Research: DNA repair, metalloregulation, suppression of virulence in pathogens

Xin He

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Research: Computational analysis and method development in human genetics and genomics

Sally Horne-Badovinac

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Research: Biophysical basis of epithelial morphogenesis and organ shape

Jun Huang

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Research: T-cell recognition, the immunosuppression of regulatory T-cells, the immune regulation of NK cells, and single-cell systems immunology

Bana Jabri

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Research: Triggers of celiac disease and immune disorders

Elizabeth Jerison

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Research: Combine experiments with statistical physics and dynamical systems theory to investigate tipping points and collective behavior in immunity and inflammation

Robert Keenan

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Research: Mechanisms of membrane protein biogenesis and quality control

Andrew Koh

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Research: Understanding the design principles in immune development that allow flexibility in cellular fate and function

Tony Kossiakoff

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Research: Structure and function of hormone-receptor interactions, enzyme-inhibitor interfaces, and synthetic proteins

David Kovar

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Research: Mechanisms of actin assembly: Real-time observation of recapitulated cytoskeleton structures by single filament microscopy

Yamuna Krishnan

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Research: DNA nanodevices for imaging and targeting biological systems

Stephen Kron

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Research: Cell cycle, checkpoint and signaling pathways in yeast. Novel methods for functional biochips

Ka Yee Lee

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Research: Biophysics of lipids and antimicrobial peptides

Jason MacLean

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Research: Observational and theoretical approaches to how the brain encodes and stores information

Peter Maurer

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Research: Development and application of novel sensing and imaging modalities for biological systems

Juan Mendoza

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Research: Understanding basic principles of protein function relevant to human health and disease

Raymond Moellering

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Research: Proteomics of post-translational modifications and chemical probe development

Edwin Munro

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Research: How the dynamics of embryonic cell and tissue behavior emerge through the interplay between regulatory biochemistry, cytoskeletal dynamics and cytomechanics

Arvind Murugan

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Research: Quantitative biology, materials design, non-equilibrium dynamics, disordered systems, and theoretical computer science

Jasmine Nirody

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Research: Mechanics and mechanosensing at the intersection of behavior, biophysics, and evolution

Engin Özkan

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Research: Biochemical basis of nervous system development, synaptogenesis and neural wiring; Protein-protein interaction discovery and structural biology of extracellular proteins

Stephanie Palmer

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Research: Information encoding and computation in populations of neurons

Tao Pan

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Research: RNA genomics, RNA folding

Alexander Pearson

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Eduardo Perozo

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Research: Ion channels, membrane transport, membrane protein dynamics, energy transduction mechanisms, voltage dependent processes. Over-expression of membrane proteins

Joseph Piccirilli

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Research: Chemistry of RNA splicing and catalysis

David Pincus

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Research: System mechanics and feedback regulation in cellular stress responses

Luka Pocivavsek

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Research: We study the geometry and biomechanics of surgical anatomies and biological interfaces. Projects include aortic fragility, seal zone stability between graft stents and the aortic wall, stress focusing phenomena induced by surgical interventions, adhesion and renewal of surfaces, and the wrinkling, folding, and collapse beha

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