Laboratories by Department/Center

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Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute

  • Abe LabAtherosclerosis and Myocardial Infarction
  • Berk LabCells in the Vascular Wall and Their Response to Hemodynamic and Hormonal Stimuli
  • Fujiwara LabMechanosignaling by Vascular Endothelial Cells
  • Jin LabMolecular Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Function
  • Korshunov LabVascular Remodeling
  • Lopes LabRegulation of the Slow Delayed Rectifier-like Current (IKs) in the Heart and the Pathogenesis of the Long QT (LQT1) Syndrome
  • Lowenstein LabMechanisms of Vascular Inflammation
  • Miano LabExpression Regulation and Biology of Genes Cloned from Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
  • Morrell LabFunction of Platelets: Hemostastis/Thrombosis and Immune Regulatory Function
  • Small LabUnderstanding how a cell can interpret biomechanical and humoral signals and activate a discrete transcriptional program during development or in response to injury.
  • Sottile LabMechanisms That Control Extracellular Matrix Remodeling
  • Taubman LabThe Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Regulating Inflammation and Thrombosis in the Arterial Wall
  • White (R. James) LabVascular Biology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
  • Yan LabRegulation and Function of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in the Cardiovascular System

Anesthesiology

Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence

Biochemistry & Biophysics

  • Dumont LabSignal Transduction; Membrane Protein Structure, Yeast Molecular Biology
  • Ermolenko LabMechanism of Protein Synthesis
  • Fay LabHuman Factor VIII Structure & Function
  • Grayhack LabThe Roles of the Genetic Code in Translation
  • Grossfield LabComputer Modeling to Understand Structure and Thermodynamics of Biological Molecules
  • Hagen LabComprehensive Functional Genomics Screen of Glycosyltransferases
  • Hayes LabChromatin Structure
  • Hilf LabHormone Action in Mammory Cancer
  • Kielkopf LabPre-mRNA Splicing for Treatment of Human Disease
  • Maines LabHeme Oxygenase, Biliverdin Reductase & Cell Signalling
  • Maquat LabNormal & Disease-Associated RNA Decay
  • Mathews LabComputational Biology and Bioinformatics
  • Munger LabMechanisms of Pathogenic Metabolic Manipulation
  • Phizicky LabtRNA Biogenesis, Function & Quality Control
  • Rustchenko-Bulgac LabChromosome Instability
  • Sherman LabYeast Molecular Biology & Genetics
  • Simon LabOptical Pattern Recognition Applied to Biological Problems
  • Smith LabMessenger RNA Expression & Processing
  • Wedekind LabDevelopment of New HIV/AIDS Drugs, Antibiotics, & RNA-based Therapeutics
  • Yu LabFunctions & Mechanisms of RNA Modifications

Biology

  • Bi LabChromatin Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
  • Culver LabAssembly of the E. Coli 30S Ribosomal Subunit
  • Eickbush LabRetrotransposable Elements
  • Ghaemmaghami LabMolecular Mechanisms of Prion Propagation and Pathogenesis
  • Goldfarb LabNuclear Transport and Autophagy
  • Gorbunova LabStudy of Age-Related Changes in Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks
  • Sia LabMutagenesis and Repair of Mitochondrial DNA

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Genetics

  • Biteau LabMolecular and Cellular Mechanisms that Control Tissue Homeostasis and Somatic Stem Cells
  • Bohmann LabJNK, Fos, Foxo and Nrf2 Dependent Signaling and Gene Regulation in Oxidative Stress Response and Aging
  • Hsu LabGenetic Regulatory Circuits in Development and Disease
  • Land LabCooperation of Oncogenic Mutations in the Control of Malignancy
  • Mayer-Proschel LabStem Cells in the CNS
  • McMurray LabSystems Biology of Cancer Cells
  • Noble LabStem Cell Biology and Stem Cell Medicine
  • Ovitt LabAnalysis of Genes Involved in Salivary Gland Function
  • Portman LabSex Differences in the Development and Function of the C. elegans Nervous System
  • Proschel LabGlial Progenitor Cells
  • Que LabGenetic Modeling of Foregut Stem Cells and Diseases
  • Samuelson LabUnderstanding Aging at the Genetic, Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Level
  • Xu (Lei) LabMetastasis and Cancer Cells
  • Zhao LabCell Proliferation and Mammalian Cells

Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling

Center for Genomics and Systems Biology

  • Bohmann LabJNK, Fos, Foxo and Nrf2 Dependent Signaling and Gene Regulation in Oxidative Stress Response and Aging

Center for Medical Technology & Innovation

Center for Musculoskeletal Research

  • Awad LabMusculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
  • Benoit LabTherapeutic Biomaterials
  • Hilton LabCartilage and Bone Development
  • Lerner LabModeling the Biomechanics of the Knee
  • Puzas LabMolecular and Cellular Biology of the Skeletal System
  • Schwarz LabBone Loss Research

Center for Navigation and Communication Sciences

Center for Neural Development and Disease

  • Gan LabDeveloping Therapies for Blindness and Deafness via Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Replacement
  • Halterman (Marc) LabVulnerability and Delayed Neuron Loss After Stroke
  • Huang LabBrain, Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury and Repair
  • Johnson LabMolecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
  • Portman LabSex Differences in the Development and Function of the C. elegans Nervous System
  • Schor LabTargeted Therapy for Neural Crest Tumors; Cell Signaling in Neurodegenerative Disease

Center for Oral Biology

  • Hsu LabGenetic Regulatory Circuits in Development and Disease
  • Yule LabIntracellular Calcium Signaling in Cells

Center for Pediatric Biomedical Research

  • Ackerman LabCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
  • Dumont LabSignal Transduction; Membrane Protein Structure, Yeast Molecular Biology
  • Mariani LabSystems Biology of Lung Development and Disease
  • Palis LabOntogeny of Hematopoiesis; Erythroid Differentiation; Erythroid Precursor Self-Renewal; Hematopoiesis-Response to Radiation
  • Phizicky LabtRNA Biogenesis, Function & Quality Control
  • Steiner LabPediatric Biomedical Research

Center for RNA Biology: From Genome to Therapeutics

  • Bambara LabHuman Genome Stability, DNA Damage Response, HIV Replication & Evolution
  • Butler LabRegulation of mRNA Expression in the Nucleus of Eukaryotic Cells
  • Culver LabAssembly of the E. Coli 30S Ribosomal Subunit
  • Dunman LabUsing S. aureus and A. baumannii as Model Organisms to Study Bacterial Pathogenesis
  • Eickbush LabRetrotransposable Elements
  • Ermolenko LabMechanism of Protein Synthesis
  • Grayhack LabThe Roles of the Genetic Code in Translation
  • Kielkopf LabPre-mRNA Splicing for Treatment of Human Disease
  • Maquat LabNormal & Disease-Associated RNA Decay
  • Martinez-Sobrido LabEvasion of the Innate Immune Response by Viruses
  • Mathews LabComputational Biology and Bioinformatics
  • Miller (Jim) LabT Cell Activation
  • Phizicky LabtRNA Biogenesis, Function & Quality Control
  • Sherman LabYeast Molecular Biology & Genetics
  • Smith LabMessenger RNA Expression & Processing
  • Thornton LabNeurogenetic disorders
  • Turner LabThe Forces Directing Nucleic Acid Chemistry, with Particular Emphasis on RNA Folding
  • Wedekind LabDevelopment of New HIV/AIDS Drugs, Antibiotics, & RNA-based Therapeutics
  • Yu LabFunctions & Mechanisms of RNA Modifications

Center for Translational Neuromedicine

Center for Visual Science

  • Aslin LabRochester Baby Lab
  • Chung LabInherited retinal diseases and genetic factors contributing to age-related macular degeneration.
  • Cognitive Neuroscience LabMechanisms of Spatial Orientation
  • Feldon Lab
  • Freedman LabNeural Control of Coordinated Movements
  • Hayden LabReward and Decision Making
  • Hunter LabMechanisms of light-induced retinal damage and development of non-invasive fluorescence imaging techniques to study retinal function in healthy and diseased eyes.
  • Huxlin LabBehavioral Studies and Functional Imaging of Visual Function, Plasticity and Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
  • Ison Lab
  • Libby LabMolecular Processes that Lead to RGC Death in Glaucoma
  • Merigan Lab
  • Paige LabSpatial Orientation Research
  • Pasternak LabCortical Circuitry Underlying Memory-Guided Sensory Decisions
  • Schieber LabControl of Fine Finger Movements
  • Tadin LabAdaptive Spatial Interactions in Motion Perception
  • Williams LabAdaptive Optics Research Lab

Chemistry

  • Bren LabBioinorganic and Biophysical Chemistry
  • Krauss LabComplete Understanding of the Fundamental Properties of Materials with a Size in Between Individual Molecules and the Bulk.
  • Krugh LabStructure Determination of Nucleic Acids by NMR
  • McCamant LabUltrafast Spectroscopy and Photophysics
  • Rothberg LabOrganic Electronics and Biomolecular Sensing
  • Turner LabThe Forces Directing Nucleic Acid Chemistry, with Particular Emphasis on RNA Folding

Clinical & Social Sciences In Psychology

Conte Center for Research in OCD

  • Haber LabBasal Ganglia and Degenerative Diseases

David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology

Dermatology

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Environmental Health Sciences Center

Environmental Medicine

  • Cory-Slechta LabEnvironmental Neurotoxicants as Risk Factors for Behavioral Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Looney LabTranslational Research in Autoimmune Disease, B Cell Depletion
  • Opanashuk LabToxicant Exposure and Brain Development

Health Science Center for Computational Innovation

Imaging Sciences

James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

  • Bambara LabHuman Genome Stability, DNA Damage Response, HIV Replication & Evolution
  • Brown LabMultiphoton Laser-Scanning Microscopy
  • Bulger LabChromatin Domains and Enhancer Activation
  • Dewhurst LabInfluenza Viruses; Virus Polymerase HIV Vaccine Development; NeuroAIDS Research
  • Freeman LabMolecular Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death in Neurons
  • Grayhack LabThe Roles of the Genetic Code in Translation
  • Hsu LabGenetic Regulatory Circuits in Development and Disease
  • Kielkopf LabPre-mRNA Splicing for Treatment of Human Disease
  • Maquat LabNormal & Disease-Associated RNA Decay
  • Palis LabOntogeny of Hematopoiesis; Erythroid Differentiation; Erythroid Precursor Self-Renewal; Hematopoiesis-Response to Radiation
  • Phizicky LabtRNA Biogenesis, Function & Quality Control
  • The Rochester Center for Mind-Body Research (RCMBR)Immune and related physiological responses.
  • Walter LabBrain Tumor Angiogenesis

Mechanical Engineering

Medicine

  • Abe LabAtherosclerosis and Myocardial Infarction
  • Anolik LabRole of B Cells in the Pathophysiology of Systemic Lupus and Related Autoimmune Diseases
  • Berk LabCells in the Vascular Wall and Their Response to Hemodynamic and Hormonal Stimuli
  • Calvi LabTherapeutic Manipulation of Stem Cell Niches
  • Cardiovascular Engineering Lab (CVEL)Welcome to the Cardiovascular Engineering Lab
  • Chen LabB Cell Signaling Pathways
  • Cohen labWnt Signaling in Cardiovascular Development
  • Fujiwara LabMechanosignaling by Vascular Endothelial Cells
  • Georas LabMolecular Mechanisms of Dysregulated Immune Responses in Asthma and Allergies
  • Hammes LabAndrogen Effects on Reproduction and Cancer
  • Jin LabMolecular Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Function
  • Jordan LabCancer Stem Cells in the Hematopoietic System
  • Kobie LabCD4 T Cells and Their Contribution to the Generation of Effective Anti-tumor Immune Responses
  • Korshunov LabVascular Remodeling
  • Lee (Yi Fen) LabVitamin D Receptor and TR4 Nuclear Receptor
  • Looney LabTranslational Research in Autoimmune Disease, B Cell Depletion
  • Lopes LabRegulation of the Slow Delayed Rectifier-like Current (IKs) in the Heart and the Pathogenesis of the Long QT (LQT1) Syndrome
  • Lowenstein LabMechanisms of Vascular Inflammation
  • Miano LabExpression Regulation and Biology of Genes Cloned from Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
  • Morrell LabFunction of Platelets: Hemostastis/Thrombosis and Immune Regulatory Function
  • Nehrke LabIntegrative Physiology
  • Randall LabPulmonary Immunity to Viruses, Tumors and Allergens
  • Reichman LabInfectious Diseases
  • Ritchlin LabMechanisms That Underlie Pathologic Bone Resorption and New Bone Formation in Psoriatic and Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Sellix LabClock-Controlled Gene Expression in the Ovary
  • Small LabUnderstanding how a cell can interpret biomechanical and humoral signals and activate a discrete transcriptional program during development or in response to injury.
  • Sottile LabMechanisms That Control Extracellular Matrix Remodeling
  • Taubman LabThe Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Regulating Inflammation and Thrombosis in the Arterial Wall
  • White (R. James) LabVascular Biology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
  • Yan LabRegulation and Function of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in the Cardiovascular System
  • Zand LabRole of B Cells in Alloimmune Responses in Solid Organ Transplantation

Microbiology & Immunology

  • Bambara LabHuman Genome Stability, DNA Damage Response, HIV Replication & Evolution
  • Butler LabRegulation of mRNA Expression in the Nucleus of Eukaryotic Cells
  • Dewhurst LabInfluenza Viruses; Virus Polymerase HIV Vaccine Development; NeuroAIDS Research
  • Dunman LabUsing S. aureus and A. baumannii as Model Organisms to Study Bacterial Pathogenesis
  • Dziejman LabType Three Secretion System Mediated Pathogenesis of V. cholerae
  • Elliott LabPhagocytic Clearance of Dying Cells: Mechanisms and Consequences
  • Fowell LabRegulation of Immunity
  • Gill LabMicrobial Pathogens and the Impact of Human Microbial Flora on Human Health and Disease
  • Kim (Baek) LabMolecular and Cellular Biology of HIV-1 Replication, Mutagenesis, Evolution and Viral Escape
  • Kim (Minsoo) LabInflammation Research
  • Livingstone LabCD8+ T cell memory
  • Maggirwar LabRegulation of Neuronal Survival
  • Martinez-Sobrido LabEvasion of the Innate Immune Response by Viruses
  • Miller (Jim) LabT Cell Activation
  • Mosmann LabTh1 and Th2 Subsets of CD4+ T Cells
  • RHIC Core Lab
  • Robert LabEvolution of Immune Surveillance, Tumor and Viral Immunity
  • Sant LabImmunodominance in CD4 T Cell Responses
  • Sullivan LabDevelop Novel Reagents for Characterization of Protein Expression and Structure
  • Topham LabRespiratory Virus Immunity
  • Ward LabMechanisms of Poxvirus Envelope Formation

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Neurology

Neurosurgery

  • Huang LabBrain, Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury and Repair
  • Nedergaard LabGlial Disease and Therapeutics
  • Walter LabBrain Tumor Angiogenesis

New York Influenza Center of Excellence

Ophthalmology

  • Aquavella LabEvaluate human tear film dynamics and its relationship to clinical dry eye syndrome.
  • Chung LabInherited retinal diseases and genetic factors contributing to age-related macular degeneration.
  • Feldon Lab
  • Gan LabDeveloping Therapies for Blindness and Deafness via Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Replacement
  • Hunter LabMechanisms of light-induced retinal damage and development of non-invasive fluorescence imaging techniques to study retinal function in healthy and diseased eyes.
  • Huxlin LabBehavioral Studies and Functional Imaging of Visual Function, Plasticity and Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
  • Kiernan LabSensory Development and Disease
  • Libby LabMolecular Processes that Lead to RGC Death in Glaucoma
  • Merigan Lab
  • Yoon (Geunyoung) LabAdvanced Physiological Optics Laboratory

Optics

Orthopaedics

  • Hilton LabCartilage and Bone Development
  • O'Keefe LabMolecular Mechanisms of Lead in Chondrocyte Differentiation and Skeletal Development
  • Puzas LabMolecular and Cellular Biology of the Skeletal System
  • Rosier LabRegulation of Endochondral Ossification
  • Schwarz LabBone Loss Research

Otolaryngology

  • Crane LabMotion Perception & Spatial Orientation
  • Holt LabSynaptic Pharmacology of the Vestibular Apparatus
  • Newlands LabPhysiology of the Vestibular System

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

  • Chang LabAndrogen Receptor (AR) and Nuclear Orphan Receptors TR2, TR3, and TR4
  • Lee (Soo Ok) LabSignal Transduction Effects on Androgen Receptor
  • Lin LabInflammation in Prostate and Bladder Diseases
  • Miyamoto LabSurgical Pathology and Urology in GU Oncology
  • Notter LabFocuses on lung surfactant, a compled mixture of liquids and proteins that is essential for normal respiratory function.
  • Perkins LabBasic biomedical research on cancer, specifically focusing on two areas, leukemia and mammary cancer.
  • Xu (Haodong) LabDelineating the Mechanisms in the Regulation of Voltage-gated Potassium Channels Underlying the Cardiac Repolarization

Pediatrics

  • Ackerman LabCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
  • Bulger LabChromatin Domains and Enhancer Activation
  • Dean LabGene Therapy
  • Halterman (Jill) LabThe Preventive Care Program for Urban Children with Asthma
  • Mariani LabSystems Biology of Lung Development and Disease
  • O'Reilly LabDevelopmental Origins of Lung Disease
  • Palis LabOntogeny of Hematopoiesis; Erythroid Differentiation; Erythroid Precursor Self-Renewal; Hematopoiesis-Response to Radiation
  • Schor LabTargeted Therapy for Neural Crest Tumors; Cell Signaling in Neurodegenerative Disease
  • Steiner LabPediatric Biomedical Research

Pharmacology & Physiology

  • Bidlack LabPharmacology of Brain and Lymphocytic Opioid Receptors
  • Brookes LabCardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion (IR) Injury and Cardioprotection
  • Dirksen LabCalcium Channel Structure and Function
  • Freeman LabMolecular Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death in Neurons
  • Glading LabRole of Cell-Cell Contact in Regulating Cellular Function in Both the Normal and Disease State
  • Haber LabBasal Ganglia and Degenerative Diseases
  • Hinkle LabMolecular Mechanisms of Cell Regulation
  • Hocking LabExtracellular Matrix Protein Research
  • Kammermeier LabG Protein-coupled Receptor Function
  • Sarelius LabVascular Cell Communication and Signaling
  • Smrcka LabMolecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction
  • Tall LabG Protein Signaling and New Classes of Enzymes That Activate Heterotrimeric G Proteins Apart From GPCR-initiated Activation
  • Tank LabRegulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene Expression
  • Yule LabIntracellular Calcium Signaling in Cells

Proteomics Center

  • Hagen LabComprehensive Functional Genomics Screen of Glycosyltransferases

Psychiatry

Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound

Rochester Center for Brain Imaging

Rochester Human Immunology Center

Surgery

The Rochester Program for Biodefense of Immunocompromised Populations

Urology