Faculty

The biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics of signal-transducing transcription factors and their role in development, aging and disease

Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms that Control Tissue Homeostasis and Somatic Stem Cells

Cellular Signaling in Neural Development and Disease

Molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis. Signaling and Cancer Cell Metabolism

Stem Cells in the mammalian CNS / Gestational insults and embryonic CNS development / Astrocyte dysfunction

Systems Biology of Cancer Cells

Neural Diseases and Neoplasia

Analysis of Genes Involved in Salivary Gland Function

Neural circuit development and function; Genetic control of behavior; Sex differences in neurobiology

Glial progenitors and the role of astrocytes in CNS disease and repair.

Understanding Aging at the Genetic, Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Level

GPR56 in Cancer

Signal transduction and development of therapeutic agents in B-lymphomas; Cell cycle regulation

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Investigating cell division and adhesion in epithelial tissues, with a particular interest in how tissue integrity is established and maintained during development.

Molecular mechanisms that control the exchange of molecules and information between the nucleus and cytoplasm

The molecular biology and genetics of pancreatic and biliary tract cancers

Molecular development of the inner ear; regeneration; congenital deafness and vestibular dysfunction

Neurobiology of glaucoma; specifically the death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), the output neurons of the retina.

Systems Biology of Lung Development and Disease

Pediatric Hematology and Oncolog

Pediatric Neurology, Human Genetics

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of retinal and neurodegenerative diseases in patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) model systems