Faculty by Cluster
The faculty members in each Research and Training cluster are listed below. Additional details about each cluster are are given on the individual Research and Training cluster pages, accessible through the navigation bar or the icons below.
Biophysics & Structural Biology
Brian BakerChemistry and Biochemistry |
Structural biology and biophysics of recognition and signaling in immunity, cancer, and antibiotic resistance |
Basar BilgicerChemistry and Biochemistry |
Biophysical chemistry and biomolecular drug design |
Jessica BrownChemistry and Biochemistry |
Studies of RNA triple helices using structural and biochemical approaches |
Francis CastellinoChemistry and Biochemistry |
In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation |
Patricia L. ClarkChemistry and Biochemistry |
Protein biophysics in living cells |
Steve CorcelliChemistry and Biochemistry |
Theoretical and computational studies of reaction dynamics |
Saurja DasGuptaChemistry and Biochemistry |
RNA structure, function, and evolution, RNA Biology, Origins of life |
Juan Del ValleChemistry and Biochemistry |
Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections |
Holly GoodsonChemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences |
Molecular and cell biology and biophysics |
Laurie LittlepageChemistry and Biochemistry |
Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers
|
Shahriar MobasheryChemistry and Biochemistry |
Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis |
Brittany MorganChemistry and Biochemistry |
Targeting RNA-binding proteins to understand structure, function, and dynamics |
Jeffrey PengChemistry and Biochemistry; Physics |
NMR methods and biomolecular dynamics |
Anthony S. SerianniChemistry and Biochemistry |
Biomolecular structure and NMR spectroscopy |
Zoltan ToroczkaiPhysics |
Network modeling in biochemistry, biophysics, and biology |
Katharine WhiteChemistry and Biochemistry |
Cellular pH dynamics; pH-sensitive mechanisms regulating proteins, pathways, and cancer cell behaviors |
Olaf WiestChemistry and Biochemistry |
Computational drug design |
Jeremiah ZartmanBiological Sciences |
systems biology of organ growth and regeneration; reverse-engineering signaling networks and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell decisions such as differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, as it relates to organogenesis, cancer, and wound healing
|
Pinar ZorlutunaBiological Sciences |
New methodologies to investigate and develop micro and nanoscale approaches to study the cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions to address important health problems such as cancer, heart disease and aging and to engineer bio-inspired systems; tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cancer biology |
Cancer Biology
Brian BakerChemistry and Biochemistry |
Structural biology and biophysics of recognition and signaling in immunity, cancer, and antibiotic resistance |
Brian BlaggChemistry and Biochemistry |
Mechanisms of protein folding and their contribution to cancer and/or neurodegeneration |
David BooneMicrobiology & Immunology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Genetics, cancer, and intestinal inflammation |
Francis CastellinoChemistry and Biochemistry |
In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation |
Juan Del ValleChemistry and Biochemistry |
Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections |
Crislyn D'Souza-SchoreyBiological Sciences |
Signal integration and cancer progression |
Kaiyu FuChemistry and Biochemistry |
Integration of nanotechnology, advanced materials, and bioanalytical techniques with automated data acquisition and processing to develop biomedical devices that enable point-of-care diagnostics and improve chronic disease management. |
Bei HuApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Mathematical modeling of tumor growth |
Jianneng LiBiological Sciences |
My laboratory focuses on the functions of steroid hormones including their precursors and receptors in prostate cancer as well as related diseases |
Laurie LittlepageChemistry and Biochemistry |
Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers
|
Xin LuBiological Sciences |
Molecular Understanding and Immunotherapy of Metastatic Cancer; Novel Animal Models for Rare Cancers |
Shahriar MobasheryChemistry and Biochemistry |
Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis |
Brittany MorganChemistry and Biochemistry |
Targeting RNA-binding proteins to understand structure, function, and dynamics |
Mariko MorimotoChemistry and Biochemistry |
Developing chemical approaches to discover and target immune-regulating mechanisms, with a particular focus on glycobiology and chemically induced proximity. |
Jenifer ProsperiBiochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Breast cancer biology and chemotherapeutic resistance |
Zachary SchaferBiological Sciences |
Cancer cell biology and metabolism |
Molly Duman ScheelMedical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics |
Margaret SchwarzPediatrics (IUSM-SB) and Chemistry and Biochemistry (ND) |
Anti-angiogenic factors in lung and tumor development |
Herman SintimChemistry and Biochemistry |
Develop cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) probes to illuminate CDN biology, identify small molecule inhibitors of CDN signaling in bacteria with potential use as novel antibacterial agents, identify potential therapeutics that agonize Stimulator of Interferon Genes, STING, (immunotherapies) or antagonize STING (anti-inflammatory compounds); kinase inhibitors involving drug resistance |
Bradley SmithChemistry and Biochemistry |
Biooganic and supramolecular chemistry; development of new reagents for biomedical imaging |
Sharon StackChemistry and Biochemistry |
Proteolysis and adhesion in cancer metastasis |
Kevin VaughanBiological Sciences |
Molecular basis of organelle transport |
Matthew WebberChemistry and Biochemistry |
Engineering improved therapeutics and biomimetic and bio-insprired materials |
Katharine WhiteChemistry and Biochemistry |
Cellular pH dynamics; pH-sensitive mechanisms regulating proteins, pathways, and cancer cell behaviors |
Olaf WiestChemistry and Biochemistry |
Computational drug design |
Jeremiah ZartmanBiological Sciences |
systems biology of organ growth and regeneration; reverse-engineering signaling networks and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell decisions such as differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, as it relates to organogenesis, cancer, and wound healing
|
Pinar ZorlutunaBiological Sciences |
New methodologies to investigate and develop micro and nanoscale approaches to study the cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions to address important health problems such as cancer, heart disease and aging and to engineer bio-inspired systems; tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cancer biology |
Cellular & Molecular Biology
Alvaro Acosta SerranoBiological Sciences |
We study the biology of kinetoplastid parasites and their insect vectors using biochemical, molecular and cellular approaches and develop new tools to prevent transmission of vector-borne pathogens
|
Katrina AdamsBiological Sciences |
We ask how different populations of neural stem and glial progenitor cells within the mammalian brain respond to injury and disease including in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis |
Francis CastellinoChemistry and Biochemistry |
In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation |
Patricia A. ChampionBiological Sciences |
Molecular genetics of mycobacterial protein secretion and pathogenesis |
Patricia L. ClarkChemistry and Biochemistry |
Protein biophysics in living cells |
Saurja DasGuptaChemistry and Biochemistry |
RNA structure, function, and evolution, RNA Biology, Origins of life |
Crislyn D'Souza-SchoreyBiological Sciences |
Signal integration and cancer progression |
Ana Lidia Flores-MirelesBiological Sciences |
Molecular, Cellular, and Immunological Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Catheter-associated Infections |
Kelsey GasiorApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Using an interdisciplinary approach to understand the multiscale dynamics controlling spatio-temporal patterns necessary for cellular function |
Holly GoodsonChemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences |
Molecular and cell biology and biophysics |
Kasturi HaldarBiological Sciences |
Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases |
David R. HydeBiological Sciences |
Visual System Development and Dysfunction |
Dana Klatt ShawBiological Sciences |
A spinal cord injury in mammals leads to a lifelong reduction of neural function, while zebrafish are capable of full functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. The goal of our lab is to understand what gives zebrafish this remarkable ability for enhanced regenerative capacity |
Jianneng LiBiological Sciences |
My laboratory focuses on the functions of steroid hormones including their precursors and receptors in prostate cancer as well as related diseases |
Laurie LittlepageChemistry and Biochemistry |
Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers
|
Xin LuBiological Sciences |
Molecular Understanding and Immunotherapy of Metastatic Cancer; Novel Animal Models for Rare Cancers |
Ondrej MaxianApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
My research focuses on how cells tune the properties of their constituents to accomplish a variety of essential tasks like migration, division, and polarization. Necessary to this is the development of efficient numerical methods to simulate the relevant mechanical and biochemical structures, in particular actin filaments and accessory proteins. |
Mary Ann McDowellBiological Sciences |
Immunoparasitology |
Mariko MorimotoChemistry and Biochemistry |
Developing chemical approaches to discover and target immune-regulating mechanisms, with a particular focus on glycobiology and chemically induced proximity. |
Christopher PatzkeBiological Sciences |
Human Neurons and Synapses: Development, Function and Disease |
Pilar Pérez RomeroBiological Sciences |
Characterizing virus-cell interaction to identify viral gene products that play a role in regulating the host immune response for the development of therapeutic and preventive approaches against infection |
Jenifer ProsperiBiochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Breast cancer biology and chemotherapeutic resistance |
Felipe H Santiago-TiradoBiological Sciences |
Cryptococcal cell biology and host interactions important for disease
|
Zachary SchaferBiological Sciences |
Cancer cell biology and metabolism |
Molly Duman ScheelMedical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics |
Jeff SchoreyBiological Sciences |
Immunology and Cell Biology of Mycobacterium - Host Cell Interactions |
Margaret SchwarzPediatrics (IUSM-SB) and Chemistry and Biochemistry (ND) |
Anti-angiogenic factors in lung and tumor development |
Joshua ShroutCivil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences; Biological Sciences |
Bacterial biofilms, cell-cell signaling, and surface motility |
Cody J. SmithBiological Sciences |
Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System |
Sharon StackChemistry and Biochemistry |
Proteolysis and adhesion in cancer metastasis |
Kevin VaughanBiological Sciences |
Molecular basis of organelle transport |
Katharine WhiteChemistry and Biochemistry |
Cellular pH dynamics; pH-sensitive mechanisms regulating proteins, pathways, and cancer cell behaviors |
Rebecca WingertBiological Sciences |
Developmental biology and regeneration |
Jeremiah ZartmanBiological Sciences |
systems biology of organ growth and regeneration; reverse-engineering signaling networks and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell decisions such as differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, as it relates to organogenesis, cancer, and wound healing
|
Chemical Biology & Molecular Pharmacology
Basar BilgicerChemistry and Biochemistry |
Biophysical chemistry and biomolecular drug design |
Brian BlaggChemistry and Biochemistry |
Mechanisms of protein folding and their contribution to cancer and/or neurodegeneration |
Merlin BrueningChemistry and Biochemistry |
Develop rapid membrane-based protein capture for immunoassays and sample purification and digestion methods for mass spectrometry analyses of proteins and their glycosylation patterns. |
Saurja DasGuptaChemistry and Biochemistry |
RNA structure, function, and evolution, RNA Biology, Origins of life |
Juan Del ValleChemistry and Biochemistry |
Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections |
Ana Lidia Flores-MirelesBiological Sciences |
Molecular, Cellular, and Immunological Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Catheter-associated Infections |
Kaiyu FuChemistry and Biochemistry |
Integration of nanotechnology, advanced materials, and bioanalytical techniques with automated data acquisition and processing to develop biomedical devices that enable point-of-care diagnostics and improve chronic disease management. |
Kasturi HaldarBiological Sciences |
Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases |
Christian MelanderChemistry and Biochemistry |
New Approaches for Antibiotic Discovery |
Shahriar MobasheryChemistry and Biochemistry |
Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis |
Brittany MorganChemistry and Biochemistry |
Targeting RNA-binding proteins to understand structure, function, and dynamics |
Mariko MorimotoChemistry and Biochemistry |
Developing chemical approaches to discover and target immune-regulating mechanisms, with a particular focus on glycobiology and chemically induced proximity. |
Pilar Pérez RomeroBiological Sciences |
Characterizing virus-cell interaction to identify viral gene products that play a role in regulating the host immune response for the development of therapeutic and preventive approaches against infection |
Anthony S. SerianniChemistry and Biochemistry |
Biomolecular structure and NMR spectroscopy |
Herman SintimChemistry and Biochemistry |
Develop cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) probes to illuminate CDN biology, identify small molecule inhibitors of CDN signaling in bacteria with potential use as novel antibacterial agents, identify potential therapeutics that agonize Stimulator of Interferon Genes, STING, (immunotherapies) or antagonize STING (anti-inflammatory compounds); kinase inhibitors involving drug resistance |
Bradley SmithChemistry and Biochemistry |
Biooganic and supramolecular chemistry; development of new reagents for biomedical imaging |
Matthew WebberChemistry and Biochemistry |
Engineering improved therapeutics and biomimetic and bio-insprired materials |
Olaf WiestChemistry and Biochemistry |
Computational drug design |
Pinar ZorlutunaBiological Sciences |
New methodologies to investigate and develop micro and nanoscale approaches to study the cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions to address important health problems such as cancer, heart disease and aging and to engineer bio-inspired systems; tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cancer biology |
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Brian BakerChemistry and Biochemistry |
Structural biology and biophysics of recognition and signaling in immunity, cancer, and antibiotic resistance |
Patricia L. ClarkChemistry and Biochemistry |
Protein biophysics in living cells |
Steve CorcelliChemistry and Biochemistry |
Theoretical and computational studies of reaction dynamics |
Jeffrey FederBiological Sciences |
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of interactions between disease carrying insects and their human hosts; Chagas, malaria |
Michael FerdigBiological Sciences |
Genetics and genomics of drug resistance and virulence in the malaria parasite |
Kaiyu FuChemistry and Biochemistry |
Integration of nanotechnology, advanced materials, and bioanalytical techniques with automated data acquisition and processing to develop biomedical devices that enable point-of-care diagnostics and improve chronic disease management. |
Kelsey GasiorApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Using an interdisciplinary approach to understand the multiscale dynamics controlling spatio-temporal patterns necessary for cellular function |
Holly GoodsonChemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences |
Molecular and cell biology and biophysics |
Kasturi HaldarBiological Sciences |
Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases |
Bei HuApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Mathematical modeling of tumor growth |
Jun LiApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Applied Statistics, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, specialized in modeling, inferring, and testing on large datasets, developing new statistical and machine learning methods for challenging datasets (e.g., RNA-seq) |
Laurie LittlepageChemistry and Biochemistry |
Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers
|
Ondrej MaxianApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
My research focuses on how cells tune the properties of their constituents to accomplish a variety of essential tasks like migration, division, and polarization. Necessary to this is the development of efficient numerical methods to simulate the relevant mechanical and biochemical structures, in particular actin filaments and accessory proteins. |
Shahriar MobasheryChemistry and Biochemistry |
Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis |
Jeffrey PengChemistry and Biochemistry; Physics |
NMR methods and biomolecular dynamics |
Robert RosenbaumApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Computational Neuroscience, Motor Learning, Cortical Microcircuits |
Jeff SchoreyBiological Sciences |
Immunology and Cell Biology of Mycobacterium - Host Cell Interactions |
Tiffany TangApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
My research focuses on (1) developing interpretable machine learning methods to extract actionable and reliable insights from -omics and other biomedical data, (2) ensuring transparent, reproducible, and responsible use of AI in healthcare while in close collaboration with domain scientists, and (3) creating open-source tools and software to facilitate community-wide use and adoption of reliable data science in practice. Examples include identifying genetic drivers and gene-gene interactions in cardiovascular diseases, developing robust biomarker risk scores for various cancers, and identifying patient subgroups with highly beneficial or harmful treatment effects in clinical trials. |
Jeremiah ZartmanBiological Sciences |
systems biology of organ growth and regeneration; reverse-engineering signaling networks and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell decisions such as differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, as it relates to organogenesis, cancer, and wound healing
|
Yongtao ZhangApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Application of numerical algorithms to spatio-temporal patterning in biology |
Genomics & Proteomics
Alvaro Acosta SerranoBiological Sciences |
We study the biology of kinetoplastid parasites and their insect vectors using biochemical, molecular and cellular approaches and develop new tools to prevent transmission of vector-borne pathogens
|
Merlin BrueningChemistry and Biochemistry |
Develop rapid membrane-based protein capture for immunoassays and sample purification and digestion methods for mass spectrometry analyses of proteins and their glycosylation patterns. |
Francis CastellinoChemistry and Biochemistry |
In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation |
Matthew ChampionChemistry and Biochemistry |
Primarily interested in developing and exploiting novel approaches to identify and characterize the components of secreted proteins from virulent microorganisms. |
Crislyn D'Souza-SchoreyBiological Sciences |
Signal integration and cancer progression |
Jeffrey FederBiological Sciences |
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of interactions between disease carrying insects and their human hosts; Chagas, malaria |
Michael FerdigBiological Sciences |
Genetics and genomics of drug resistance and virulence in the malaria parasite |
Ana Lidia Flores-MirelesBiological Sciences |
Molecular, Cellular, and Immunological Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Catheter-associated Infections |
Kasturi HaldarBiological Sciences |
Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases |
David R. HydeBiological Sciences |
Visual System Development and Dysfunction |
Dana Klatt ShawBiological Sciences |
A spinal cord injury in mammals leads to a lifelong reduction of neural function, while zebrafish are capable of full functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. The goal of our lab is to understand what gives zebrafish this remarkable ability for enhanced regenerative capacity |
Cristian KoepfliBiological Sciences |
Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases in Africa, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific |
Laurie LittlepageChemistry and Biochemistry |
Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers
|
Xin LuBiological Sciences |
Molecular Understanding and Immunotherapy of Metastatic Cancer; Novel Animal Models for Rare Cancers |
Mary Ann McDowellBiological Sciences |
Immunoparasitology |
Brittany MorganChemistry and Biochemistry |
Targeting RNA-binding proteins to understand structure, function, and dynamics |
Christopher PatzkeBiological Sciences |
Human Neurons and Synapses: Development, Function and Disease |
Michael PfrenderBiological Sciences |
Ecological genomics; adaptation in natural populations; plasticity |
Molly Duman ScheelMedical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics |
Cody J. SmithBiological Sciences |
Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System |
Kevin VaughanBiological Sciences |
Molecular basis of organelle transport |
Pinar ZorlutunaBiological Sciences |
New methodologies to investigate and develop micro and nanoscale approaches to study the cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions to address important health problems such as cancer, heart disease and aging and to engineer bio-inspired systems; tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cancer biology |
Immunology & Infectious Disease
Alvaro Acosta SerranoBiological Sciences |
We study the biology of kinetoplastid parasites and their insect vectors using biochemical, molecular and cellular approaches and develop new tools to prevent transmission of vector-borne pathogens
|
Brian BakerChemistry and Biochemistry |
Structural biology and biophysics of recognition and signaling in immunity, cancer, and antibiotic resistance |
David BooneMicrobiology & Immunology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Genetics, cancer, and intestinal inflammation |
Francis CastellinoChemistry and Biochemistry |
In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation |
Patricia A. ChampionBiological Sciences |
Molecular genetics of mycobacterial protein secretion and pathogenesis |
Patricia L. ClarkChemistry and Biochemistry |
Protein biophysics in living cells |
Ana Lidia Flores-MirelesBiological Sciences |
Molecular, Cellular, and Immunological Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Catheter-associated Infections |
Kasturi HaldarBiological Sciences |
Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases |
Dana Klatt ShawBiological Sciences |
A spinal cord injury in mammals leads to a lifelong reduction of neural function, while zebrafish are capable of full functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. The goal of our lab is to understand what gives zebrafish this remarkable ability for enhanced regenerative capacity |
Cristian KoepfliBiological Sciences |
Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases in Africa, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific |
Laurie LittlepageChemistry and Biochemistry |
Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers
|
Xin LuBiological Sciences |
Molecular Understanding and Immunotherapy of Metastatic Cancer; Novel Animal Models for Rare Cancers |
Mary Ann McDowellBiological Sciences |
Immunoparasitology |
Christian MelanderChemistry and Biochemistry |
New Approaches for Antibiotic Discovery |
Shahriar MobasheryChemistry and Biochemistry |
Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis |
Mariko MorimotoChemistry and Biochemistry |
Developing chemical approaches to discover and target immune-regulating mechanisms, with a particular focus on glycobiology and chemically induced proximity. |
Bernard NahlenBiological Sciences |
Studies of efficacy/effectiveness of tools for control of communicable diseases, interactions between HIV and malaria, malaria prevention |
Pilar Pérez RomeroBiological Sciences |
Characterizing virus-cell interaction to identify viral gene products that play a role in regulating the host immune response for the development of therapeutic and preventive approaches against infection |
Felipe H Santiago-TiradoBiological Sciences |
Cryptococcal cell biology and host interactions important for disease
|
Molly Duman ScheelMedical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics |
Jeff SchoreyBiological Sciences |
Immunology and Cell Biology of Mycobacterium - Host Cell Interactions |
Margaret SchwarzPediatrics (IUSM-SB) and Chemistry and Biochemistry (ND) |
Anti-angiogenic factors in lung and tumor development |
Joshua ShroutCivil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences; Biological Sciences |
Bacterial biofilms, cell-cell signaling, and surface motility |
Herman SintimChemistry and Biochemistry |
Develop cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) probes to illuminate CDN biology, identify small molecule inhibitors of CDN signaling in bacteria with potential use as novel antibacterial agents, identify potential therapeutics that agonize Stimulator of Interferon Genes, STING, (immunotherapies) or antagonize STING (anti-inflammatory compounds); kinase inhibitors involving drug resistance |
Neuroscience
Katrina AdamsBiological Sciences |
We ask how different populations of neural stem and glial progenitor cells within the mammalian brain respond to injury and disease including in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis |
Francis CastellinoChemistry and Biochemistry |
In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation |
Juan Del ValleChemistry and Biochemistry |
Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections |
Jeffrey FederBiological Sciences |
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of interactions between disease carrying insects and their human hosts; Chagas, malaria |
Kaiyu FuChemistry and Biochemistry |
Integration of nanotechnology, advanced materials, and bioanalytical techniques with automated data acquisition and processing to develop biomedical devices that enable point-of-care diagnostics and improve chronic disease management. |
Holly GoodsonChemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences |
Molecular and cell biology and biophysics |
Kasturi HaldarBiological Sciences |
Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases |
David R. HydeBiological Sciences |
Visual System Development and Dysfunction |
Dana Klatt ShawBiological Sciences |
A spinal cord injury in mammals leads to a lifelong reduction of neural function, while zebrafish are capable of full functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. The goal of our lab is to understand what gives zebrafish this remarkable ability for enhanced regenerative capacity |
Christopher PatzkeBiological Sciences |
Human Neurons and Synapses: Development, Function and Disease |
Robert RosenbaumApplied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics |
Computational Neuroscience, Motor Learning, Cortical Microcircuits |
Molly Duman ScheelMedical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND) |
Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics |
Cody J. SmithBiological Sciences |
Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System |
Zoltan ToroczkaiPhysics |
Network modeling in biochemistry, biophysics, and biology |
Kevin VaughanBiological Sciences |
Molecular basis of organelle transport |







