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Dr. Susan Ackerman
Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Research Focus: The Ackerman lab seeks to define the molecular pathways necessary to maintain homeostasis in both the developing and aging nervous system
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Dr. Corina Antal
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine
Research Focus: The Antal lab's interests lie in investigating the interplay between epigenetics, RNA processing, and cell signaling to uncover new mechanisms underlying cancer progression.
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Dr. Eric Bennett
Professor
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in the School of Biological Sciences
Research Focus: The Bennett lab studies how the proteome is dynamically remodeled in response to cellular stress.
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Dr. Alex Chaim
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in the School of Biological Sciences
Research Focus: The Chaim lab explores the molecular basis of DNA and RNA damage and its role in neurodegeneration and cancer onset and treatment
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Dr. Don Cleveland
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Research Focus: The Cleveland lab is focused on studying genome rearrangement in cancer and therapeutic mechanisms for human neurodegenerative diseases
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Dr. Heidi Cook-Andersen
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology in the School of Biological Sciences
Research Focus: The Cook-Andersen lab integrates cutting-edge approaches in RNA, epigenetics, chromatin, and computational biology. Cook-Anderson's group investigates these questions in mammals, using oocyte, embryo and stem-cell based models for the mouse and human.
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Dr. Kevin Corbett
Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine in the School of Medicine
Research Focus: The Corbett lab uses structural biology, biochemistry, and cell biology to study fundamental questions in genome maintenance.
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Dr. Matt Daugherty
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biology in the School of Biological Sciences
Research Focus: The Daugherty lab uses comparative genomics, biochemistry, and virology to understand how host immunity evolve to defend against pathogens. -
Dr. Neal Devaraj
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The Devaraj lab develops chemical tools to blueprint the structure and function of modern cells.
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Dr. Steve Dowdy
Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Research Focus: The Dowdy lab is focused on development and targeted delivery of RNAi and ASO therapeutics.
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Dr. Thomas Hermann
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The Hermann lab focuses on utilizing RNA as a drug target and a material for nanotechnology.
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Dr. Catriona Jamieson
Professor
Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine
Research Focus: The Jamieson lab studies the mutant stem cells and progenitor cells in myeloproliferative neoplasms. These cells can give rise to cancer stem cells. Cancer stem cells may lie low to evade chemotherapy and then activate again later, causing disease progression and resistance to treatment.
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Dr. Simpson Joseph
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The Joseph lab studies mechanisms of translation and translation regulation.
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Dr. Rob Knight
Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering
Research Focus: The Knight Lab uses and develops state-of-the-art computational and experimental techniques to ask fundamental questions about the evolution of the composition of biomolecules, genomes, and communities in different ecosystems, including the complex microbial ecosystems of the human body.
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Dr. Ester Kwon
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering
Research Focus: The Kwon lab uses unique physical, biological, and smart properties of nanoscale materials to create tools, diagnostics, and therapeutics for the central nervous system.
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Dr. Louise Laurent
Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
Research Focus: The Laurent Lab applies its expertise in human pluripotent stem cell research, and spatial, single-cell, and extracellular omics to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal human development, in order to improve the health of mothers and babies.
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Dr. Jens Lykke-Andersen
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology in the School of Biological Sciences
Research Focus: The Lykke-Andersen lab studies mRNA degradation in mammalian cells.
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Dr. Colleen McHugh
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The McHugh lab studies non-coding RNA-protein interactions effect on gene expression.
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Dr. Tatiana Mishanina
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The Mishanina lab focuses on mechanisms of gene expression in bacteria and human mitochondria.
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Dr. Ulrich Muller
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The Muller lab uses in vitro selection and in vitro evolution techniques to develop catalytic RNAs (ribozymes) and explore how Life could have originated - in a stage called the 'RNA world'. In addition, we are evolving a specific ribozyme - re-engineered variants of the group I intron ribozyme - to develop a tool for therapy.
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Dr. Amy Pasquinelli
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology in the School of Biological Sciences
Research Focus: The Pasquinelli lab investigates how miRNA-mediated regulation of gene expression contributes to organismal development and viability.
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Dr. Tariq Rana
Distinguished Professor
Department of Pediatrics in The School of Medicine
Research Focus: The Rana lab employs mechanisms and technologies of RNA, stem cells, and chemical biology to discover new pathways implicated in human disease.
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Dr. Navtej Toor
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The Toor lab studies relationship between RNA structure and biology.
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Dr. Yitzhak Tor
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The Tor group focuses on the chemical biology of fluorescent nucleosides and cellular delivery of biomolecules in living cells.
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Dr. Sheng Zhong
Professor
Department of Bioengineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering
Research Focus: The Zhong lab is interested in revealing novel RNA types and functions. Our favorite application areas include blood vasculature in diverse tissues and diseases, liquid biopsy-based diagnoses, and mechanisms of neurodegeneration and aging.
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Dr. Brian Zid
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Focus: The Zid lab studies how cells maintain homeostasis in fluctuating environmental conditions.