Saskia Neher |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab seeks to better understand the maturation and regulation of a group of human lipases. We aim to uncover how these lipases properly fold and exit the ER, and how their activity is subsequently … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, McAllister Heart Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cardiovascular Biology, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology |
Zachary Nimchuk |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Understanding how cells communicate and co-ordinate during development is a universal question in biology. My lab studies the cell to cell signaling systems that control plant stem cell production. P … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology |
Catherine O’Connell, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Natural immunity to chlamydial genital tract infection in women Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) continues to pose great risk to the reproductive health of women worldwide. Its potentially devastatin … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Adam Palmer, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Combination cancer therapy Most types of cancer can be treated more effectively by combination therapy than by a single therapy. Many cancers can even be cured with combination therapy. We study the m … Read more |
Samantha Pattenden, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Pattenden lab is focused on the development of innovative techniques in chromatin-based therapeutic target discovery and cancer diagnostics. As Director of Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologie … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Other, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine |
Doug Phanstiel |
| Clinical / Research Focus: It is estimated that less than 2% of the human genome codes for a functional protein. Scattered throughout the rest of the genome are regulatory regions that can exert control over genes hundreds of … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Ben Philpot, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We develop therapeutics (gene therapies, ASO, small molecules, CRISPR, etc.) to treat single gene neurodevelopmental disorders such as Angelman syndrome, Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, and Dup15q syndr … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
William Polacheck, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Polacheck Laboratory for Translational Microfluidics is an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who build microfluidic models of human tissues and organs-on-chip. Our organizi … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
Jeremy Purvis, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We study the behavior of individual cells with a specific focus on “irreversible” cell fate decisions such as apoptosis, senescence, and differentiation. Why do genetically identical cells choose diff … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Li Qian, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our laboratory is interested in developing innovative approaches to regenerate or repair an injured heart. Our goal is to understand the molecular basis of cardiomyocyte specification and maturation a … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology |
Dale Ramsden |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The end joining pathway is a major means for repairing chromosome breaks in vertebrates. My lab is using cellular and cell-free models to learn how end joining works, and what happens when it doesn’t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Marsico Lung Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Drug Discovery, Imaging, Immunology, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pathogenesis & Infection, Pathology, Pulmonary |




