Genetics

Julie Segre

Research TopicsThe Microbial Genomics Section (MGS) explores the full genetic diversity of human-associated microbiota (bacteria, fungi, viruses) which contribu…

Karen P. Usdin

Research TopicsShort tandem repeat (STR) tracts or microsatellites make up ~8% of the human genome. Small changes in the number of repeats in some of these STRs…

Jurrien Dean

Research TopicsUsing the mouse as a paradigm, we study the developmental biology of gametogenesis, fertilization and pre-implantation embryogenesis. We investig…

Kandice Tanner

Research TopicsThe Tanner Lab studies how the physical properties of tissues influence how cells behave during development, immune responses, and cancer. Our go…

Katherine R. Calvo

Research TopicsDr. Calvo studies how inherited and acquired genetic changes can lead to bone marrow failure, weakened immune systems, and blood cancers. Her lab…

Katherine McJunkin

Research TopicsResearch GoalMicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an essential role in most physiological processes in animals and plants, including development, differentiat…

Karen Berman

Research TopicsDr. Berman’s group uses functional neuroimaging to map brain activity and neurochemical mechanisms associated with normal higher cognitive functi…

Joseph Rodriguez

Research TopicsWe study how the environment influences expression variability at the single cell level and subsequently how this variability influences cell fat…

John Jay Ngai

Research TopicsThe generation of cellular diversity in the nervous system requires the specification and differentiation of a multitude of cell lineages from mu…

Johnny Tam

Research TopicsThe goal of our research is to understand the onset and progression of retinal diseases at the cellular level, using advanced optical imaging tec…