David Kranz’s lab been involved for many years in the discovery of immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer. The research program he leads is focused on the structure, function, and engineering of T cell receptors. The Kranz lab is interested in understanding the...
Viktor Gruev’s lab focuses on borrowing key concepts from nature to develop ultra-sensitive, compact, lightweight and conformal imaging sensors capable of recording spectral and polarization properties with high spatial resolution and to bring these new sensory...
Prasanth Kannanganattu’s laboratory has significantly contributed to the understanding of lncRNA’s role in gene expression. His lab is working to determine the molecular mechanism by which the oncogenic lncRNA, MALAT1 controls alternative splicing (AS) of pre-mRNA and...
Michael Insana research includes the development of ultrasonic methods for imaging soft tissue viscoelasticity and developing task-based array beamforming techniques for sonographic tumor imaging. He is currently working with interdisciplinary teams to develop new...
Joseph Irudayaraj’s lab has developed highly sensitive paper-based lateral flow technologies for rapid and onsite cervical cancer screening. Utilizing Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM), Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS), and Darkfield hyperspectral...
Jongsook Kim Kemper’s lab is studying transcriptional and epigenetic control of metabolism, using multidisciplinary approaches, ranging from cell-free to animal and human studies and utilizing cutting-edge genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic approaches. The...
John Katzenellenbogen directs a research program that intersects chemistry, biology, and medical applications with a particular focus on the action of estrogens in breast cancer and androgens in prostate cancer. His interests are in addressing key problems in...
Benita Katzenellenbogen’s research in cancer, endocrinology, and women’s health has been focused on nuclear receptors, especially estrogen receptors, and their mechanistic, physiological, and integrative actions, with the goal to improve the effectiveness of...
Auinash Kalsotra’s laboratory is focused on answering one fundamental question in biology: How do cells produce the precise assortment of RNAs and proteins in space and time to carry out complex tissue functions? Kalsotra is particularly interested in understanding...
Stephen Sligar has spent his professional career focused on the discovery, development, and use of chemical and biophysical tools to understand fundamental problems in biochemistry. Sligar’s lab developed the Nanodisc platform, which allows for the generation of a...
Saurabh Sinha’s research falls into the area of computational regulatory genomics and big data genomics. His lab group is currently working on quantitative modeling of regulatory sequences (NIGMS R01 grant, 2015-18), with the goal of predicting gene expression levels...
Lawrence Schook is an international scholar of comparative genomics who has developed the Oncopig Cancer Model, a biomedical cancer model to help medical professionals better understand and treat the disease. The Oncopig Cancer Model (OCM) is a next-generation large...
