6/17/2025
The Guo lab studies vascular wall remodeling and retinal degeneration, with a focus on the role of histone-code readers and writers in driving cell phenotypic transitions. We aim to uncover…
6/17/2025
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular, protozoan parasite that infects approximately one-third of the world population. The parasite can be acquired congenitally or in adults, through the ingestion of contaminated food…
6/17/2025
Living cells and tissues adapt to their environment by altering structure, gene and protein expression, and biochemical functions. For example, endothelial cells lining the artery wall at the blood tissue…
6/17/2025
Diagnostic ultrasound - image processing, quantification Molecular imaging using ultrasound Catheter-based ultrasound Ultrasound-based drug/gene delivery Ultrasound image guided therapy
6/17/2025
- Quality Control of Protein Targeting to the Endoplasmic Reticulum - Protein Targeting and Import into Mitochondria
6/17/2025
1) Seizures as brain explorers: A few thousand neurons acting together can generate a seizure, but it travels far from its origin, generating convulsive and dystonic movements, triggering and erasing…
6/17/2025
Pathogenesis of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) remains one of the two most common AIDS-associated malignancies and is caused by the human herpesvirus, KSHV, first discovered in 1994. Nevertheless,…
6/17/2025
The goal of our research is to learn the cellular, molecular and biomechanical mechanisms underlying morphogenetic movements during embryogenesis. One of the fundamental problems in developmental biology is determining what…
6/17/2025
Research Description One of the major goals of my research program is to understand the role of membrane microdomains such as lipid rafts and caveolae in health and disease. We address…
6/17/2025
The function of the nervous system is critically dependent upon transient electrical signals emerging from nerve cells and highly localized synaptic sites. These signals are generated by ion channels, the…
