6/17/2025
The Ai lab specializes in protein engineering and employs interdisciplinary approaches, including biophysics, bioanalytical chemistry, chemical biology, synthetic biology, and optical imaging. One of our main areas of focus is the…
6/17/2025
Genetically engineering T cells with a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) allows for recognition and subsequent destruction of cancer cells. While this has been a revolutionary treatment for many patients with…
6/17/2025
My laboratory is involved with developing Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques as a tool for basic biomedical research. I am currently developing, fabricating, and testing…
6/17/2025
Infection in the juvenile stage disrupts growth and metabolism, often with long-lasting effects. In young children and in fruit fly larvae, infections disrupt production of homologous hormones: insulin-like growth factor…
6/17/2025
The Chalfant Laboratory has historically focused on two major, but diverse areas of basic science in regard to Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology. Specifically, the Chalfant Laboratory studies mechanisms of…
6/17/2025
The goal of our laboratory is to understand the genetic mechanisms that lead to increased susceptibility to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The interactions among hundreds of genes and gene networks…
6/17/2025
Background and Summary of Previous Findings: Neural development involves competition at many levels, whether it be axons innervating a target or synapses refining a connection. Over 50 years ago, Viktor…
6/17/2025
OVERVIEW: How does the body recognize an infectious organism? During infection, how does it determine when to escalate inflammation for pathogen clearance versus dampen inflammation to prevent damage to self? What…
6/17/2025
The systems biology research in the Fallahi-Sichani lab is focused primarily on understanding the mechanisms through which human cancer cells respond heterogeneously to environmental and therapeutic perturbations. These responses can…
6/17/2025
Genetics of complex disease Common diseases, such as osteoporosis, impart significant societal health burdens. These diseases are, in part, regulated by genetic determinants and understanding their genetic basis is critical to…
