6/17/2025
Our laboratory is focused on understanding how immunological pathways contribute to neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental, mental and behavior disorders. We are actively investigating the cellular and molecular pathways that contribute to neuroinflammation…
6/17/2025
Our research is in the field of human genetics. Specifically, we are studying the molecular genetics and biology of myotonic dystrophy (DM), the most common inherited neuromuscular disorder in adults.…
6/17/2025
6/17/2025
The major focus of my lab is to understand how the genetic drivers of cancer fuel tumor evolution and to mechanistically define how these genes contribute to various tumor phenotypes.…
6/17/2025
Within cells there exists a fine balance between survival and death. One of the earliest steps in the development of cancer is the ability of a cell to escape death.…
6/17/2025
Specific Research Ongoing in the McNamara lab Discovery of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the human ID3 gene that is functionally relevant and associated with vascular disease in humans. The…
6/17/2025
My laboratory's research focus involves the application of modern genomics and bioinformatics approaches to unravel complex and rare cardiovascular diseases. By integrating large-scale human genetic association and whole genome sequencing…
6/17/2025
My laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular and epigenetic mechanisms involved in the regulation of normal hematopoiesis and hematologic malignancies. The ultimate goal of our research is to identify new…
6/17/2025
Tyrosine phosphorylation is a protein modification that can occur during or after translation of a protein.The phosphate addition to a tyrosine residue, regulated by tyrosine kinases and phosphatases, can result…
6/17/2025
All the way up to the 20th century, the human genome has been optimized to survive in environments characterized by fluctuations between periods of feast and famine. These survivor-genomes clash…
