6/17/2025
Cilia are evolutionary conserved subcellular organelles essential for various cellular functions including homeostasis, sensing external stimuli and mechanosensation. Dysfunctional cilia are implicated in a number of chronic disabling conditions in…
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
The Coutinho-Budd lab is interested in the cellular and molecular aspects of glial cell development and function. Glia are critical components of the nervous system—almost everything that neurons do requires…
6/17/2025
*Our perspective*: It is generally known that electrical signals lie at the very core of our beating hearts and thinking brains. It may however surprise you to know that the…
6/17/2025
Research in the Dolatshahi lab combines multiplex experimental measurements with computational methods (including statistical machine learning, network inference, information theory, signal processing and kinetic-dynamic modeling) to solve problems in the…
6/17/2025
Our research is focused on the structure and function of macromolecular assemblies, using the techniques of electron cryo-microscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction. Historically, we have been working in two different areas:…
6/17/2025
Drug Discovery and Molecular Biology of Pathogenic RNA viruses: Ebola, SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and Zika COVID-19, Influenza, Zika fever, and Ebola hemorrhagic fever are diseases caused by highly pathogenic RNA viruses that…
6/17/2025
Structural biology of membrane proteins: Membrane proteins represent about ~25% of all proteins in any given genome carrying out many vital functions (transporters, receptors, channels, etc..). Membrane proteins also represent ~50%…
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
They have no symptoms, but subjects with untreated hypertension and salt sensitivity will have major health challenges such as blindness, stroke, kidney failure, and heart attacks. These devastating (and costly)…
