6/17/2025
Why do some animals have the ability to regenerate certain tissues and organs, while others have lost this capacity? The study of regenerative biology and medicine have shown that the…
6/17/2025
Our laboratory is specifically interested in the regulation of vascular cell commitment, differentiation and cell cycle progression, and defining signaling pathways that modulate these processes. We also aim to understand…
6/17/2025
Maintaining tissue integrity is critical for a healthy body. Cell competition ensures tissue integrity by eliminating sick cells from the population. However, oncogenic mutations can convert a normal cell into…
6/17/2025
Introduction: Mitochondria are often pictured in biology texts as static, individual organelles, when in reality they form highly dynamic and mobile networks constantly undergoing fusion and fission. Research in the last…
6/17/2025
Advancement in the design of imaging agents has many far-reaching implications for the future directions of molecular imaging and radiological sciences including the following: (1) The early detection of disease…
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
A. Personal Statement I am an active, practicing vascular surgeon who has also maintained an independently funded basic science/translational research laboratory since 2003. My clinical practice is focused on the care…
6/17/2025
Human development, immunity, wound healing, fertility, and nutrient uptake all depend upon the ability of cells to change shape. Acquisition of an asymmetric or polarized morphology by a cell is…
6/17/2025
The long-term goal of our research program is to elucidate the roles of peripheral and central glia and glial-glial interactions during nervous system development, maintenance and disease/injury. Using Danio rerio…
6/17/2025
WE USE FROGS TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT, DISEASE, AND REGENERATION PRECISION MEDICINE OF BIRTH DEFECTS Every parent that loses their baby to a birth defect wants to know why and if it will…
