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The Pani lab pursues curiosity-driven research exploring the cell biological foundations of development and tissue maintenance. Cell-cell signaling performs critical functions in development, homeostasis, and disease. In normal conditions, cell signaling…
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Much of our work focuses on cell signaling and mechanisms of lineage specification, differentiation and morphogenesis. Particular emphases have been on post-embryonic neural crest stem cells and their derivatives, including…
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The overarching goal of our research is functional understanding of molecular alterations in lung cancer. To that end, we determine impacts of genomic and transcriptomic alterations on tumor development and…
6/17/2025
The Patel lab focuses on understanding the cellular mechanisms by which seizures are initiated in SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy (DEE13). SCN8A EE is a severe genetic epilepsy syndrome caused by de…
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Director of Graduate Studies for Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer BiologyPlease contact Dr. Pemberton for any information or guidance regarding our graduate program. Associate Director of Education, UVA Comprehensive Cancer CenterDr…
6/17/2025
How do the regulatory networks that maintain gene expression programs change in response to stimuli and in disease states? The primary goal of my research program is to address this…
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1. Detection of genomic variation: I have developed several methods to identify and map variants (SNPs, indels, and large-scale rearrangements) from large-scale sequencing datasets. This includes identification and genotyping of…
6/17/2025
Our research on viruses provides insight not only into the diseases they cause, but it also leads to the discovery of novel basic mechanisms that operate in eukaryotic cells. Over…
6/17/2025
Dr. Rich's research is centered on understanding the genetic epidemiology of complex human disease, including the genes contributing to atherosclerosis, stroke and intermediate phenotypes (risk factors). These studies range from…
