Members of the Life Science Alliance

 

At the core of the Alliance are our Members  - faculty from EMBL and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their combined expertise spans a broad spectrum of life science research from structural biology and bioinformatics, to chemistry, imaging and genomics. They are committed to the exchange of information to solve complex biomedical challenges together


View their research interests and collaborations below.

Monther Abu-Remaileh

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Alexander Aulehla

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Theodore Alexandrov

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Alex Bateman

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ncRNA annotation (with Mike Cherry)

Carolyn Bertozzi

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Dissecting NGLY1 deficiency (with Lars Steinmetz)

Maria Bernabeu

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Functional characterization of host determinants of malaria infection (with Elizabeth Egan)

Ami Bhatt

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Developing global interaction networks of microbiome-encoded genes (with Peer Bork)

Vivek Bhalla

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Using and developing innovative methodologies to discover novel molecular mechanisms and therapies for kidney health.

Matthieu Boulard

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Molecular basis of chromatin-based silencing and cellular readout of cytosine methylation.

Peer Bork

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Developing global interaction networks of microbiome-encoded genes (with Ami Bhatt)

Howard Chang

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Mike Cherry

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ncRNA annotation (with Alex Bateman) 

Wah Chiu

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The development of cryo-EM methodology to determine 3D cellular structures. We also work on the EMDataResource which is an open access database for 3D EM for developing software, data standards and validation methods.

Isidro Cortes Ciriano

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Markus Covert

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Integrative model of human cell signalling (with Evangelia Petsalaki)

Christina Curtis

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Martha Cyert

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Discovering new calcium-dependent signaling pathways in humans that are regulated by the calcineurin protein phosphatase

Ron Davis

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Personalizing dilated cardiomyopathy (with Lars Steinmetz & Utkan Demirci)

Utkan Demirci

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Personalizing dilated cardiomyopathy (with Lars Steinmetz & Ron Davis)

Claire Deo

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Developing novel molecular tools for advanced biological imaging by combining synthetic chemistry and protein engineering

Gautam Dey

José Dinneny

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Understanding the response of roots to water-limiting conditions and across different organizational scales from the individual cell type to the whole plant.

Olivier Duss

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Assembly mechanisms and function of protein-RNA complexes at the single-molecule level

Elizabeth Egan

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Functional characterization of host determinants of malaria infection (with Maria Bernabeu)

Jan Ellenberg

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Advancing imaging technology (with Tobias Meyer)

Anna Erzberger

Dean Felsher

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How oncogenes initiate and sustain tumorigenesis including: how oncogene activation causes tumor regression, and how tumors escape dependence on oncogenes.

James Ferrell

Judith Frydman

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Understanding protein folding including: function and mechanism of chaperones, chaperone networks, ribosome biogenesis, co-translational folding, protein folding homeostasis, misfolding and aggregation disease.

Margaret Fuller

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Regulation of self-renewal, proliferation and differentiation in adult stem cell lineages: including regulation of cell type specific transcription programs, cell-cell communication, and the role of differential mRNA processing and translational control in progression from one cell state to the next.

Eileen Furlong

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Genome regulation and topology during embryonic development including: chromatin topology, chromatin remodelling during cell fate decisions, variation and plasticity in regulatory networks, developmental enhancers, and single cell genomics.

Andrew Gentles

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Computational approaches to understand biological systems using genomic and proteomic data across populations. Most of our work is in cancer and neurodegenerative disease, but we love to hear about any interesting questions!

Miriam Goodman

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Deciphering the molecular events responsible for touch, pain, and position sensation in C. elegans.

Jamie Hackett

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Understanding the mechanistic interplay between genome regulation, chromatin and environmental cues (microbiome), with emphasis on intergenerational effects

Matthias Hentze

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Using biochemical and systems-level approaches to investigate the connections between gene expression and cell metabolism, and their roles in human disease.

Edith Heard

Keith Hodgson

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Integrated structural biology (with Matthias Wilmanns)

Susan Holmes

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Modern statistics for modern biology (with Wolfgang Huber)

KC Huang

Wolfgang Huber

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Modern statistics for modern biology (with Susan Holmes)

Ruth Huettenhain

(incoming faculty at Stanford, 2023)

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How G protein-coupled receptors decode extracellular cues into dynamic and context-specific cellular signaling networks to elicit diverse physiologic responses

Maya Kasowski

Teri Klein

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Pharmacogenomic network analyses in diverse population datasets (with Ellie McDonagh)

Arnaud Krebs

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Transcription Factor cooperativity atlas (with Anshul Kundaje)

Jan Korbel

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Somatic mosaicisms with Alex Urban

Brian Kobilka

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Characterizing the structure and mechanism of G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs).

Anshul Kundaje

Jin Billy Li

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RNA editing. We are interested in ADAR-mediated RNA editing, for both its biological function in dsRNA-mediated innate immunity and its utility as a tool for transcriptome engineering.

Julia Mahamid

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We employ state-of-the-art cellular cryo-electron tomography to study phase-separated assemblies in cell biology and to advance our understanding of the molecular organization of the cytoplasm.

José Márquez

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We develop methods and software for high-throughput, automated crystallography and use them to study the structure of sensing and signalling molecules.

Ellie McDonagh

Project: Pharmacogenomic network analyses in diverse population datasets (with Teri Klein)

Tobias Meyer

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Advancing imaging technology (with Jan Ellenberg)

Stephen Montgomery

Victoria Parikh

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Personalizing dilated cardiomyopathy (with Lars Steinmetz)

Evangelia Petsalaki

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Integrative model of human cell signalling (with Markus Covert)

Robert Prevedel

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Advanced optical techniques for deep tissue microscopy. In particular, we work in the fields of multi-photon microscopy, active wave-front shaping, photo-acoustics as well as computational imaging. Looking for collaboration in cell & developmental biology and neuroscience, where our novel imaging approaches can give new insights.

Marlene Rabinovitch

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Multiomics for pulmonary hypertension (with Judith Zaugg)

Georgia Rapti

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Dissecting the cellular and molecular mechanisms of nervous system assembly and the underlying glia–neuron crosstalk, using advanced genetics, genomics and live imaging approaches.

Kacper Rogala

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Mechanistic understanding of how cells control metabolism in response to nutrients and growth factors, and ways to modulate these activities with chemical probes — for the benefit of patients.

Santiago Rompani

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Studying the function of visual circuits using functional imaging, genetics, virology and behavioural assays.

Mikhail Savitski

Sinem Saka

Gavin Sherlock

Yiorgo Skiniotis

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Developing a mechanistic understanding of signal translation at the cell membrane using structural biology, biochemistry and simulation methods

Mike Snyder

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Genetic regulation of chromatin (with Judith Zaugg)

Oliver Stegle

Lars Steinmetz

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Personalizing dilated cardiomyopathy (with Ron Davis & Utkan Demirci)


Dissecting NGLY1 deficiency (with Carolyn Bertozzi)

Aaron Straight

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Understanding the mechanisms that ensure high fidelity genome maintenance and segregation in eukaryotes including: chromosome biology, cell division and chromatin structure.

Katrin Svensson

Nassos Typas

Alex Urban

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Somatic mosaicisms (with Jan Korbel)

Kevin Wang

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Gene expression and epigenetics: how DNA methylation, chromatin modifications, and RNA influence chromatin dynamics to affect gene regulation.

Matthias Wilmanns

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Integrated structural biology (with Keith Hodgson)

Peter Yang

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Developing bio-inspired biomaterials and platform technologies to engineer tissues and organs

Judith Zaugg

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Using scMulti-omics to probe clinical outcome of child leukemia treatment (with Maya Kasowski)

Multiomics for pulmonary hypertension (with Marlene Rabinovitch)

Genetic regulation of chromatin (with Mike Snyder)