{"result":[{"lastName":"Park","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8769&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hyokeun Park","firstName":"Hyokeun","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Hyokeun_Park","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Scott","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4165&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matthew Scott","firstName":"Matthew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Matthew_Scott","researchInterest":"Genetic regulation of animal development and human disease. We use mice and flies to study Hedgehog/Patched signaling and its links to brain cancer, development of the neural tube and cerebellum, planar cell polarity genes, a neurodegenerative disease called Niemann-Pick syndrome that affects intracellular organelle movements, chromatin proteins in embryonic stem cells, and genetic control of body size."},{"lastName":"Sivaramakrishnan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10127&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan","firstName":"Sivaraj","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Sivaraj_Sivaramakrishnan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Krasnow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4120&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Krasnow","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Mark_Krasnow","researchInterest":"Genetic and molecular basis of respiratory system  development, maintenance, and disease in Drosophila, mouse, and human"},{"lastName":"Fuller","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Margaret T. Fuller","firstName":"Margaret","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Margaret_Fuller","researchInterest":"Regulation of stem cell division and self-renewal Cell type specific transcription machinery and regulation of cell differentiation Developmental regulation of cell cycle progression during male meiosis Molecular dissection of the mechanism of cytokinesis."},{"lastName":"Block","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Applied Physics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Senior Fellow (By courtesy),Spogli Inst for Intrntl Studies"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Applied Physics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6209&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven M. Block","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Steven_Block","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Goswami","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14638&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Debanjan Goswami","firstName":"Debanjan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Debanjan_Goswami","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Baker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6206&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bruce Baker","firstName":"Bruce","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Bruce_Baker","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Schneider","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4580&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Schneider","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/David_Schneider","researchInterest":"We study innate immunity and microbial pathogenesis. We have been studying models for a variety of bacterial infections including:  Listeria, Mycobacteria, Salmonella and Streptococcus as well as some fungi, parasites and viruses."},{"lastName":"Nusse","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4280&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Roeland Nusse","firstName":"Roeland","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Roeland_Nusse","researchInterest":"Our laboratory studies Wnt signaling in development and disease. We found recently that Wnt proteins are unusual growth factors, because they are lipid-modified. We also discovered that Wnt proteins promote the proliferation of stem cells of various origins. Current work is directed at understanding the function of the lipid on the Wnt,  using Wnt proteins as factors the expand stem cells and on understanding Wnt signaling during injury repair and regeneration."},{"lastName":"Axelrod","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4410&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Axelrod","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Jeffrey_Axelrod","researchInterest":"Genetic and cell biological analyses of signals controlling cell polarity and cell proliferation and differentiation.  Frizzled signaling and cytoskeletal organization."},{"lastName":"Lu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3976&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bingwei Lu","firstName":"Bingwei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Bingwei_Lu","researchInterest":"We are interested in understanding how neural stem cells balance their self-renewal and differentiation and how deregulation of this process can result in brain tumor. We are also interested in mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer\u0092s and Parkinson\u0092s diseases. We are using both Drosophila and mammalian models to address these fundamental questions."},{"lastName":"Tobin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver),Center for Biomedical Ethics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6945&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sara L. (Sally) Tobin","firstName":"Sara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Sara_Tobin","researchInterest":"Tobin is a Senior Research Scholar in the Program for Genomics, Ethics, and Society at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the University of Washington and did postdoctoral research in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley and in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco. 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We are mounting a two-pronged attack on this problem using both molecular dynamics simulation and molecular modeling."},{"lastName":"Wandless","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Chemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4471&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tom Wandless","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Thomas_Wandless","researchInterest":"The overarching goals of our research program lie at the interface of chemistry and biology. Specifically, we focus on the design and synthesis of molecules that allow us to learn about and control specific cellular processes. The underlying basis for our research is an understanding of the factors that govern the strength and specificity of molecular interactions - specifically those between proteins and ligands."},{"lastName":"Minary","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Structural Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10270&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Minary","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Peter_Minary","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Rothenberg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10397&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Rothenberg","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Michael_Rothenberg","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Das","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10421&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rhiju Das","firstName":"Rhiju","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Rhiju_Das","researchInterest":"Rhiju Das strives to predict how sequence codes for structure in proteins, nucleic acids, and heteropolymers whose folds have yet to be explored. The Das group uses new computational and experimental tools to tackle the de novo modeling of protein and RNA folds, the high-throughput structure mapping of riboswitches and random RNAs, and the design of self-knotting and self-crystallizing nucleic acids."},{"lastName":"Cohen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4481&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stanley N. Cohen, MD","firstName":"Stanley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Stanley_Cohen","researchInterest":"We study the functional and structural signals that govern mRNA decay and gene expression in bacteria, as well as mechanisms affecting aging and the ability of mammalian cells to support the propagation of viruses.  A small bioinformatics team within our lab has developed knowledge based systems to aid in investigations of gene expression on a genome-wide basis."},{"lastName":"Schnitzer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6238&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark J. 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Our goal is to elucidate predictive principles by which novel shapes and catalytic properties can be conferred accurately on designed polypeptides."},{"lastName":"Luo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6229&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Liqun Luo","firstName":"Liqun","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Liqun_Luo","researchInterest":"We are studying how neural circuits are assembled during development, and how they contribute to sensory perception.  We are addressing these questions at different levels from molecular, cellular, circuit to animal behavior.  We are primarily using Drosophila as a model organism for our studies.  Most recently, we are also developing novel genetic tools in the mouse to extend our studies to the mammalian brain."},{"lastName":"Puglisi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph (Jody) Puglisi","firstName":"Joseph","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/Joseph_Puglisi","researchInterest":"The Puglisi group investigates the role of RNA in cellular processes and disease.  We investigate dynamics using single-molecule approaches.  Our goal is a unified picture of structure, dynamics and function.  We are currently focused on the mechanism and regulation of translation, and the role of RNA in viral infections.  A long-term goal is to target processes involving RNA with novel therapeutic strategies."},{"lastName":"Spudich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4609&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Spudich","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioengineering/researcher/James_Spudich","researchInterest":"The general research interest of this laboratory is the molecular basis of cell motility. We have three specific research interests, the molecular basis of energy transduction that leads to ATP-driven myosin movement on actin, the biochemical basis of the regulation of actin and myosin interaction and their assembly states, and the roles these proteins play in vivo, in cell movement and changes in cell shape."}]}