{"result":[{"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/bioethics/researcher/Bruce_Baker","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Beachy","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7655&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Philip Beachy","firstName":"Philip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Philip_Beachy","researchInterest":"Function of Hedgehog proteins and other extracellular signals in morphogenesis (pattern formation), in injury repair and regeneration (pattern maintenance). We study how the distribution of such signals is regulated in tissues, how cells perceive and respond to distinct concentrations of signals, and how such signaling pathways arose in evolution. We also study the normal roles of such signals in stem-cell physiology and their abnormal roles in the formation and expansion of cancer stem cells."},{"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/bioethics/researcher/Mark_Krasnow","researchInterest":"Genetic and molecular basis of respiratory system  development, maintenance, and disease in Drosophila, mouse, and human"},{"lastName":"Clandinin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3885&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Clandinin","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Thomas_Clandinin","researchInterest":"My lab addresses two distinct questions.  That is, how can precise patterns of neuronal connections be genetically programmed during development, and how, once formed, can such circuits be used to mediate complex visual behaviors?   Using the fruit fly visual system as a model, we employ genetic approaches to manipulate the functions of genes and neurons. From this, we infer specific developmental roles for particular molecules, and infer specific computational roles for individual neurons."},{"lastName":"Francke","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Clinical Genetics"},{"focus":"Neurogenetics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4281&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Uta Francke","firstName":"Uta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Uta_Francke","researchInterest":"Functional consequences and pathogenetic mechanisms of mutations and microdeletions in human neurogenetic syndromes and mouse models: Williams-Beuren syndrome, a heterozygous 1.6 megabase deletion; Rett syndrome, caused by mutations in the X-linked methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. Mechanisms of genomic imprinting: Prader Willi syndrome"},{"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/bioethics/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":"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/bioethics/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":"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/bioethics/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":"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/bioethics/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":"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/bioethics/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":"Petrov","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6234&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dmitri Petrov","firstName":"Dmitri","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Dmitri_Petrov","researchInterest":""},{"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/bioethics/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":"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/bioethics/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":"Sarnow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4458&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Sarnow","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Peter_Sarnow","researchInterest":"Our laboratory studies virus-host interactions with an emphasis microRNA-mediated gene regulation and on translational control. The mechanism by which a liver-specific microRNA regulates hepatitis C virus genome replication is under intense scrutiny. In addition, the mechanism of internal ribosome entry in certain cellular and viral mRNAs and its biological role in growth and development is being investigated."},{"lastName":"Berg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6263&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Berg","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Paul_Berg","researchInterest":"For about 10 years until 2000, my lab\u0092s research activities were focused on the mechanism of recombinational repair of double-strand breaks in DNA. We focused our efforts on two model systems:  one involved the repair of restriction enzyme cleavages at specific mammalian chromosomal loci and the second explored the biochemical properties of purified yeast Rad51 protein, an essential catalyst for synapsing the broken ends of DNA with an intact homologue of that sequence.  We also explored the ro"},{"lastName":"Stryer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3795&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lubert Stryer","firstName":"Lubert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Lubert_Stryer","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Blau","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4517&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Helen M. Blau","firstName":"Helen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Helen_Blau","researchInterest":"Molecular and cellular mechanisms that control muscle and neuronal growth; stem cell biology, differentiation, and tumorigenicity. Regulating stem cell fate in vitro and in vivo. Stem cell therapies. Hematopoietic and muscle stem cells. Characterizing and bioengineering stem cell niches. Nuclear reprogramming. Muscle development and disease. Drug delivery. Tracking cell behavior in vitro and in vivo. Understanding tissue degeneration and regeneration."},{"lastName":"Quertermous","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4426&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Quertermous, MD","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Thomas_Quertermous","researchInterest":"Understanding genetic basis of cardiovascular function and disease."},{"lastName":"Nolan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4713&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Garry Nolan","firstName":"Garry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Garry_Nolan","researchInterest":"Dr. Nolan's group uses high throughput single cell analysis technology of kinase driven signaling cascades to interrogate autoimmunity, cancer, virology (influenza), bacterial pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) as well as understanding normal immune system function.  Using advanced flow cytometric techniques and computational biology approaches, we focus on high throughput drug screening, mouse models of disease in patient materials, and understanding disease processes at the single cell level."},{"lastName":"Bryant","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8004&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zev Bryant","firstName":"Zev","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Zev_Bryant","researchInterest":"Molecular motors lie at the heart of biological processes from DNA replication to vesicle transport. My laboratory seeks to understand the physical mechanisms by which these nanoscale machines convert chemical energy into mechanical work."},{"lastName":"Wyss-Coray","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3929&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tony Wyss-Coray","firstName":"Tony","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Tony_Wyss-Coray","researchInterest":"Use of genetic and molecular tools to dissect immune and inflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration."},{"lastName":"Davis","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4117&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ronald Davis","firstName":"Ronald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Ronald_Davis","researchInterest":"We are using Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Human to conduct whole genome analysis projects. The yeast genome sequence has approximately 6,000 genes. We have made a set of haploid and diploid strains (21,000) containing a complete deletion of each gene. In order to facilitate whole genome analysis each deletion is molecularly tagged with a unique 20-mer DNA sequence. This sequence acts as a molecular bar code and makes it easy to identify the presence of each deletion."},{"lastName":"Tran","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9649&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Tran","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/David_Tran","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Tinklenberg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4107&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jared Tinklenberg","firstName":"Jared","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/bioethics/researcher/Jared_Tinklenberg","researchInterest":"Psychopharmacology of dementia and Alzheimer's disease;, biological correlates of Alzheimer's disease; sexual dysfunction in, Alzheimer's disease; memory disorders."},{"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. 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