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Frommer","firstName":"Wolf","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wolf_Frommer","researchInterest":"Watching cells at work \r\nFocus: Transport / signaling across the plasma membrane (sugars, amino acids). \r\nTools: FRET-based nanosensors for metabolite imaging (with subcellular resolution) in living organisms using confocal fluorescence microscopy and HTS; Sensor optimization by computational design; RNAi to modify cellular functions.\r\nGoals: Identify unknown sugar effluxers from liver/plant cells; study regulatory networks. \r\nModel systems: liver, neuronal, plant cell cultures, Arabidopsis, yeast"},{"lastName":"Yang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18228&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nan Yang","firstName":"Nan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nan_Yang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sosso","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=37311&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Davide Sosso","firstName":"Davide","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Davide_Sosso","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Natural Sciences Cluster - Chemistry Department"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3938&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James K. 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