Department: Bio-X

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  Napel, Sandy 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
  Member,  Bio-X
  Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
  Professor (By courtesy),  Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research
  Professor (By courtesy),  Electrical Engineering
  
  Research Interest

  My research seeks to advance the clinical and basic sciences in radiology, while improving our understanding of biology and the manifestations of disease, by pioneering methods in the information sciences that integrate imaging, clinical and molecular data. A current focus is on content-based radiological image retrieval and integration of imaging features with clinical and molecular data for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapy planning decision support.
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  Nayak, Nihar R
  Academic Appointments Associate Professor (Research),  Obstetrics & Gynecology
  Member,  Child Health Research Institute
  Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  Research in my laboratory is focused on understanding the mechanisms of endometrial angiogenesis and vascular remodeling during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. We are particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms of spiral artery growth and remodeling in the primate uterus. These arteries are unique to the primate endometrium. They develop from the radial arteries of the myometrium and course through the endometrium, where they develop their coiled structure and vascularize primar..
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  Nelson, W James 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)
  Member,  Bio-X
  Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
  Professor,  Molecular & Cellular Physiology
  
  Research Interest

  Our research objectives are to understand the cellular mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity. Polarized epithelial cells play fundamental roles in the ontogeny and function of a variety of tissues and organs.
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  Nelson, Drew 
  Academic Appointments Member,  Bio-X
  
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  Newsome, William 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Neurobiology
  Member,  Bio-X
  Professor (By courtesy),  Social Sciences Cluster - Psychology
  
  Research Interest

  Neural processes that mediate visual perception and visually-based decision making. Influence of reward history on decision making.
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  Ng, Andrew 
  Academic Appointments Member,  Bio-X
  
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  Nguyen, Mindie Hoai
  Academic Appointments Associate Professor - Med Center Line,  Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Hepatology
  • Primary liver cancer
  • Chronic hepatitis B and C
  Research Interest

  Epidemiology and treatment of liver cancer; Multicenter study of early diagnosis of liver cancer with novel tumor markers; Colon cancer screening in Asian Americans; Multicenter randomized studies in HCV genotypes 6; Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of Asians with viral hepatitis. Current HBV and HCV clinical trials including interferon-free studies for HCV and studies in HBV/pregnancy, HBV/normal ALT, diagnostic/treatment evaluation/adherence for liver cancer and viral hepatitis.
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  Nishimura, Dwight 
  Academic Appointments Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  medical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging
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  Nolan, Garry 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory
  Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
  Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  Dr. Nolan's group uses high throughput single cell analysis technology of kinase driven signaling cascades to interrogate autoimmunity, cancer, virology (influenza), bacterial pathogens as well as understanding normal immune system function. Using advanced flow cytometric techniques such as Mass Cytometry 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.
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  Norcia, Anthony 
  Academic Appointments Member,  Bio-X
  Member,  Child Health Research Institute
  
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  Nusse, Roeland 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Developmental Biology
  Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
  Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  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 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 repair and regeneration after tissue injury.