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We are currently using genetic and small-molecule approaches to study the molecular mechanisms of Hedgehog signaling, and we are developing chemical technologies to perturb and observe the genetic programs that underlie vertebrate development."},{"lastName":"Stoeckius","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=37530&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marlon Stoeckius","firstName":"Marlon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marlon_Stoeckius","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Schuh-Huerta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9353&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sonya Schuh-Huerta","firstName":"Sonya","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sonya_Schuh-Huerta","researchInterest":"I have great interests in the genes and proteins involved in gamete development, reproduction, and fertility. My current work aims to elucidate the genes and chromosomes that are involved in establishing a woman\u0092s oocyte (egg) endowment and associated with follicle loss and declining fertility, and the environmental/ethnic factors that modify these effects. 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We start with yeast, perform genetic and chemical screens, and then move to other model systems (e.g. mammalian tissue culture, mouse, fly) and even work with human patient samples (tissue sections, patient-derived cells, including iPS cells) and next generation sequencing approaches."},{"lastName":"Devarajan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19830&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sridharan Devarajan","firstName":"Sridharan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sridharan_Devarajan","researchInterest":"Attention allows us to selectively process the most important information in the sensory environment. I study how gamma-band (25-140Hz) oscillations that occur in brain circuits during attention shape behavior. 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