{"result":[{"lastName":"Pringle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7022&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John R. Pringle","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Pringle","researchInterest":"Much of our research exploits the power of yeast as an experimentally tractable model eukaryote to investigate fundamental problems in cell and developmental biology such as the mechanisms of cell polarization and cytokinesis.  In another project, we are developing the small sea anemone Aiptasia as a model system for study of the molecular and cellular biology of dinoflagellate-cnidarian symbiosis, which is critical for the survival of most corals but still very poorly understood."},{"lastName":"Mulholland","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Director, CSIF,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine"},{"appointment":"Research & Development Engr,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Director, CSIF,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=26450&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonathan Mulholland","firstName":"Jonathan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jonathan_Mulholland","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Cyert","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=6213&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Martha Cyert","firstName":"Martha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Martha_Cyert","researchInterest":"Cells respond to extracellular changes by activating signal transduction pathways, many of which are highly conserved. We study Ca2+-mediated signaling in a simple eukaryote, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using genetic, genomic, biochemical and cell biological approaches, we are examining how the Ca2+/calmodulin-regulated phosphatase, calcineurin, regulates gene expression and other cellular processes in response to environmental stress."},{"lastName":"Ositelu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"MBA, Graduate School of Business"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17733&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Olufisayo Ositelu","firstName":"Olufisayo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Olufisayo_Ositelu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Collins","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10605&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sean Collins","firstName":"Sean","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sean_Collins","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Snyder","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13465&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Snyder","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Snyder","researchInterest":"We are presently in an omics revolution in which genomes and other omes can be readily characterized. Our laboratory uses a variety of approaches to analyze genomes and regulatory networks. Our research focuses on yeast, an ideal model organism ideally suited to genetic analysis, and humans.\r\n\r\n1) Transcriptomes\r\nTo annotate genomes, we developed RNA sequencing for annotation the yeast and human transcriptomes. 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The combination of in-depth understanding reported in the literature with computational analyses is an essential ingredient of modern biological research."},{"lastName":"Haimovich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=21024&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ariel Haimovich","firstName":"Ariel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ariel_Haimovich","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sherlock","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5864&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gavin Sherlock","firstName":"Gavin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gavin_Sherlock","researchInterest":"Evolution and the adaptive landscape using yeast as a model; Defining yeast transcriptomes; chromosomal evolution in hybrid yeast species"},{"lastName":"Fraser","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15112&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hunter Fraser","firstName":"Hunter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hunter_Fraser","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23896&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jingjing Li","firstName":"Jingjing","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jingjing_Li","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Morrison","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14873&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ashby Morrison","firstName":"Ashby","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ashby_Morrison","researchInterest":"Our research interests are to elucidate the contribution of chromatin to mechanisms that promote genomic integrity."},{"lastName":"Wei","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Biochemistry - Stanford Genome Technology Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Biochemistry - Stanford Genome Technology Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=29094&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wu Wei","firstName":"Wu","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wu_Wei","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Breslow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19226&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Breslow","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Breslow","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Libuda","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10498&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Diana Libuda","firstName":"Diana","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Diana_Libuda","researchInterest":"My research aims to understand how chromosomes interact to maintain genomic integrity and promote proper chromosome segregation.  Recombination between chromosomes is required to generate genetic variation, maintain genome integrity through the repair of DNA breaks, and ensure proper chromosome segregation during meiosis, the specialized cell division program by which diploid organisms generate haploid gametes.  Perturbations in recombination events can compromise these basic cellular functions"},{"lastName":"Berg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,SoM Dean's Office Administrative Units - Dean's Office Operations"},{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6263&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Berg","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Berg","researchInterest":"For about 10 years until 2000, my lab's 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":"Alibhoy","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Urology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=36440&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Abbas Alibhoy","firstName":"Abbas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Abbas_Alibhoy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Brown","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4284&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Patrick O. 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