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These include systems activated during normal development and those for detecting and responding to foreign or unwanted genetic activity. Underlying these studies are questions of how a cells can distinguish information as \"self\" versus \"nonself\" or \"wanted\" versus \"unwanted\".","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3989&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Fire","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Andrew","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","displayName":"Andrew Fire","lastName":"Fire"},{"researchInterest":"The use of genetic, biochemical and chemical approaches to understand the DNA damage-induced cell cycle checkpoints and the processes that contribute to maintenance of genomic stability.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4417&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Karlene_Cimprich","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Chemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Karlene","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","displayName":"Karlene Cimprich","lastName":"Cimprich"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9330&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dorit_Berlin","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Dorit","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","displayName":"Dorit Berlin","lastName":"Berlin"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9651&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wei_Woo","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Wei","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology","displayName":"Wei-Meng Woo","lastName":"Woo"},{"researchInterest":"The Reijo Pera Laboratory is focused on understanding key cell fates in the embryo, including the generation of pluripotent stem cells, somatic and germ cell lineages","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8036&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Renee_Reijo-Pera","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Renee","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes","displayName":"Renee A. 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This sequence acts as a molecular bar code and makes it easy to identify the presence of each deletion.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4117&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ronald_Davis","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ronald","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","displayName":"Ronald Davis","lastName":"Davis"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4159&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Margaret_Fuller","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Margaret","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","displayName":"Margaret T. 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We also explored the ro","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6263&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Berg","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Biochemistry"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Paul","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Biochemistry","displayName":"Paul Berg","lastName":"Berg"},{"researchInterest":"Evolution and the adaptive landscape using yeast as a model; Defining yeast transcriptomes; chromosomal evolution in hybrid yeast species; genome database for Candida albicans; genome database for Aspergilli; the Stanford Microarray Database; The Tuberculosis Database; bioinformatics tools for analysing expression data.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5864&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gavin_Sherlock","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Gavin","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Genetics","displayName":"Gavin Sherlock","lastName":"Sherlock"},{"researchInterest":"We study the process of cell division. Our research is focused on understanding how chromosomes are segregated during mitosis and how cells divide during cytokinesis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6006&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Aaron_Straight","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Aaron","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry","displayName":"Aaron Straight","lastName":"Straight"},{"researchInterest":"The focus of my group is the application of bioinformatics to the collection and dissemination genetic, genomic and cellular  information. We abstracts the published results into our database, SGD. We explore the volumes of information that have been elucidated for the budding yeast S. cerevisiae.  My research is the applied use computers and databases: designing a resource to effectively provide biological information to the research community, and the development of the Gene Ontology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4249&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/JMichael_Cherry","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"JMichael","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Genetics","displayName":"Mike Cherry","lastName":"Cherry"},{"researchInterest":"Genome-wide analysis of host-pathogen interactions using a bacteria-C. elegans pathogenesis model; molecular mechanisms of virulence of bacterial pathogens; regulation of host-pathogen interactions by fatty acids and the nervous system; elucidate the distinctions in the regulation of immunity, stress and longevity.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3853&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Man-Wah_Tan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Man-Wah","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics","displayName":"Man-Wah Tan","lastName":"Tan"},{"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7022&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Pringle","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"John","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","displayName":"John R. 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Tran","lastName":"Tran"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Brown's research group uses diverse experimental and computational methods to investigate the logic and mechanisms that control a genome's expression program.  The Brown laboratory is systematically characterizing the genetic scripts that control the expression of our genes, in normal development and physiology and in diseases like cancer, with a particular focus on post-transcriptional regulation. The Brown lab also develops strategies and assays for early detection and diagnosis of cancer.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4284&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Patrick_Brown","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Patrick","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","displayName":"Patrick O. 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We also collaborate with Pruitt's group in Mechanical Engineering to develop and fabricate novel devices for the study of sensory transduction.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3813&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Miriam_Goodman","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Miriam","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","displayName":"Miriam B. 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