{"result":[{"lastName":"Schvarzstein","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9884&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mara Schvarzstein","firstName":"Mara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mara_Schvarzstein","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Straight","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6006&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Aaron Straight","firstName":"Aaron","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Aaron_Straight","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."},{"lastName":"Kim","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4167&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stuart Kim","firstName":"Stuart","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stuart_Kim","researchInterest":"Mechanisms of Aging in C. elegans and humans."},{"lastName":"Gozani","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6423&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Or Gozani","firstName":"Or","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Or_Gozani","researchInterest":"We study the molecular mechanisms by which chromatin-signaling networks effect nuclear and epigenetic programs, and how dysregulation of these pathways leads to disease.  Our work centers on the biology of lysine methylation, a principal chromatin-regulatory mechanism that directs epigenetic processes.  We study how lysine methylation events are generated, sensed, and transduced, and how these chemical marks integrate with other nuclear signaling systems to govern diverse cellular functions."},{"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. 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We are also discovering novel genes and processes involved in aging using two short-lived model systems, the invertebrate C. elegans and an extremely short-lived vertebrate, the African killifish N. furzeri."},{"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":"Bacaj","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17260&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Taulant Bacaj","firstName":"Taulant","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Taulant_Bacaj","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Jackson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4463&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Jackson","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Peter_Jackson","researchInterest":"Cell cycle and cyclin control of DNA replication ."},{"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. 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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":"Owen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8072&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Art Owen","firstName":"Art","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Art_Owen","researchInterest":""},{"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.  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