{"result":[{"researchInterest":"Dr. Falkow is no longer taking students or postdoctoral fellows in his laboratory.  \r\n\r\nPlease contact either Denise Monack (dmonack@stanford.edu) or Manuel Amieva (amieva@stanford.edu).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4488&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stanley_Falkow","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Stanley","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","displayName":"Stanley Falkow","lastName":"Falkow"},{"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":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9376&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Aimee_Shen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Aimee","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","displayName":"Aimee Shen","lastName":"Shen"},{"researchInterest":"My laboratory studies the strategies pathogens utilize to colonize and subvert the epithelial barrier. We have focused on the epithelial junctions as a target for bacterial pathogens, since the cell-cell junctions serve as both a barrier to infection and also a major control site for epithelial function. In particular, we are interested in how the gastric pathogen Helicobater pylori may cause cancer by interfering with cell signaling at the epithelial junctions.  We are also studying how variou","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6150&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Manuel_Amieva","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Diseases, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Infectious Disease"}],"firstName":"Manuel","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases","displayName":"Manuel Amieva","lastName":"Amieva"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6209&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Block","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Professor,Applied Physics"},{"appointment":"Senior Fellow (By courtesy),Spogli Inst for Intrntl Studies"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Steven","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Steven M. Block","lastName":"Block"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9437&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Neil_Phillips","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Neil","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","displayName":"Neil Phillips","lastName":"Phillips"},{"researchInterest":"Physical chemistry/chemical physics: single-molecule imaging and spectroscopy in condensed phases; superresolution imaging of biomolecules in cells; fluorophores for cellular imaging; single-molecule biophysics; nanophotonics to produce enhanced optical fields; trapping single molecules in solution","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8121&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/W_Moerner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"W","primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","displayName":"W. E. Moerner","lastName":"Moerner"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8903&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marija_Vrljic","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Marija","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","displayName":"Marija Vrljic","lastName":"Vrljic"},{"researchInterest":"Our laboratory studies molecular interactions that underlie the establishment and maintenance of cell and tissue structure.  Our specific areas of interest are the targeted delivery of proteins to intracellular membranes, the architecture and dynamics of intercellular adhesion junctions, and signaling pathways that govern cell fate determination.  We also have a long-standing interest in carbohydrate-based cellular recognition and adhesion.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4259&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Weis","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"William","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","displayName":"William Weis","lastName":"Weis"},{"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. Brown","lastName":"Brown"},{"researchInterest":"A basic question in developmental biology involves the mechanisms used to generate the three-dimensional organization of a cell from a one-dimensional genetic code. Our goal is to define these mechanisms using both molecular genetics and biochemistry.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4316&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lucille_Shapiro","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Senior Fellow (By courtesy),Spogli Inst for Intrntl Studies"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Lucille","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","displayName":"Lucy Shapiro","lastName":"Shapiro"},{"researchInterest":"Molecular and cellular mechanisms that control muscle and neuronal growth; stem cell biology, differentiation, and tumorigenicity. Regulating stem cell fate in vitro and in vivo. Stem cell therapies. Hematopoietic and muscle stem cells. Characterizing and bioengineering stem cell niches. Nuclear reprogramming. Muscle development and disease. Drug delivery. Tracking cell behavior in vitro and in vivo. Understanding tissue degeneration and regeneration.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4517&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Helen_Blau","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Helen","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","displayName":"Helen M. Blau","lastName":"Blau"},{"researchInterest":"We use the tools of genetics, microscopy, and biochemistry to understand fundamental questions of cell biology: How are cells organized by the cytoskeleton? How does the cytoskeleton effect chromosome segretation with high fidelity? How is cell division coordinated with duplication of the centrosome, and what goes wrong in cancer cells defective in this coordination?","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6244&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tim_Stearns","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Tim","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Tim Stearns","lastName":"Stearns"},{"researchInterest":"Experimental and theoretical analysis and modeling of genetic regulatory circuits, particularly bacterial regulation and with emphasis on global regulation of Caulobacter crescentus. Bioinformatic analysis of bacterial genomes, of microarray expression patterns, and cross-species genomic analysis. Techniques: gene expression microarrays, fluorescent microscopy, electron microscopy.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4403&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Harley_McAdams","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Harley","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Developmental Biology","displayName":"Harley McAdams","lastName":"McAdams"},{"researchInterest":"Is it possible to understand the molecular structure and function of proteins and nucleic acids in enough detail to make accurate predictions about structure and function? We are mounting a two-pronged attack on this problem using both molecular dynamics simulation and molecular modeling.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4494&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Levitt","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Computer Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Michael","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","displayName":"Michael Levitt","lastName":"Levitt"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Nolan's group uses high throughput single cell analysis technology of kinase driven signaling cascades to interrogate autoimmunity, cancer, virology (influenza), bacterial pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) as well as understanding normal immune system function.  Using advanced flow cytometric techniques 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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4713&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Garry_Nolan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Garry","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","displayName":"Garry Nolan","lastName":"Nolan"},{"researchInterest":"Our focus is on building computational models of complex biological processes, and using them to guide an experimental program. Such an approach leads to a relatively rapid identification and validation of previously unknown components and interactions. Biological systems of interest include metabolic, regulatory and signaling networks as well as cell-cell interactions. Current research involves the dynamic behavior of NF-kappaB, an important family of transcription factors.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7986&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Markus_Covert","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Markus","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering","displayName":"Markus Covert","lastName":"Covert"},{"researchInterest":"We study the functional and structural signals that govern mRNA decay and gene expression in bacteria, as well as mechanisms affecting aging and the ability of mammalian cells to support the propagation of viruses.  A small bioinformatics team within our lab has developed knowledge based systems to aid in investigations of gene expression on a genome-wide basis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4481&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stanley_Cohen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Stanley","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","displayName":"Stanley N. Cohen, MD","lastName":"Cohen"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6212&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Allan_Campbell","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Allan","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Allan Campbell","lastName":"Campbell"},{"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. Pringle","lastName":"Pringle"},{"researchInterest":"We are using Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Human to conduct whole genome analysis projects. The yeast genome sequence has approximately 6,000 genes. We have made a set of haploid and diploid strains (21,000) containing a complete deletion of each gene. In order to facilitate whole genome analysis each deletion is molecularly tagged with a unique 20-mer DNA sequence. 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":"The general research interest of this laboratory is the molecular basis of cell motility. We have three specific research interests, the molecular basis of energy transduction that leads to ATP-driven myosin movement on actin, the biochemical basis of the regulation of actin and myosin interaction and their assembly states, and the roles these proteins play in vivo, in cell movement and changes in cell shape.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4609&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Spudich","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"James","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","displayName":"James Spudich","lastName":"Spudich"},{"researchInterest":"Our laboratory is studying synapse formation, stability and elimination at a variety of levels, e.g. from molecules to behavior.  A primary focus of the lab is to understanding the role that individual molecules play in the assembly and function of synaptic junctions.  In addition we evaluating a variety of potential treatments for cognitive impairment in Down syndrome in part by assessing the impact specific drugs on cognitive function in mouse models of Down syndrome.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3890&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Craig_Garner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Craig","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS","displayName":"Craig C. Garner","lastName":"Garner"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9555&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nicolas_Borghi","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Nicolas","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Nicolas Borghi","lastName":"Borghi"},{"researchInterest":"My laboratory has three major research efforts:\r\n1) In vivo fluorescence imaging and behavioral studies of cerebellar-dependent motor control and motor learning.\r\n2) Development and application of fiber-optic fluorescence microendoscopy imaging techniques for studies of learning and memory in behaving mice and for clinical uses in humans.\r\n3) Development of high-throughput, massively parallel imaging techniques for studying brain function in large numbers of Drosophila concurrently.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6238&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Schnitzer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Mark","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Mark J. 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