{"result":[{"lastName":"Schnitzer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6238&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark J. Schnitzer","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Schnitzer","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."},{"lastName":"Spudich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4609&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Spudich","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Spudich","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."},{"lastName":"Bryant","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8004&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zev Bryant","firstName":"Zev","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zev_Bryant","researchInterest":"Molecular motors lie at the heart of biological processes from DNA replication to vesicle transport. My laboratory seeks to understand the physical mechanisms by which these nanoscale machines convert chemical energy into mechanical work."},{"lastName":"McKay","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4099&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David B. McKay","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_McKay","researchInterest":"Three-dimensional structure determination and biophysical studies of macromolecules."},{"lastName":"Das","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10421&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rhiju Das","firstName":"Rhiju","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rhiju_Das","researchInterest":"Rhiju Das strives to predict how sequence codes for structure in proteins, nucleic acids, and heteropolymers whose folds have yet to be explored. The Das group uses new computational and experimental tools to tackle the de novo modeling of protein and RNA folds, the high-throughput structure mapping of riboswitches and random RNAs, and the design of self-knotting and self-crystallizing nucleic acids."},{"lastName":"Campbell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6212&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allan Campbell","firstName":"Allan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Allan_Campbell","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Theriot","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4432&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Julie Theriot","firstName":"Julie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Julie_Theriot","researchInterest":"We study the interactions between infectious bacteria and the human host cell actin cytoskeleton. Listeria monocytogenes and Shigella flexneri are unrelated food-borne bacterial pathogens that share a common mechanism of invasion and actin-dependent intercellular spread in epithelial cells. Our studies fall into three broad areas: the biochemical basis of actin-based motility by these bacteria, the biophysical mechanism of force generation, and the evolutionary origin of pathogenesis."},{"lastName":"Cohen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4481&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stanley N. Cohen, MD","firstName":"Stanley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stanley_Cohen","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."},{"lastName":"Fuller","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Margaret T. Fuller","firstName":"Margaret","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Margaret_Fuller","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."},{"lastName":"Levitt","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Computer Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4494&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Levitt","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Levitt","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."},{"lastName":"Moerner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8121&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"W. E. Moerner","firstName":"W","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/W_Moerner","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"},{"lastName":"Borghi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9555&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nicolas Borghi","firstName":"Nicolas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nicolas_Borghi","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Straight","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant 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":"Scott","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4165&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matthew Scott","firstName":"Matthew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Matthew_Scott","researchInterest":"Genetic regulation of animal development and human disease. We use mice and flies to study Hedgehog/Patched signaling and its links to brain cancer, development of the neural tube and cerebellum, planar cell polarity genes, a neurodegenerative disease called Niemann-Pick syndrome that affects intracellular organelle movements, chromatin proteins in embryonic stem cells, and genetic control of body size."},{"lastName":"Boxer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8050&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Boxer","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Boxer","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Constantin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10547&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Magdalena Constantin","firstName":"Magdalena","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Magdalena_Constantin","researchInterest":"My research is focused on Monte Carlo simulations for photon and proton beam radiotherapy using the Geant4 toolkit. I work on developing a feasible system for generating a clinically useful beam from the initial phase space. The aim of this project is to provide feedback to the experimental efforts for optimal design specifications of the medical accelerator."},{"lastName":"Weis","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4259&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Weis","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Weis","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."},{"lastName":"Garcia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4370&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Chris Garcia","firstName":"Chris","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Chris_Garcia","researchInterest":"Structural and functional studies of transmembrane receptor interactions with their ligands in systems relevant to human health and disease - primarily in immunity, infection, and neurobiology.  We study these problems using protein engineering, structural, biochemical, and combinatorial biology approaches."},{"lastName":"Tobin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver),Center for Biomedical Ethics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6945&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sara L. (Sally) Tobin","firstName":"Sara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sara_Tobin","researchInterest":"Tobin is a Senior Research Scholar in the Program for Genomics, Ethics, and Society at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the University of Washington and did postdoctoral research in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley and in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco. She became a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1983, where she established her independent research l"},{"lastName":"Dragulescu-Andrasi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10213&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anca Dragulescu-Andrasi","firstName":"Anca","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anca_Dragulescu-Andrasi","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Puglisi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph (Jody) Puglisi","firstName":"Joseph","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joseph_Puglisi","researchInterest":"The Puglisi group investigates the role of RNA in cellular processes and disease.  We investigate dynamics using single-molecule approaches.  Our goal is a unified picture of structure, dynamics and function.  We are currently focused on the mechanism and regulation of translation, and the role of RNA in viral infections.  A long-term goal is to target processes involving RNA with novel therapeutic strategies."},{"lastName":"Stearns","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6244&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tim Stearns","firstName":"Tim","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tim_Stearns","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?"},{"lastName":"Falkow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4488&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stanley Falkow","firstName":"Stanley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stanley_Falkow","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)."},{"lastName":"Krasnow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4120&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Krasnow","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Krasnow","researchInterest":"Genetic and molecular basis of respiratory system  development, maintenance, and disease in Drosophila, mouse, and human"},{"lastName":"Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7014&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kendric C. Smith","firstName":"Kendric","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kendric_Smith","researchInterest":"The photochemistry and radiation chemistry of DNA, the genetic control and biochemical bases of the multiple pathways of DNA repair, and the roles of DNA repair processes in radiation and spontaneous mutagenesis. Over 190 papers have been published on these and related topics."}]}