{"result":[{"researchInterest":"Life-history evolution and the influence of individual heterogeneity\r\nMy post-doctoral research centers around evolution of aging in wild populations, in particular the influence of individual heterogeneity on life-history patterns.\r\nWe confront basic evolutionary theory with longitudinal data across a broad range of taxa and investigate the effect of individual heterogeneity in stage- and age-structured matrix population models.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8887&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ulrich_Steiner","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ulrich","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Ulrich Steiner","lastName":"Steiner"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6253&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kathryn_Barton","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Kathryn","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Kathryn Barton","lastName":"Barton"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11252&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Charles_Hachez","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Charles","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Charles Hachez","lastName":"Hachez"},{"researchInterest":"My laboratory investigates how bacterial pathogens employ proteins secreted by the type III secretion system (TTSS) to manipulate eukaryotic signaling to promote disease.  We study TTSS effectors in the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris, the causal agent of bacterial spot disease of pepper and tomato. For these studies, we apply biochemical, cell biological, and genetic approaches using the natural hosts and two model pathosystems.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6232&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mary Beth_Mudgett","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Mary Beth","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Mary Beth Mudgett","lastName":"Mudgett"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8678&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Morteza_Shahram","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Statistics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Morteza","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Statistics","displayName":"Morteza Shahram","lastName":"Shahram"},{"researchInterest":"We use genetic, genomic and cell biological approaches to study cell fate acquisition, focusing on cases where cell fate is correlated with asymmetric cell division.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6207&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dominique_Bergmann","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Dominique","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Dominique Bergmann","lastName":"Bergmann"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9595&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jung-Gun_Kim","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Jung-Gun","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Jung-Gun Kim","lastName":"Kim"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6247&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Peter_Vitousek","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Peter","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Peter Vitousek","lastName":"Vitousek"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6246&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shripad_Tuljapurkar","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Shripad","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Shripad Tuljapurkar","lastName":"Tuljapurkar"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6215&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Denny","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Mark","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Mark Denny","lastName":"Denny"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6236&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joan_Roughgarden","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Joan","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Joan Roughgarden","lastName":"Roughgarden"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12553&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Valeria_Vasquez","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Mechanical Engineering"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Valeria","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Mechanical Engineering","displayName":"Valeria Vasquez","lastName":"Vasquez"},{"researchInterest":"My primary interest is in developing statistical and dynamic models to predict the pharmacokinetic properties of plant-derived compounds, as well their pharmacological effects on cancer cells. Due to synergistic interactions, combinations of compounds can sometimes be more effective than single drugs. Thus I am also interested in modeling drug interactions, which can depend upon protein-drug binding affinity and protein-protein interactions.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8644&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Boik","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Statistics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"John","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Statistics","displayName":"John C. Boik","lastName":"Boik"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10630&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Onur_Kilic","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Electrical Engineering"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Onur","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Electrical Engineering","displayName":"Onur Kilic","lastName":"Kilic"},{"researchInterest":"Dr Hammer has had a longstanding interest in factors influencing the development of childhood obesity.  In particular, his studies have focused on early determinants of eating behavior, physical activity, and parenting behavior in relation to early feeding decisions and parental influences on diet and eating. With the current epidemic of child obesity and it's comorbidities, he is currently involved in the development of protocols for adolescent bariatric surgery.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3799&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lawrence_Hammer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatrics, General"},{"focus":"General Pediatrics"}],"firstName":"Lawrence","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - General","displayName":"Lawrence D. Hammer","lastName":"Hammer"},{"researchInterest":"Watching cells at work \r\nFocus: Transport / signaling across the plasma membrane (sugars, amino acids). \r\nTools: FRET-based nanosensors for metabolite imaging (with subcellular resolution) in living organisms using confocal fluorescence microscopy and HTS; Sensor optimization by computational design; RNAi to modify cellular functions.\r\nGoals: Identify unknown sugar effluxers from liver/plant cells; study regulatory networks. \r\nModel systems: liver, neuronal, plant cell cultures, Arabidopsis, yeast","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6305&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wolf_Frommer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Wolf","primaryAppointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Wolf B. Frommer","lastName":"Frommer"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6224&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Deborah_Gordon","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Deborah","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Deborah M Gordon","lastName":"Gordon"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9208&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Johan_Kers","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Johan","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","displayName":"Johan Kers","lastName":"Kers"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8738&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yongxing_Shen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Mechanical Engineering"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Yongxing","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Mechanical Engineering","displayName":"Yongxing Shen","lastName":"Shen"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10811&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Kroeger","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Daniel","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","displayName":"Daniel Kroeger","lastName":"Kroeger"},{"researchInterest":"Behaviors influencing the development of adiposity in a, longitudinal cohort of children followed from birth; psychopathology, and treatment of bulimia nervosa, including non-purging bulimia and, its relationship to obesity; weight loss and its maintenance;, hand-held computers as data collection and therapeutic devices","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4505&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Agras","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"William","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"W. Stewart Agras","lastName":"Agras"},{"researchInterest":"Primary research interests include the nature and treatment of eating disorders\r\n(particularly bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder),  the development and treatment of obesity, and the relationship between binge eating and the metabolic syndrome.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3859&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Debra_Safer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Eating Disorders"},{"focus":"Binge-Eating Disorder"},{"focus":"Bulimia Nervosa"}],"firstName":"Debra","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine","displayName":"Debra Safer","lastName":"Safer"},{"researchInterest":"Our current focus is on maize anther development to understand how cell fate is specified.  Ultimately we want to understand how MuDR/Mu transposons of maize switch from a \"cut and paste\" biochemistry to a net replicative outcome during the life cycle.  We have discovered that frameshift translation is required to produce one form of the transposase.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6248&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Virginia_Walbot","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Virginia","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Virginia Walbot","lastName":"Walbot"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6242&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/George_Somero","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"George","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"George Somero","lastName":"Somero"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10991&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kathia_Zaleta Rivera","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemistry"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Kathia","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemistry","displayName":"Kathia Zaleta","lastName":"Zaleta Rivera"}]}