{"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 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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4432&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Julie_Theriot","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Julie","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry","displayName":"Julie Theriot","lastName":"Theriot"},{"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":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9289&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Maikke_Ohlson","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Maikke","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry","displayName":"Maikke Ohlson","lastName":"Ohlson"},{"researchInterest":"Research interests: ocular pathology, host-pathogen interactions in infectious disease, infectious disease in frogs, phenotypic characterization of tg and ko mice, histopathology of minimally-invasive radiological ablation techniques (focused ultrasound, cryoablation).","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4428&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Donna_Bouley","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Comparative Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Donna","primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Comparative Medicine","displayName":"Donna M. Bouley","lastName":"Bouley"},{"researchInterest":"The aim of my research is to investigate the mechanisms, frequency, and consequences of the evolutionary shifts experienced by bacteria. Some more specific areas of research include:\r\n\r\n(1)  Quantifying shifts in the strength of purifying selection and understanding the consequences of such shifts\r\n \r\n(2)  Determining whether shifts in nucleotide content are driven by shifts in mutation or shifts in selection\r\n\r\n(3)  Establishing the mechanisms of shifts in codon usage bias","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10299&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ruth_Hershberg","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ruth","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","displayName":"Ruth Hershberg","lastName":"Hershberg"},{"researchInterest":"Molecular and cellular pathogenesis of Helicobacter infection. Molecular epidemiology, hospital epidemiology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4603&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lucy_Tompkins","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Diseases"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"hospital epidemiology"}],"firstName":"Lucy","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","displayName":"Lucy Tompkins","lastName":"Tompkins"},{"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":"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=9162&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Pride","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","displayName":"David Pride","lastName":"Pride"},{"researchInterest":"My research interests include development and implementation of rapid diagnostic assays for the detection, identification, and susceptibility testing of clinically important mycobacteria.  Furthermore, I am interested in understanding the role of M. tuberculosis lipoproteins and lipoprotein processing in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8031&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Niaz_Banaei","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Clinical Pathology"},{"focus":"Mycobacterium Infections"},{"focus":"Clinical Laboratory Techniques"}],"firstName":"Niaz","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","displayName":"Niaz Banaei (previously Banaiee)","lastName":"Banaei"},{"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":"We investigate the mechanisms by which nuclear receptors (such as PPARs) and coactivator proteins control programs of metabolism and inflammation in tissues.  Our work is highly pertinent to various disease states, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, autoimmunity and aging.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3922&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ajay_Chawla","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology / Diabetes"},{"focus":"Endocrinology and Metabolism"}],"firstName":"Ajay","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab","displayName":"Ajay Chawla","lastName":"Chawla"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11452&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Adel_Mohamed Nour Mohamed Arfan","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Adel","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","displayName":"Adel M. Nour","lastName":"Mohamed Nour Mohamed Arfan"},{"researchInterest":"We develop and use the tools of molecular imaging to understand oncogenesis, reveal patterns of cell migration in immunosurveillance, monitor gene expression, visualize stem cell biology, and assess the distribution of pathogens in living animal models of human biology and disease. Biology doesn't occur in \"a vacuum\" or on coated plates--it occurs in the living body and that's were we look for biological patterns and responses to insult.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4036&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Contag","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Christopher","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology","displayName":"Christopher H. Contag","lastName":"Contag"},{"researchInterest":"I am interested in the long-term consequences of chronic interactions between the human host and the microbial world.  Recently, we have focused most heavily on Helicobacter pylori, tuberculosis and helminth infections.  I also remain strongly interested in diarrheal diseases, particularly in the developing world, and in sanitation and hygiene.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4495&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Julie_Parsonnet","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"},{"focus":"Infectious Diseases"}],"firstName":"Julie","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","displayName":"Julie Parsonnet","lastName":"Parsonnet"},{"researchInterest":"My investigative program focuses on human-microbe interactions and human microbial ecology, and is divided into two research areas: 1) Ecology of human indigenous microbial communities; 2) Classification of humans and non-human primates with systemic infectious diseases, based on features of genome-wide gene transcript abundance patterns.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4005&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Relman","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"},{"focus":"Infectious Diseases"}],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","displayName":"David A. Relman","lastName":"Relman"},{"researchInterest":"We study innate immunity and microbial pathogenesis. We have been studying models for a variety of bacterial infections including:  Listeria, Mycobacteria, Salmonella and Streptococcus as well as some fungi, parasites and viruses.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4580&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Schneider","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","displayName":"David Schneider","lastName":"Schneider"},{"researchInterest":"1. Improvement of our newly discovered cancer prodrug regimen that permits noninvaisve visualization of drug activation. 2. Tracking tumors & cancer metastases using bacterial magnetite. 3. Molecular basis of bacterial planktonic and biofilm antibiotic resistance on Earth and under space microgravity; 4. Bioremediation.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4329&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/AC_Matin","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"AC","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","displayName":"AC Matin","lastName":"Matin"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10641&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrea_Miyahira","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Andrea","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","displayName":"Andrea K. (Perry) Miyahira","lastName":"Miyahira"},{"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":"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.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7014&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kendric_Smith","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Kendric","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology","displayName":"Kendric C. Smith","lastName":"Smith"},{"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":"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":"","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"}]}