{"result":[{"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":"Stearns","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"}],"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 do the centrosome and cilium control cell control cell signaling? How is cell division coordinated with duplication of the centrosome, and what goes wrong in cancer cells defective in this coordination?"},{"lastName":"Breslow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19226&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Breslow","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Breslow","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Pfeffer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4087&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Suzanne Pfeffer","firstName":"Suzanne","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Suzanne_Pfeffer","researchInterest":"The goal of our research is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which proteins are targeted to specific membrane compartments. How do transport vesicles select their contents, bud, translocate through the cytoplasm, and then fuse with their targets? We study the Ras-like Rab GTPases--how they serve as master regulators of all receptor trafficking events.  We also study how cells acquire cholesterol from the diet and from LDL."},{"lastName":"Ferrell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4656&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Ferrell","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Ferrell","researchInterest":"My lab has two main goals: to understand mitotic regulation and to understand the systems-level logic of simple signaling circuits.  We often make use of Xenopus laevis oocytes, eggs, and cell-free extracts for both sorts of study.  We also carry out single-cell fluorescence imaging studies on mammalian cell lines.  Our experimental work is complemented by computational and theoretical studies aimed at identifying the design principles of regulatory circuits."},{"lastName":"Chen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Natural Sciences Cluster - Chemistry Department"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3938&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James K. 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We are currently using genetic and small-molecule approaches to study the molecular mechanisms of Hedgehog signaling, and we are developing chemical technologies to perturb and observe the genetic programs that underlie vertebrate development."},{"lastName":"Mall","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=34619&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Moritz Mall","firstName":"Moritz","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Moritz_Mall","researchInterest":""},{"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":"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":"Cao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11477&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jian Cao","firstName":"Jian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jian_Cao","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4007&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tobias Meyer","firstName":"Tobias","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tobias_Meyer","researchInterest":"CELLULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING  The main problem in signal transduction is to understand how different receptor-stimuli specifically control diverse cell functions. We are using automated microscopy, live-cell fluorescent biosensors and perturbations of predicted signaling proteins to systematically dissect signaling networks.  This allows us to identify signaling modules and to elucidate and ultimately model the flow of cellular information."},{"lastName":"Janda","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10499&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Claudia Janda","firstName":"Claudia","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Claudia_Janda","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Mcintire","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Associate Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Associate Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=22953&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Mcintire","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Mcintire","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":"Woo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9651&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Wei-Meng Woo","firstName":"Wei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Wei_Woo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Atwood","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10356&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Scott Atwood","firstName":"Scott","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Scott_Atwood","researchInterest":"My research focus is on protein kinase regulation of primary cilia-mediated signaling, skin and hair follicle development, and epithelial tumor progression. My work has discovered novel roles of kinases in neural stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, primary cilia structure and signaling, hair follicle cycling, and basal cell carcinoma progression. How kinases achieve these diverse functions are an ongoing area of investigation."},{"lastName":"Rohatgi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10885&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rajat Rohatgi","firstName":"Rajat","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rajat_Rohatgi","researchInterest":"We are working to elucidate the biochemical and cell biological principles that govern signaling pathways that sit at the intersection between developmental biology and cancer.  Our toolkit combines bulk biochemical techniques, such as cell-free reconstitution, with microscopy using novel optical probes to study the dynamics of signal propagation in cells.  We strive to develop novel strategies for the manipulation of these pathways for cancer therapies and applications in regenerative medicine."},{"lastName":"Goodman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3813&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Miriam B. Goodman","firstName":"Miriam","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Miriam_Goodman","researchInterest":"We study the molecular events that give rise to the sensation of touch and temperature in C. elegans. To do this, we use a combination of quantitative behavioral analysis, genetics, in vivo electrophysiology, and heterologous expression of ion channels.  We also collaborate with Pruitt's group in Mechanical Engineering to develop and fabricate novel devices for the study of sensory transduction."},{"lastName":"Strick","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Health & Safety Specialist,Administrative Units - EH&S Program Management and Administration"}],"primaryAppointment":"Health & Safety Specialist,Administrative Units - EH&S Program Management and Administration","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9209&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David J. Strick, Ph.D.","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Strick","researchInterest":"My work is aimed at understanding cell signaling mechanisms that regulate the phagocytosis pathway in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. Loss of RPE phagocytic function leads to severe retinal degeneration in mouse models and retinitis pigmentosa in humans. Understanding these pathways will provide valuable insight into further treatments for retinal degenerative diseases."},{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10429&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"KC Huang","firstName":"Kerwyn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kerwyn_Huang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Shiau","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15820&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Celia Shiau","firstName":"Celia","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Celia_Shiau","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18946&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jin Billy Li","firstName":"Jin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jin_Li","researchInterest":""}]}