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Underlying these studies are questions of how a cells can distinguish information as \"self\" versus \"nonself\" or \"wanted\" versus \"unwanted\"."},{"lastName":"Woo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, 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":"Schvarzstein","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, 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":"Villeneuve","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4035&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anne Villeneuve","firstName":"Anne","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anne_Villeneuve","researchInterest":"Mechanisms underlying homologous chromosome pairing, DNA recombination and chromosome remodeling during meiosis, using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as an experimental system.  High-resolution 3-D imaging of dynamic reorganization of chromosome architecture.  Role of protease inhibitors in regulating sperm activation."},{"lastName":"Tan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3853&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Man-Wah Tan","firstName":"Man-Wah","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Man-Wah_Tan","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."},{"lastName":"Bessler","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9688&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jessica Bessler","firstName":"Jessica","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jessica_Bessler","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Budovskaya","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10192&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yelena Budovskaya","firstName":"Yelena","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yelena_Budovskaya","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Clark","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8632&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Damon Clark","firstName":"Damon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Damon_Clark","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9524&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andy Chang","firstName":"Andy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andy_Chang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Goodman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3813&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Miriam B. 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Had worked on post-transcriptional regulation (microRNAs) for 5 years during PhD under the mentor ship of Prof. Samir Brahmachari at IGIB, India. Now focusing on building gene regulatory networks using high-throughput genomics and proteomics datasets. Analysis of genomic variations is also a research focus. 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