{"result":[{"lastName":"Drukker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9848&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Micha Drukker","firstName":"Micha","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Micha_Drukker","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wernig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marius Wernig","firstName":"Marius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marius_Wernig","researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine"},{"lastName":"Gupta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9355&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Deepak M. 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We use a combination of gene profiling, tissue engineering, physiological testing, and molecular imaging technologies to better understand stem cell biology in vitro and in vivo.  For adult stem cells, we are interested in monitoring stem cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. For ESC, we are currently studying their tumorigenicity, immunogenicity, and differentiation"},{"lastName":"Hariharan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14095&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Manoj Hariharan","firstName":"Manoj","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Manoj_Hariharan","researchInterest":"I specialize in Bioinformatics. 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. Currently working with Mike Snyder."},{"lastName":"Butte","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Computer Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6603&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Atul Butte","firstName":"Atul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Atul_Butte","researchInterest":"Translational bioinformatics has been defined as the development of analytic\r\nmethods to help transform increasingly voluminous genomic and biological data into diagnostics and therapeutics for the clinician.  The long-term research goal of the Butte Lab is to develop translational bioinformatics methods to reason over many available genome-scale measurement and experimental modalities, and apply these methods to study complex disorders in genomic medicine, especially obesity and diabetes."},{"lastName":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jaehoon Chung","firstName":"Jaehoon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jaehoon_Chung","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6384&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Chang-Zheng Chen","firstName":"Chang-Zheng","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Chang-Zheng_Chen","researchInterest":"We study the genetic networks controlled by regulatory RNAs, such as microRNAs (miRNAs), and currently focus on two complementary aspects of miRNA biology: (1) The roles of miRNAs in modulating the development, function, and pathogenesis of vertebrate immune systems and (2) the mechanisms by which these regulatory RNAs control gene expression."},{"lastName":"Beygui","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Valvular Heart Diseases"},{"focus":"Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"focus":"Coronary Artery Bypass"},{"focus":"Aortic Aneurysm"},{"focus":"Arrhythmias, Cardiac"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Cardiothoracic Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8415&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ramin E. Beygui, M.D.","firstName":"Ramin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ramin_Beygui","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8756&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zongjin Li","firstName":"Zongjin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zongjin_Li","researchInterest":"Embryonic stem cell differentiation, angiogenesis"},{"lastName":"Reijo-Pera","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Renee A. 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Therefore, we are evaluating the expression and function of DNMTs in hESC-derived germ cells throughout development and determining their importance for normal germ cell differentiation and imprinting."},{"lastName":"Marchand","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10608&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Melanie Marchand","firstName":"Melanie Annette Simone","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Melanie Annette Simone_Marchand","researchInterest":"Study of the Marfan Syndrome using patient-specific pluripotent stem cell lines"},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6089&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Howard Y. Chang","firstName":"Howard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Howard_Chang","researchInterest":"The Chang group is focused on two fundamental questions in epithelial biology: (1) the basis of positional identities in epidermal structures throughout the body, and (2) how those signals and boundaries may be abrogated to allow cancer metastasis. We are investigating the roles of site-specific fibroblast differentiation in patterning the epidermis, and dissecting the mechanisms of wound healing programs in cancer metastasis."},{"lastName":"Yao","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Fertility (Reproductive Medicine)"},{"focus":"Gynecology"},{"focus":"Reprod. Endocrinology and Infertility"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3988&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mylene W. 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Specifically, we aim to understand how key processes such as nuclear reprogramming, establishment of developmental competence, maintenance of pluripotency, and cell cycle regulation are regulated at the earliest stages."},{"lastName":"Diehn","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"}],"primaryAppointment":"Acting Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9248&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maximilian Diehn, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Maximilian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Maximilian_Diehn","researchInterest":"My lab focuses on cancer stem cell biology and its implications for cancer therapy. We are interested in developing a deeper molecular understanding of cancer stem cells, including identifying pathways and genes important for proliferation and self renewal. We also study these processes in normal adult stem cells in order to identify differences that could be exploited therapeutically. 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Brown","firstName":"Patrick","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Patrick_Brown","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."},{"lastName":"Gu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9897&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shuo Gu","firstName":"Shuo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shuo_Gu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8938&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mei Huang","firstName":"Mei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mei_Huang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Pollack","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6066&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonathan Pollack","firstName":"Jonathan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jonathan_Pollack","researchInterest":"Our laboratory uses genomics approaches to explore patterns of gene expression and gene copy number alteration in both human cancer cell line model systems and in tumors, with the goals of better understanding cancer, and developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies."}]}