{"result":[{"lastName":"Choi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jinkuk Choi","firstName":"Jinkuk","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jinkuk_Choi","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Artandi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3848&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Artandi","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Steven_Artandi","researchInterest":"Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes that protect chromosome ends and shorten with cell division and aging.  We are interested in how telomere shortening influences cancer, stem cell function and genomic stability.  Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase that synthesizes telomere repeats and is expressed in stem cells and in cancer.  We have found that telomerase also regulates stem cells and we are pursuing the function of telomerase through diverse genetic and biochemical approaches."},{"lastName":"Oh","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9384&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephen Oh","firstName":"Stephen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Oh","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"van Amerongen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9613&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Renee van Amerongen","firstName":"Renee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Renee_van Amerongen","researchInterest":"Alternative modes of Wnt-signal transduction"},{"lastName":"Nusse","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4280&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Roeland Nusse","firstName":"Roeland","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Roeland_Nusse","researchInterest":"Our laboratory studies Wnt signaling in development and disease. We found recently that Wnt proteins are unusual growth factors, because they are lipid-modified. We also discovered that Wnt proteins promote the proliferation of stem cells of various origins. Current work is directed at understanding the function of the lipid on the Wnt,  using Wnt proteins as factors the expand stem cells and on understanding Wnt signaling during injury repair and regeneration."},{"lastName":"Shachaf","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7574&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Catherine Shachaf","firstName":"Catherine","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Catherine_Shachaf","researchInterest":"The focus of our research is to determine the genomic and proteomic signatures of a cancer cell, and to compare them to the signatures of normal stem cells.  The goal is to identify the pathway(s) that determine the fate of a progenitor cell \u0096 to become neoplastic or to remain normal \u0096 then to prevent the neoplastic pathway decision.\r\n\r\nWe are also developing surface enhanced Raman (SERS) nanoparticles to supplement the fluorescent molecules currently available for flow cytometry."},{"lastName":"Agalliu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9742&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dritan Agalliu PhD","firstName":"Dritan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dritan_Agalliu","researchInterest":"I am interested in understanding the signaling pathways that regulate the development of specialized tight junctions in brain endothelial cells responsible for forming the blood-brain barrier. The identification of these signals is important for elucidating the mechanisms that regulate the entry of distinct compounds or drugs into the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the etiology of pathological CNS conditions associated with blood-brain barrier breakdown."},{"lastName":"Felsher","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hodgkin's Disease"},{"focus":"Hodgkin's Disease - Hematology"},{"focus":"Hodgkin's Disease - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Lymphoma "},{"focus":"Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology (Cancer)"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5931&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dean W. 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I have shown that cancers caused by the conditional over-expression of the MYC proto-oncogene regress with its inactivation."},{"lastName":"Ferrell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"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."},{"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":"Kuo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5906&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Calvin Kuo","firstName":"Calvin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Calvin_Kuo","researchInterest":"Our laboratory explores a variety of projects including angiogenesis, intestinal stem cell biology, and hepatic insulin resistance. Studies in angiogenesis include characterization of endothelial microRNA and GPCR ko mice, and anti-angiogenic therapy of cancer.  Our work on intestinal stem cell biology utilizes primary intestinal culture and in vivo adenoviral/ko strategies to study stem cells and model colon cancer.  Investigations into mechanisms of hepatic insulin resistance are underway."},{"lastName":"Boxer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hematology"},{"focus":"Multiple Myeloma"},{"focus":"Multiple Myeloma - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma - Hematology"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma - Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4658&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda Boxer","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Linda_Boxer","researchInterest":"Regulation of expression of oncogenes in normal and malignant hematologic cells."},{"lastName":"Crabtree","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4283&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gerald Crabtree","firstName":"Gerald","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gerald_Crabtree","researchInterest":"The role of chromatin in stem cell formation and function.  Development of small molecule regulators as experimental probes and therapeutic leads.  Signaling through calcineurin  and NFAT in vertebrate development."},{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4402&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zijie Sun","firstName":"Zijie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zijie_Sun","researchInterest":"My laboratory focuses on understanding the transcriptional processes that govern the transformation of normal mammalian cells to neoplastic state."},{"lastName":"Sibley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology/Nutrition/Hepatology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Gastroenterology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Gastroenterology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4551&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eric Sibley, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Eric","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Eric_Sibley","researchInterest":"Genetic Regulation of Intestinal Development and Maturation. We study transcriptional mechanisms regulating the spatial and temporal restriction of intestine-specific gene expression during gut development. Our approach is to characterize the function of gene-specific DNA cis elements and interacting nuclear proteins in cell culture and in transgenic animals. The goal is to relate the gene-specific control mechanisms to the broader pathways specifying acquisition of a small intestinal phenotype."},{"lastName":"Lorch","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Structural Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4116&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yahli Lorch","firstName":"Yahli","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yahli_Lorch","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sahoo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10888&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Debashis Sahoo","firstName":"Debashis","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Debashis_Sahoo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lu","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=8826&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rong Lu","firstName":"Rong","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rong_Lu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Contag","clinicalFocus":[],"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"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher H. Contag","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Contag","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."},{"lastName":"Nolan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4713&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Garry Nolan","firstName":"Garry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Garry_Nolan","researchInterest":"Dr. Nolan's group uses high throughput single cell analysis technology of kinase driven signaling cascades to interrogate autoimmunity, cancer, virology (influenza), bacterial pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) as well as understanding normal immune system function.  Using advanced flow cytometric techniques and computational biology approaches, we focus on high throughput drug screening, mouse models of disease in patient materials, and understanding disease processes at the single cell level."},{"lastName":"Cimprich","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Chemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4417&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Karlene Cimprich","firstName":"Karlene","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Karlene_Cimprich","researchInterest":"The use of genetic, biochemical and chemical approaches to understand the DNA damage-induced cell cycle checkpoints and the processes that contribute to maintenance of genomic stability."},{"lastName":"Tietze","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Internal Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Internal Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6449&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maja Artandi, MD","firstName":"Maja","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Maja_Tietze","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Stockdale","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Breast Cancer - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Oncology"},{"focus":"Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Metastatic Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Inflammatory Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Locally Advanced Breast Cancer"},{"focus":"Chemotherapy, Adjuvant"},{"focus":"Ductal Carcinoma In Situ"},{"focus":"Phyllodes Tumor"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4528&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Frank E. Stockdale","firstName":"Frank","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Frank_Stockdale","researchInterest":"Laboratory and clinical research in breast cancer ; Normal and abornal differentiation and growth"},{"lastName":"Dalerba","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9693&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Piero Dalerba","firstName":"Piero","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Piero_Dalerba","researchInterest":"Cancer Stem Cells, Colon Cancer"},{"lastName":"van Riggelen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9075&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jan van Riggelen","firstName":"Jan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jan_van Riggelen","researchInterest":"The Impact of Epigenetics on MYC-induced Tumorigenesis"}]}