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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":"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":"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":"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":"Carroll","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9403&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christopher Carroll","firstName":"Christopher","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Carroll","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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We also collaborate with Pruitt's group in Mechanical Engineering to develop and fabricate novel devices for the study of sensory transduction."},{"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":"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":"Berlin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9330&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dorit Berlin","firstName":"Dorit","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dorit_Berlin","researchInterest":""},{"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":"Krasnow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4120&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Krasnow","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Krasnow","researchInterest":"Genetic and molecular basis of respiratory system  development, maintenance, and disease in Drosophila, mouse, and human"},{"lastName":"Lu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3976&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bingwei Lu","firstName":"Bingwei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bingwei_Lu","researchInterest":"We are interested in understanding how neural stem cells balance their self-renewal and differentiation and how deregulation of this process can result in brain tumor. We are also interested in mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer\u0092s and Parkinson\u0092s diseases. We are using both Drosophila and mammalian models to address these fundamental questions."},{"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":"Fuller","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Margaret T. 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Our work centers on the biology of lysine methylation, a principal chromatin-regulatory mechanism that directs epigenetic processes.  We study how lysine methylation events are generated, sensed, and transduced, and how these chemical marks integrate with other nuclear signaling systems to govern diverse cellular functions."},{"lastName":"Yoo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew Yoo","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Yoo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Scott","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4165&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matthew Scott","firstName":"Matthew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Matthew_Scott","researchInterest":"Genetic regulation of animal development and human disease. We use mice and flies to study Hedgehog/Patched signaling and its links to brain cancer, development of the neural tube and cerebellum, planar cell polarity genes, a neurodegenerative disease called Niemann-Pick syndrome that affects intracellular organelle movements, chromatin proteins in embryonic stem cells, and genetic control of body size."},{"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":"Baker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6206&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bruce Baker","firstName":"Bruce","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bruce_Baker","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gehrke","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9160&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stephan Gehrke","firstName":"Stephan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephan_Gehrke","researchInterest":""},{"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. 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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":"Velandy Chodaparambil","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Structural Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9946&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jay Chodaparambil","firstName":"Jayanth","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jayanth_Velandy Chodaparambil","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wysocka","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7764&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joanna Wysocka","firstName":"Joanna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joanna_Wysocka","researchInterest":"Research in our lab focuses on mechanisms of epigenetic regulation in differentiation and development. In particular, we are studying the function of histone modifying enzymes in embryonic stem cell self-renewal and in early cell fate decisions. We are interested in the role of chromatin modifications in establishment and maintenance of gene expression patterns during normal and pathological development, and in nuclear reprogramming."},{"lastName":"Straight","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant 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."}]}