{"result":[{"lastName":"Boothroyd","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4492&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John  Boothroyd","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Boothroyd","researchInterest":"We are intereseted in the interaction between the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii and its mammalian host.  We use a combination of molecular and genetic tools to understand how this obligate intracellular parasite can invade almost any cell it encounters, how it co-opts a host cell once inside and how it evades the immune response to produce a life-long, persistent infection."},{"lastName":"Hiller","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10117&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Hiller","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Hiller","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gozani","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6423&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Or Gozani","firstName":"Or","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Or_Gozani","researchInterest":"We study the molecular mechanisms by which chromatin-signaling networks effect nuclear and epigenetic programs, and how dysregulation of these pathways leads to disease.  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":"Kim","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9655&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kwang-sun Kim","firstName":"Kwang-sun","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kwang-sun_Kim","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sarnow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4458&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Sarnow","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Peter_Sarnow","researchInterest":"Our laboratory studies virus-host interactions with an emphasis microRNA-mediated gene regulation and on translational control. The mechanism by which a liver-specific microRNA regulates hepatitis C virus genome replication is under intense scrutiny. In addition, the mechanism of internal ribosome entry in certain cellular and viral mRNAs and its biological role in growth and development is being investigated."},{"lastName":"Puglisi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4431&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph (Jody) Puglisi","firstName":"Joseph","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joseph_Puglisi","researchInterest":"The Puglisi group investigates the role of RNA in cellular processes and disease.  We investigate dynamics using single-molecule approaches.  Our goal is a unified picture of structure, dynamics and function.  We are currently focused on the mechanism and regulation of translation, and the role of RNA in viral infections.  A long-term goal is to target processes involving RNA with novel therapeutic strategies."},{"lastName":"Altman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - BMIR"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Computer Science"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4706&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Russ B. Altman","firstName":"Russ","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Russ_Altman","researchInterest":"I refer you to my web page for detailed list of interests, projects and publications.  In addition to pressing the link here, you can search \"Russ Altman\" on http://www.google.com/"},{"lastName":"Cohen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4481&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stanley N. Cohen, MD","firstName":"Stanley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stanley_Cohen","researchInterest":"We study the functional and structural signals that govern mRNA decay and gene expression in bacteria, as well as mechanisms affecting aging and the ability of mammalian cells to support the propagation of viruses.  A small bioinformatics team within our lab has developed knowledge based systems to aid in investigations of gene expression on a genome-wide basis."},{"lastName":"Beachy","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7655&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Philip Beachy","firstName":"Philip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Philip_Beachy","researchInterest":"Function of Hedgehog proteins and other extracellular signals in morphogenesis (pattern formation), in injury repair and regeneration (pattern maintenance). We study how the distribution of such signals is regulated in tissues, how cells perceive and respond to distinct concentrations of signals, and how such signaling pathways arose in evolution. We also study the normal roles of such signals in stem-cell physiology and their abnormal roles in the formation and expansion of cancer stem cells."},{"lastName":"Singh","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Disease"},{"focus":"Infectious Diseases"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3861&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Upinder Singh","firstName":"Upinder","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Upinder_Singh","researchInterest":"Our lab elucidates the molecular basis of pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. We use genetic and genomic approaches to identify novel virulence determinants and to characterize the global epidemiology of the parasite."},{"lastName":"Brown","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4284&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Patrick O. 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":"Tobin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver),Center for Biomedical Ethics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Cancer Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6945&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sara L. (Sally) Tobin","firstName":"Sara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sara_Tobin","researchInterest":"Tobin is a Senior Research Scholar in the Program for Genomics, Ethics, and Society at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the University of Washington and did postdoctoral research in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley and in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco. 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We focused our efforts on two model systems:  one involved the repair of restriction enzyme cleavages at specific mammalian chromosomal loci and the second explored the biochemical properties of purified yeast Rad51 protein, an essential catalyst for synapsing the broken ends of DNA with an intact homologue of that sequence.  We also explored the ro"},{"lastName":"Peng","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9829&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jamy Peng","firstName":"Jamy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jamy_Peng","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chua","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6623&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Katrin Chua","firstName":"Katrin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Katrin_Chua","researchInterest":"Our lab is interested in understanding molecular processes that underlie aging and age-associated pathologies in mammals.  We focus on a family of genes, the SIRTs, which regulate stress resistance and lifespan in lower organisms such as yeast, worms, and flies.  In mammals, we recently uncovered a number of ways in which SIRT factors may contribute to cellular and organismal aging by regulating resistance to various forms of stress.  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We are interested in the mechanism of action of known longevity genes, including FOXO and SIRT, in the mammalian nervous system. We are particularly interested in the role of these longevity genes in neural stem cells. We are also discovering novel genes and processes involved in aging using two model systems, the invertebrate C. elegans and an extremely short-lived vertebrate, the African killifish N. furzeri."},{"lastName":"Das","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10421&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rhiju Das","firstName":"Rhiju","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rhiju_Das","researchInterest":"Rhiju Das strives to predict how sequence codes for structure in proteins, nucleic acids, and heteropolymers whose folds have yet to be explored. The Das group uses new computational and experimental tools to tackle the de novo modeling of protein and RNA folds, the high-throughput structure mapping of riboswitches and random RNAs, and the design of self-knotting and self-crystallizing nucleic acids."},{"lastName":"Walbot","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6248&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Virginia Walbot","firstName":"Virginia","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Virginia_Walbot","researchInterest":"Our current focus is on maize anther development to understand how cell fate is specified.  Ultimately we want to understand how MuDR/Mu transposons of maize switch from a \"cut and paste\" biochemistry to a net replicative outcome during the life cycle.  We have discovered that frameshift translation is required to produce one form of the transposase."},{"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":"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":"Francke","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Clinical Genetics"},{"focus":"Neurogenetics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4281&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Uta Francke","firstName":"Uta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Uta_Francke","researchInterest":"Functional consequences and pathogenetic mechanisms of mutations and microdeletions in human neurogenetic syndromes and mouse models: Williams-Beuren syndrome, a heterozygous 1.6 megabase deletion; Rett syndrome, caused by mutations in the X-linked methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. Mechanisms of genomic imprinting: Prader Willi syndrome"}]}