{"result":[{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10429&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"KC Huang","firstName":"Kerwyn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kerwyn_Huang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Shapiro","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4316&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lucy Shapiro","firstName":"Lucille","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lucille_Shapiro","researchInterest":"A basic question in developmental biology involves the mechanisms used to generate the three-dimensional organization of a cell from a one-dimensional genetic code. Our goal is to define these mechanisms using both molecular genetics and biochemistry."},{"lastName":"Amieva","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Diseases, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Infectious Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6150&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Manuel Amieva","firstName":"Manuel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Manuel_Amieva","researchInterest":"My laboratory studies the strategies pathogens utilize to colonize and subvert the epithelial barrier. We have focused on the epithelial junctions as a target for bacterial pathogens, since the cell-cell junctions serve as both a barrier to infection and also a major control site for epithelial function. In particular, we are interested in how the gastric pathogen Helicobater pylori may cause cancer by interfering with cell signaling at the epithelial junctions.  We are also studying how variou"},{"lastName":"Straight","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate 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."},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4007&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tobias Meyer","firstName":"Tobias","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tobias_Meyer","researchInterest":"CELLULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING  The main problem in signal transduction is to understand how different receptor-stimuli specifically control diverse cell functions. We are using automated microscopy, live-cell fluorescent biosensors and perturbations of predicted signaling proteins to systematically dissect signaling networks.  This allows us to identify signaling modules and to elucidate and ultimately model the flow of cellular information."},{"lastName":"Falkow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Microbiology & Immunology"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4488&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stanley Falkow","firstName":"Stanley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stanley_Falkow","researchInterest":"Dr. Falkow is no longer taking students or postdoctoral fellows in his laboratory.  \r\n\r\nPlease contact either Denise Monack (dmonack@stanford.edu) or Manuel Amieva (amieva@stanford.edu)."},{"lastName":"Moerner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8121&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"W. E. Moerner","firstName":"W","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/W_Moerner","researchInterest":"Physical chemistry/chemical physics: single-molecule imaging and spectroscopy in condensed phases; superresolution imaging of biomolecules in cells; fluorophores for cellular imaging; single-molecule biophysics; nanophotonics to produce enhanced optical fields; trapping single molecules in solution"},{"lastName":"Ptacin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9825&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jerod Ptacin","firstName":"Jerod","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jerod_Ptacin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Snyder","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13465&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Snyder","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Snyder","researchInterest":"We are presently in an omics revolution in which genomes and other omes can be readily characterized. Our laboratory uses a variety of approaches to analyze genomes and regulatory networks. Our research focuses on yeast, an ideal model organism ideally suited to genetic analysis, and humans.\r\n\r\n1) Transcriptomes\r\nTo annotate genomes, we developed RNA sequencing for annotation the yeast and human transcriptomes. We discovered that the eukaryotic transcriptome is much more complex than previously"},{"lastName":"Levitt","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Computer Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4494&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Levitt","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Levitt","researchInterest":"having pioneered, we (a) predict folding of a polypeptide and RNA chains into a unique native-structure, we (b) model protein structure using the well-established paradigms that similar protein sequences imply similar three-dimensional structures, and (c) we are focusing on mesoscale modeling of large macromolecular complexes such as RNA polymerase and the mammalian chaperonin."},{"lastName":"Campbell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6212&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allan Campbell","firstName":"Allan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Allan_Campbell","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Pringle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7022&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John R. 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In another project, we are developing the small sea anemone Aiptasia as a model system for study of the molecular and cellular biology of dinoflagellate-cnidarian symbiosis, which is critical for the survival of most corals but still very poorly understood."},{"lastName":"Lebensohn","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17412&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andres Lebensohn","firstName":"Andres","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andres_Lebensohn","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gherardini","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=35679&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pier Federico Gherardini","firstName":"Pier Federico","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Pier Federico_Gherardini","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"McKay","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4099&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David B. McKay","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_McKay","researchInterest":"Three-dimensional structure determination and biophysical studies of macromolecules."},{"lastName":"Levy","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4307&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shoshana Levy","firstName":"Shoshana","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shoshana_Levy","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on the mechanism of action of tetraspanins, an evolutionary conserved, widely expressed multi-gene family. We study a prototype, CD81, a molecule implicated in the pathogenesis of two major human diseases: hepatitis C virus (HCV) and malaria."},{"lastName":"McAdams","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4403&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Harley McAdams","firstName":"Harley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Harley_McAdams","researchInterest":"Experimental and theoretical analysis and modeling of genetic regulatory circuits, particularly bacterial regulation and with emphasis on global regulation of Caulobacter crescentus. Bioinformatic analysis of bacterial genomes, of microarray expression patterns, and cross-species genomic analysis. Techniques: gene expression microarrays, fluorescent microscopy, electron microscopy, genetics, molecular biology"},{"lastName":"Mulholland","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Director, CSIF,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine"},{"appointment":"Research & Development Engr,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Director, CSIF,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=26450&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonathan Mulholland","firstName":"Jonathan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jonathan_Mulholland","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mickey Hu","firstName":"Mickey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mickey_Hu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Tompkins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Infectious Diseases"},{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"hospital epidemiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"},{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4603&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lucy Tompkins","firstName":"Lucy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lucy_Tompkins","researchInterest":"Molecular epidemiology, hospital epidemiology, quality improvement in healthcare associated infections."},{"lastName":"McMahan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4104&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Uel Jackson McMahan","firstName":"Uel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Uel_McMahan","researchInterest":"We are currently investigating mechanisms involved in synaptic transmission and synaptogenesis using electron microscope tomography in ways that provide in situ 3D structural information at macromolecular resolution."},{"lastName":"Cohen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4481&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stanley N. 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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":"Ferrell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"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.  Our experimental work is complemented by computational and theoretical studies aimed at identifying the design principles of regulatory circuits."},{"lastName":"Doniach","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8062&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sebastian Doniach","firstName":"Sebastian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sebastian_Doniach","researchInterest":""}]}