Members of the Life Science Alliance
At the core of the Alliance are our Members - faculty from EMBL and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their combined expertise spans a broad spectrum of life science research from structural biology and bioinformatics, to chemistry, imaging and genomics. They are committed to the exchange of information to solve complex biomedical challenges together
View their research interests and collaborations below, or click here to view our network and possible areas of overlap.
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We are always open to accepting new members from EMBL and Stanford University. If our projects or interests match yours, contact us - we would love to hear from you.
Monther Abu-Remaileh
Projects:
Networks of subcellular compartments in health and disease (with Sinem Saka)
Maria Bernabeu
Project:
Genetic determinants of malarial pathogenetis (with Elizabeth Egan)
Ami Bhatt
Research Interests:
Applying biological, microbiological, clinical informatics & bioinformatics skills to understand the impact of the microbiome on patient outcomes
Vivek Bhalla
Research Interests:
Using and developing innovative methodologies to discover novel molecular mechanisms and therapies for kidney health.
Matthieu Boulard
Research Interests:
Molecular basis of chromatin-based silencing and cellular readout of cytosine methylation.
Peer Bork
Research Interests:
Microbiomics and computational biology.
Wah Chiu
Research Interests:
The development of cryo-EM methodology to determine 3D cellular structures. We also work on the EMDataResource which is an open access database for 3D EM for developing software, data standards and validation methods.
Isidro Cortes Ciriano
Project:
Quantifying tumour evolution and fitness landscapes with Christina Curtis
Christina Curtis
Project:
Quantifying tumour evolution and fitness landscapes with Isidro Cortés-Ciriano
Claire Deo
Research Interests:
Developing novel molecular tools for advanced biological imaging by combining synthetic chemistry and protein engineering
Ian Dunham
Project:
Machine learning approaches to decipher cell context-specific effects of human disease variation (with Anshul Kundaje).
Elizabeth Egan
Project:
Genetic determinants of malarial pathogenetis (with Maria Bernabeu)
Jan Ellenberg
Projects:
Advancing imaging technology (with Tobias Meyer)
Moisés
Expósito Alonso
Research Interests:
Computational evolutionary genomics and climate change ecology
Dean Felsher
Research Interests:
How oncogenes initiate and sustain tumorigenesis including: how oncogene activation causes tumor regression, and how tumors escape dependence on oncogenes.
Judith Frydman
Research Interests:
Understanding protein folding including: function and mechanism of chaperones, chaperone networks, ribosome biogenesis, co-translational folding, protein folding homeostasis, misfolding and aggregation disease.
Margaret Fuller
Research Interests:
Regulation of self-renewal, proliferation and differentiation in adult stem cell lineages: including regulation of cell type specific transcription programs, cell-cell communication, and the role of differential mRNA processing and translational control in progression from one cell state to the next.
Eileen Furlong
Research Interests:
Genome regulation and topology during embryonic development including: chromatin topology, chromatin remodelling during cell fate decisions, variation and plasticity in regulatory networks, developmental enhancers, and single cell genomics.
Miriam Goodman
Research Interests:
Deciphering the molecular events responsible for touch, pain, and position sensation in C. elegans.
Jamie Hackett
Research Interests:
Understanding the mechanistic interplay between genome regulation, chromatin and environmental cues (microbiome), with emphasis on intergenerational effects
Matthias Hentze
Research Interests:
Using biochemical and systems-level approaches to investigate the connections between gene expression and cell metabolism, and their roles in human disease.
Martin Jechlinger
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of oncogene dependence and tumor relapse including studying: when and how cells escape targeted therapies, the molecular properties distinguishing surviving-residual and native cells, and manipulation of the survival mechanism for dormant cells.
Teri Klein
Project:
Pharmacogenomic network analyses in diverse population datasets (with Ellie McDonagh)
Arnaud Krebs
Research Interests:
Decoding gene regulation using single molecule genomics. Enabling global measurement of regulatory events in single cells and single DNA molecules, and developing methodologies to perform large-scale genetic manipulations to dissect the function of regulatory DNA in vivo.
Brian Kobilka
Research Interests:
Characterizing the structure and mechanism of G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs).
Anshul Kundaje
Projects:
Machine learning approaches to decipher cell context-specific effects of human disease variation (with Ian Dunham)
Jin Billy Li
Research Interests:
RNA editing. We are interested in ADAR-mediated RNA editing, for both its biological function in dsRNA-mediated innate immunity and its utility as a tool for transcriptome engineering.
Julia Mahamid
Research Interests:
We employ state-of-the-art cellular cryo-electron tomography to study phase-separated assemblies in cell biology and to advance our understanding of the molecular organization of the cytoplasm.
José Márquez
Research Interests:
We develop methods and software for high-throughput, automated crystallography and use them to study the structure of sensing and signalling molecules.
Ellie McDonagh
Project:
Pharmacogenomic network analyses in diverse population datasets (with Teri Klein)
Tobias Meyer
Projects:
Advancing imaging technology (with Jan Ellenberg)
Evangelia Petsalaki
Research Interests:
Using data-driven strategies to study the regulation of context-specific cell signalling.
Robert Prevedel
Research Interests:
Advanced optical techniques for deep tissue microscopy. In particular, we work in the fields of multi-photon microscopy, active wave-front shaping, photo-acoustics as well as computational imaging. Looking for collaboration in cell & developmental biology and neuroscience, where our novel imaging approaches can give new insights.
Marlene Rabinovitch
Projects:
Multiomics for pulmonary hypertension (with Judith Zaugg)
Georgia Rapti
Research Interests:
Dissecting the cellular and molecular mechanisms of nervous system assembly and the underlying glia–neuron crosstalk, using advanced genetics, genomics and live imaging approaches.
Santiago Rompani
Research Interests:
Studying the function of visual circuits using functional imaging, genetics, virology and behavioural assays.
Sinem Saka
Project:
Networks of subcellular compartments in health and disease (with Monther Abu-Remaileh)
Gavin Sherlock
Project:
Mike Snyder
Projects:
Genetic regulation of chromatin (with Judith Zaugg)
Oliver Stegle
Projects:
Tim Stearns
Research Interests:
How the centrosome and primary cilium control cell function and influence signalling and development.
Peter Yang
Research Interests
Developing bio-inspired biomaterials and platform technologies to engineer tissues and organs
Judith Zaugg
Projects:
Multiomics for pulmonary hypertension (with Marlene Rabinovitch)
Genetic regulation of chromatin (with Mike Snyder)
Aaron Straight
Research Interests:
Understanding the mechanisms that ensure high fidelity genome maintenance and segregation in eukaryotes including: chromosome biology, cell division and chromatin structure.
