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)
Theodore Alexandrov
Projects:
Physiological regulation of metabolism in single cells (with Katrin Svensson)
Maria Bernabeu
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Genetic determinants of malarial pathogenetis (with Elizabeth Egan)
Ami Bhatt
Project:
Developing global interaction networks of microbiome-encoded genes (with Peer Bork)
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
Project:
Developing global interaction networks of microbiome-encoded genes (with Ami Bhatt)
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
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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
Gautam Dey
Project:
Cell cycle adaptation to aneuploidy: How do cells adapt to carrying an extra chromosome? (with Gavin Sherlock)
José Dinneny
Research Interests:
Understanding the response of roots to water-limiting conditions and across different organizational scales from the individual cell type to the whole plant.
Ian Dunham
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Elizabeth Egan
Project:
Genetic determinants of malarial pathogenetis (with Maria Bernabeu)
Jan Ellenberg
Projects:
Advancing imaging technology (with Tobias Meyer)
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.
Andrew Gentles
Research Interests:
Computational approaches to understand biological systems using genomic and proteomic data across populations. Most of our work is in cancer and neurodegenerative disease, but we love to hear about any interesting questions!
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.
Maya Kasowski
Project:
Using scMulti-omics to probe clinical outcome of child leukemia treatment (with Judith Zaugg)
Teri Klein
Project:
Pharmacogenomic network analyses in diverse population datasets (with Ellie McDonagh)
Brian Kobilka
Research Interests:
Characterizing the structure and mechanism of G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs).
Anshul Kundaje
Projects:
Integrative machine learning to decipher genome function (with Oliver Stegle)
Transcription Factor cooperativity atlas (with Arnaud Krebs)
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)
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)
Research Interests:
Spatial and molecular organisation of cells and organelles, morphological profiling, RNA-protein interactions, new labelling approaches, multiplexed fluorescence and super-resolution microscopy techniques, DNA nanotechnology and DNA barcoding method development
Gavin Sherlock
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Mike Snyder
Projects:
Genetic regulation of chromatin (with Judith Zaugg)
Oliver Stegle
Projects:
Integrative machine learning to decipher genome function (with Anshul Kundaje)
Population-scale human iPSC genomics (with Stephen Montgomery)
Tim Stearns
Research Interests:
How the centrosome and primary cilium control cell function and influence signalling and development.
Lars Steinmetz
Projects:
Personalizing dilated cardiomyopathy (with Ron Davis & Utkan Demirci)
Dissecting NGLY1 deficiency (with Carolyn Bertozzi)
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.
Katrin Svensson
Project:
Physiological regulation of metabolism in single cells (with Theo Alexandrov)
Peter Yang
Research Interests
Developing bio-inspired biomaterials and platform technologies to engineer tissues and organs
Judith Zaugg
Projects:
Using scMulti-omics to probe clinical outcome of child leukemia treatment (with Maya Kasowski)
Multiomics for pulmonary hypertension (with Marlene Rabinovitch)
Genetic regulation of chromatin (with Mike Snyder)