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:
The molecular bases of lysosome dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases
Pedro Beltrao
Research Interests:
Function and evolution of post-translational networks, evolution of chemical-genetic and genetic-interaction networks.
Peer Bork
Research Interests:
Microbiomics and computational biology.
Maria Bernabeu
Project:
Genetic determinants of malarial pathogenetis (with Elizabeth Egan)
Vivek Bhalla
Research Interests:
Using and developing innovative methodologies to discover novel molecular mechanisms and therapies for kidney health.
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
Research Interests:
Cancer genomics, single-cell genomics, early detection, spatial genomics, and artificial intelligence for genomics and drug discovery.
Christina Curtis
Research Interests:
Elucidating tumor evolutionary dynamics, novel therapeutic targets, and the genotype to phenotype map in cancer.
Claire Deo
Research Interests:
Developing novel molecular tools for advanced biological imaging by combining synthetic chemistry and protein engineering
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.
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.
Jan Korbel
Project:
Somatic mosaicisms with Alex Urban
Brian Kobilka
Research Interests:
Characterizing the structure and mechanism of G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs).
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
Research Interests:
Methods and data for the prioritisation of drug targets in disease, and utilising pharmacogenomic studies to inform drug efficacy & safety
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.
Sinem Saka
Research Interests:
Developing new tools and methods to investigate the spatial and molecular organization of cells across scales utilizing new labelling approaches, fluorescence and super-resolution microscopy and DNA nanotechnology
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.
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.
Alex Urban
Projects:
Somatic mosaicisms (with Jan Korbel)
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)