Tom Wandless

Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, Emeritus

Academic Appointments

Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Chemical and Systems Biology Operations
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Professional Education

Ph.D., Harvard University, Chemistry (1993)
B.S., Trinity University, Biochemistry (1988)

2026-27 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Biophysics
  BIOPHYS 399 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Graduate Research
  BIOPHYS 300 (Aut, Win, Spr)

Prior Year Courses

2025-26 Courses

Research Seminar
CSB 270 (Aut, Win, Spr)

2024-25 Courses

Research Seminar
CSB 270 (Aut, Win, Spr)

2023-24 Courses

Research Seminar
CSB 270 (Aut, Win, Spr)

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Helen M. Blau

Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professor, Director, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology and Professor, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Prof. Helen Blau's research area is regenerative medicine with a focus on stem cells. Her research on nuclear reprogramming and demonstrating the plasticity of cell fate using cell fusion is well known and her laboratory has also pioneered the design of biomaterials to mimic the in vivo microenvironment and direct stem cell fate. Current findings are leading to more efficient iPS generation, cell based therapies by dedifferentiation a la newts, and discovery of novel molecules and therapies.

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Matthew Bogyo

Professor of Pathology and of Microbiology and Immunology and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology
Research Interests
Our lab uses chemical, biochemical, and cell biological methods to study protease function in human disease. Projects include:

1) Design and synthesis of novel chemical probes for serine and cysteine hydrolases.

2) Understanding the role of hydrolases in bacterial pathogenesis and the human parasites, Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii.

3) Defining the specific functional roles of proteases during the process of tumorogenesis.

4) In vivo imaging of protease activity

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John Boothroyd

Burt and Marion Avery Professor of Immunology, Emeritus
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Until its permanent closure in 2025, John Boothroyd's lab focused on the interaction between the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii and its mammalian host. We used 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.

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Steven Boxer

Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry
Research Interests
Please visit my website for complete information:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/boxer/

495 Total Publications
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Patrick O. Brown

Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
Research Interests
Replacing humanity's most destructive invention - the use of animals as a food technology - by developing a new and better way to produce the world's most delicious, nutritious and affordable meats, fish and dairy foods directly from plants.
Developing a scalable system for producing a high-quality soluble protein from leaves.
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Jennifer R. Cochran

Vice President for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and for Strategic Initiatives, Addie and Al Macovski Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering
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Molecular Engineering, Protein Therapeutics, Cancer Therapeutics, Protein Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cell Engineering, Molecular Imaging, Drug Delivery, Chemical Biology

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Martha S. Cyert

Dr. Nancy Chang Professor
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The Cyert lab is identifying signaling networks for calcineurin, the conserved Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase, and target of immunosuppressants FK506 and cyclosporin A, in yeast and mammals. Cell biological investigations of target dephosphorylation reveal calcineurin’s many physiological functions. Roles for short linear peptide motifs, or SLiMs, in substrate recognition, network evolution, and regulation of calcineurin activity are being studied.

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Emily Egeler

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Chris Garcia

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Structural and functional studies of transmembrane receptor interactions with their ligands in systems relevant to human health and disease - primarily in immunity, infection, and neurobiology. We study these problems using protein engineering, structural, biochemical, and combinatorial biology approaches.

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Matthias Garten

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Pehr Harbury

Associate Professor of Biochemistry
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Scientific breakthroughs often come on the heels of technological advances; advances that expose hidden truths of nature, and provide tools for engineering the world around us. Examples include the telescope (heliocentrism), the Michelson interferometer (relativity) and recombinant DNA (molecular evolution). Our lab explores innovative experimental approaches to problems in molecular biochemistry, focusing on technologies with the potential for broad impact.

63 Total Publications
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Possu Huang

Assistant Professor of Bioengineering

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