Alex Christopher Engel

Lecturer

Academic Appointments

Lecturer, Bioengineering

Professional Education

Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, Cell Biology (2007)

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Journal Articles (7)

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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

350 Total Publications
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Felix Boos

Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics

14 Total Publications
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Patrick O. Brown

Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
Research Interests
Dr. Brown, currently an emeritus professor, is CEO and founder of Impossible Foods, a company dedicated to replacing the world's most destructive technology - the use of animals to transform plant biomass into meat, fish and dairy foods - 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. Visit impossiblefoods.com for more information.

319 Total Publications
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Xujun Cao

Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, admitted Autumn 2019

3 Total Publications
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Raymond Chen

Lead Undergraduate Advising Director, Academic Advising Operations

8 Total Publications
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Martha S. Cyert

Dr. Nancy Chang Professor
Research Interests
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.

70 Total Publications
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Hunter Fraser

Professor of Biology
Research Interests
We study the evolution of complex traits by developing new experimental and computational methods.

Our work brings together quantitative genetics, genomics, epigenetics, and evolutionary biology to achieve a deeper understanding of how genetic variation shapes the phenotypic diversity of life. Our main focus is on the evolution of gene expression, which is the primary fuel for natural selection. Our long-term goal is to be able to introduce complex traits into new species via genome editing.

89 Total Publications
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Zinaida Good, Ph.D.

Instructor, Stanford Institutes of Medicine

17 Total Publications
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Praveen Gurunath Bharathi

Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology

11 Total Publications
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Lauren Hagler

Postdoctoral Scholar, Biochemistry

1 Total Publications
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Michelle Hays

Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics

10 Total Publications
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Ted Jardetzky

Professor of Structural Biology
Research Interests
The Jardetzky laboratory is studying the structures and mechanisms of macromolecular complexes important in viral pathogenesis, allergic hypersensitivities and the regulation of cellular growth and differentiation, with an interest in uncovering novel conceptual approaches to intervening in disease processes. Ongoing research projects include studies of paramyxovirus and herpesvirus entry mechanisms, IgE-receptor structure and function and TGF-beta ligand signaling pathways.

187 Total Publications