Kelsie Eichel

Postdoctoral Scholar, Biology

Honors & Awards

HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2019-present)
Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (2018-2019)

Professional Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of California San Francisco (2017)
B.A., Northwestern University, Biological Sciences (2010)

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Anne Brunet

Michele and Timothy Barakett Endowed Professor
Research Interests
Our lab studies the molecular basis of longevity. We are interested in the mechanism of action of known longevity genes, including FOXO and SIRT, in the mammalian nervous system. We are particularly interested in the role of these longevity genes in neural stem cells. We are also discovering novel genes and processes involved in aging using two short-lived model systems, the invertebrate C. elegans and an extremely short-lived vertebrate, the African killifish N. furzeri.

150 Total Publications
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Paulami Chatterjee

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My research involves studying the pathogenic mechanisms underlying the host-pathogen interaction in pulmonary diseases. I am particularly interested in exploring transcriptomic and proteomic changes in Cystic Fibrosis and Asthma patients who develop severe allergic inflammation due to fungal hypersensitivity. Complete understanding of these interaction will help us identify significant fungal virulence factors and help us define clinically relevant targets for therapeutic use.

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Scott Dixon

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My lab is interested in the relationship between cell death and metabolism. Using techniques drawn from many disciplines my laboratory is investigating how perturbation of intracellular metabolic networks can result in novel forms of cell death, such as ferroptosis. We are interested in applying this knowledge to find new ways to treat diseases characterized by insufficient (e.g. cancer) or excessive (e.g. neurodegeneration) cell death.

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Andrew Fire

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We study natural cellular mechanisms for adapting to genetic change. These include systems activated during normal development and those for detecting and responding to foreign or unwanted genetic activity. Underlying these studies are questions of how a cells can distinguish information as "self" versus "nonself" or "wanted" versus "unwanted".

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Hunter Fraser

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We study the evolution of complex traits by developing new experimental and computational methods.

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Miriam B. Goodman

Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor of Cell Biology
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Orkan Ilbay

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Stuart Kim

Professor of Developmental Biology, Emeritus
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Mechanisms of Aging in C. elegans and humans.

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Brian Kobilka

Hélène Irwin Fagan Chair of Cardiology
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Structure, function and physiology of adrenergic receptors.

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Ron Kopito

Professor of Biology
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Xing Liang

Postdoctoral Scholar, Biology
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Mechanism of MT polarity establishment during PVD neuron dendrite outgrowing in C. elegans.

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