Faculty Directory
Our Faculty has grown to over 100 exceptional researchers focused in a variety of research specialties
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Using the fruit fly to study the development and function of the nervous system and establish models of human disease.
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My lab investigates the roles of PIPs using molecular genetics in the fruit fly and the roles of long noncoding RNAs in sperm development.
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Our research examines the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with cells of their host.
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The Campos Lab is interested in epigenetics & chromatin biology. Focus is placed on histones, and how their functions go awry in certain diseases.
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We utilize zebrafish precision models of disease to discover novel genetic causes, pathogenic mechanisms and therapies; a current focus is scoliosis.
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We study how small RNA pathways related to microRNAs and RNA interference regulate gene expression during animal development.
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My research focuses on manipulating cellular processes essential for replication of multiple viruses as an alternative approach to novel therapeutics.
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We are interested in RNA and mitochondria, especially a naturally-occurring Neurospora mitochondrial plasmid that encodes a catalytic RNA called the VS ribozyme.
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We study mechanisms underlying neuronal development and function in behavioral and mood disorders using genetic, molecular, and cellular strategies.
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My laboratory is focusing on the mechanisms underlying the ability of various stress factors to rescue cell migration defects in C. elegans mutants
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Research in the Davidson Lab is aimed at phages, systems used by bacteria to resist phage attacks and how phages overcome these systems
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We investigate the epigenetic mechanisms controlling development of the cardiovascular system, and how they are disrupted to cause disease.
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We study the role of nutrient transporters, in signalling and metabolic homeostasis.
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Mechanisms of cell fate specification, epigenetic inheritance, paediatric diseases models such as cerebral cavernous malformation and neuroblastoma.
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We study how cells maintain the integrity genome and how this process is dysregulated in cancer, aging and genetic disorders.
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I am interested in studying the human proteins that have the fewest publications, because that is where I believe the most new biology can be found.
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We aim to discover basic mechanisms that control gene expression and epigenetic reprogramming and apply this knowledge through induced pluripotent stem cells
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Our research is directed at understanding transmembrane signalling by G protein-coupled receptors.
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*Professor Emerita* interested in bacterial plasmid segregation/partition
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Our group studies cell identity by integrating diverse functional genomics data, particularly focusing on gene co-expression.
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We are a signal transduction, systems biology and proteomics lab focusing on signalling pathways and cellular organization
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RNA interactions and regulatory roles of human C2H2 zinc finger proteins; human proteins that become essential after viral infection as drug targets
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Our research focuses on using precision zebrafish models of human cancer to understand mechanisms related to tumor growth, relapse, and metastasis
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Research in the Kafri lab is aimed at single-cell measurements and various analytic approaches to investigate animal cell size
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How stem cells build and maintain the brain and discovering drugs and growth factors that mobilize these cells to repair the injured brain and skin.
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Research in the Kay laboratory spans a range of disciplines from spectroscopy and biophysics through to biochemistry.
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We use modern computational and experimental approaches to solve important problems in biomedical science such as designing protein and peptide-based therapeutics
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My fundamental research interest is in the molecular mechanisms of genetic inheritance and cell division.
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The Lefebvre lab’s studies neural circuit formation in the brain and retina, in the context of normal development and neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Mechanism and function of non-coding small RNA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Immune mechanisms of protection against MTB and vaccine development.
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We study new innate immune systems that we have discovered to prevent the pathogenic over proliferation of an RNA virus that infects budding yeast.
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We focus on using proteomics technologies including mass spectrometry and bioinformatics to identify and characterize proteins activated in cancers
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We engineer and analyze human models of neuroinflammation in neurological disorders, using pluripotent stem cells, CRISPR, and new 3D culture methods.
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Dr. Okamoto's research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms that control brain functions such as learning and memory.
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Modelling human heart development and diseases with pluripotent stem cells with the overarching goal to develop new therapies.