Faculty

Name Primary Department or Program Research Interest
Akizu, Naiara Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders and pediatric neurodegeneration
Montserrat Anguera Biomedical Sciences (SVM) X-chromosome Inactivation, Epigenetics, Female Lymphocytes
Zoltan Pierre Arany Medicine (PSOM) Metabolism, Heart, Blood Vessels, Cardiomyopathy, Diabetes
Bailis, Will Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) Novel diet and metabolite based therapies
Marisa Bartolomei (PI)* Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Genomic Imprinting, Epigenetics, DNA Methylation, X Inactivation
Greg Bashaw Neuroscience (PSOM) Axon Guidance, Nueronal Specification, Motor Neuron, Spinal Cord, Midline Circuits, Silt Netrin
Craig Bassing* Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) Lymphocyte Development, Gene Regulation, DNA Recombination, DNA Repair, Epigenetics
Shelley Berger Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Epigenetics, Chromatin, Histone Post-Translational Modifications, p53 Tumor Suppresor
Kara Bernstein Biochemistry and Biophysics (PSOM) DNA repair and recombination, DNA helicases, double-strand break repair, cancer
Erfei Bi Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Cell Polarity, Cytokinesis, Septin Cytoskeleton, Cdc42 Signaling, Exocytosis, Actomyosin Ring, Mammalian Cells
Ben Black Biochemistry and Biophysics (PSOM) Epigenetics, Chromosomes, Inheritance, Reproduction, Molecular Structure
Roberto Bonasio Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Chromatin, Epigenetics, Polycomb, Noncoding RNAs
Nancy Bonini Biology (SAS) Neuroepigenetics, Neural Maintenance, Brain Degeneration, Drosophila, Genetic Screens
Donita Brady Cancer Biology (PSOM) Cancer Pharmacology, Cell Signaling
Igor Brodsky Biomedical Sciences (SVM) Bacterial pathogens, Bacteriology, Infectious Disease, Inflammasome, Innate Immune Defense, Immunology
Janis Burkhardt Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) Cytoskeleton, Signal Transduction, Cell Migration, Mechanobiology
Brian Capell Dermatology (PSOM) Epigenetics, epitranscriptomics, transcriptional regulation, cancer, aging, cutaneous biology, ferroptosis and lipid metabolism
Natali Chanaday Physiology (PSOM) Synaptic vesicles, neurotrasmission, electrophysiology, neurotransmitter release, elndocytosis, calcium imaging, live imaging
Sara Cherry Microbiology (PSOM) Cell Biology of Viral Infection, Genetics of Viral Infection
Steve DiNardo Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Cell Mechanics, Molecular Biology, Epithelial Morphogenesis, Stem Cell-Niche Interactions
Roberto Dominguez Physiology (PSOM) Cytoskeletal proteins, x-ray crystallography
Doug Epstein Genetics (PSOM) Gene Regulation, Brain Development, Auditory Development, Hearing Loss
Jon Epstein Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Cardiac Development, Neural Crest, Transcription, Hypertrophy, Pax, Nuerofibromatosis
Aime Franco Pediatrics (CHOP) Molecular biology and genetics of thyroid cancer
Paul Gadue Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) iPS Cells, ES cells, In Vitro Differentiation, Development, Diabetes, Hematopoiesis
Matthew Good Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Cell Size Sensing, Intracellular Scaling, Zygotic Genome Activation, Self-organization and Compartmentalization, Synthetic Cells
Mark Goulian Biology (SAS) Bacterial Signal Transduction and Stress Responses, Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance, Commensal Colonization
Michael Granato Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Molecular Genetic Mechanisms of Geripheral Nerve Regeneration, Startle Modulation, Zebrafish
Roger Greenberg Cancer Biology (PSOM) DNA Repair, BRCA1, Telomeres, Chromatin, Cancer
Kathryn Hamilton Pediatrics (CHOP) Intestinal Regeneration, Stem Cells, Organoids, Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Elizabeth Heller Pharmacology Neuronal gene regulation and chromatin
Erika Holzbaur Physiology (PSOM) Microtubules, Molecular Motors, Autophagy, Mitophagy, Neurodegeneration
Rajan Jain Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Nuclear architecture, gene regulation, 3D genome organization, heart development, stem cell biology
Eric Joyce Genetics (PSOM) Regulation of chromatin folding
Kellie Jurado Microbiology (PSOM) Viral Pathogenesis, Reproductive Immunology, Antiviral Cytokines, Emerging Viruses
Yana Kamberov Genetics (PSOM) Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms controlling the development and evolution of skin appendage traits
Rahul Kohli Infectious Diseases (PSOM) DNA Modifying Enzymes, DNA Demethylation, Enzyme Mechanisms, Mutation, Evolution, Antibiotic Resistance
Erika Korb Genetics (PSOM) Epigenetic regulation, neuroscience
Melike Lakadamyali Physiology (PSOM) Advanced microscopy methods, macro-molecular macheneries of the cell
Mike Lampson* Biology (SAS) Cell Division, Centromere, Kinetochore, Mitosis, Meiosis, Oocyte, Meiotic Drive
Christopher Lengner Biomedical Sciences (SVM) Stem Cells, Functional Genetics, Intestine, Colorectal Cancer
Mia Levine Biology (SAS) Chromatin Protein Evolution, Chromosome Segregation, Telomere Integrity, Genome Defense 
Maayan Levy Microbiology (PSOM) Microbiome-derived metabolites
Damaris Lorenzo Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Genetics, cellular and molecular mechanisms of diseases of the nervous system and metabolic disorders
Kristen Lynch Biochemistry and Biophysics (PSOM) Alternative Splicing, RNA Processing, Gene Expression in T Cells, Influenza Virus
Michael Marks* Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) Intracellular Membrane Trafficking, Organelle Biogenesis, Pigmentation, Hemostasis, Innate Immaturity, Inflammation
Mustafa Mir Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Advanced light microscopy technologies, biophysical modeling, optogenetics, gene editing, genomics
Andrew Modzelewski Biomedical Sciences (SVM) Retrotransposon activity, proteomics, genetics, bioinformatics, CRISR/Cas9 genome editing technologies, Transposons, Endogenous Retroviruses CRISPR-EZ
Kahlilia Morris-Blanco Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Epigenetics, non-coding RNAs, molecular mechnaisms in neuroprotection after stroke
Ed Morrisey Medicine (PSOM) Lung Development, Tissue Regeneration
Guilherme Nader Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) Nuclear mechanosensing, DNA damage, cell migration, nuclear deformation, microfabrication
Michael Ostap Physiology (PSOM) Cytoskeleton, Cell Motility, Molecular Motors, Single Molecule Biophysics, Muscle
Mechthild Pohlschroder Biology (SAS) Cell Surface Biogenesis, Biofilm Formation, Glycsoylation, Archaea, Type IV Pili
Ben Prosser Physiology (PSOM) Mechanobiology, Cardiovascular Biology, Cytoskeleton
Bushra Raj Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Neurogenesis, single-cell genomics, transcriptomics, bioinformatics
Patrick Seale Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Adipocyte Development, Cell Differentiation, Metabolism, Insulin Resistance, Obesity
Amita Sehgal Neuroscience (PSOM) Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, Clock Genes, Drosophila, Behavior, Metabolism
Sydney Shaffer Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) Biomedical engineering, Systems Biology, tissue engineering, microfludics, diagnostics
Sunny Shin Microbiology (PSOM) Cell Signaling, Gene Expression, Immune Response, Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens
Celeste Simon Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Cancer Biology, Metabolism, Hypoxia, Tumor Microenvironment, Metastasis
Nancy Speck Cell and Developmental Biology (PSOM) Hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia using mouse models
Joseph St. Geme III Pediatrics (CHOP) Bacterial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Colonization, Haemophilus Influence Virulence
Tatyana Svitkina Biology (SAS) Cytoskeleton, Cell Motility, Actin, Myosin
Conelius Taabazuing Biochemistry and Biophysics (PSOM) Molecular mechanisms of cell death
Chris Thaiss Microbiology (PSOM) Integration of environmental signals into human physiology by the metabolic, immune and nervous system
Andrew Vaughan Biomedical Sciences (SVM) Notch, Wnt, and BMP pathways, Regeneration
Matthew Weitzman PA-COP Pathology (CHOP) Virology, Virus Replication, DNA Damage and Repair, Genome Instability, Viral Vectors
Kathryn Wellen* Cancer Biology (PSOM) Tumor Metabolism, Metabolism and Epigenetics, Metabolic Signaling Mechanisms
Joseph Zackular PA-CHOP Pathology (CHOP) Bacterial pathogenesis, host-microbe interactions, microbiome, Clostridium difficile infection, colorectal cancer

*denotes membership in Training Grant Executive Committee
CHOP = Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
PSOM = Perelman School of Medicine
SAS = School of Arts & Sciences
SEAS = School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
SVM - School of Veterinary Medicine