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