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I research molecular mechanisms of neural circuit assembly during development, genetic control of phrenic motor neuron identity; synaptic specificity in respiratory circuits; Hox genes.

Polyxeni (Pola) Philippidou's Biography

Neuropsychiatry with particular focus on neurodegeneration in disease, injury, and aging; translational basic science leading to new therapies for patients. 

Andrew Pieper's Biography 

Studies of cholesterol maintenance in the retina and brain to delineate the importance of cholesterol-related pathways for retinal and brain functions and whether pharmacologic modulation of these pathways could lead to disease-modifying treatments for retinal and brain disorders.

Irina Pikuleva's Biography 

I focus on basic and translational research in gut mucosal immunity, including IBD and colitis-associated cancer. I also research sex differences and impact of microbiome in IBD and basic cytokine biology, particularly of IL-1 family members. 

Theresa Pizarro's Biography 

I research altered mitochondrial quality control and metabolic dysregulation in neurodegenerative disease - Huntington's, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, and develop therapeutics for these diseases. 

Xin Qi's Biography 

I research molecular mechanisms of membrane remodeling, fission and fusion in synaptic vesicle endocytosis and mitochondrial dynamics.

Rajesh Ramachandran's Biography

I research the regulation of signal transduction in health and disease: autoimmune diabetes, inflammatory diseases and cancer.

Parameswaran Ramakrishnan's Biography 

Our lab uses bacterial genetics approaches to study the virulence of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In particular we focus on the type III secretion system, a molecular syringe that many Gram-negative bacteria use to directly inject proteins into host cells. We are both interested in studying how this exciting nanomachine works, and what the proteins that get injected do. 

Arne Rietsch's Biography 

I study the hormonal regulation of cellular magnesium homeostasis and transport in liver cells under physiological conditions and in pathological diseases including diabetes and alcoholism.

Andrea Romani's Biography 

My work involves applying informatics and simulation modeling techniques to address population health problems, particularly in the area of cancer control/prevention and health disparities.

Johnie Rose's Biography