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Anderson Lab - Investigating the regulatory pathways that control striated muscle development and function, and how defects in those pathways can give rise to human disease
Anolik Lab - Role of B Cells in the Pathophysiology of Systemic Lupus and Related Autoimmune Diseases
Anson Lab - Perception of self-motion and the effects of vestibular disorders on gaze and postural control problems during balance and walking.
Anto-Ocrah Lab - Neuroepidemiology of Human Reproduction and Sexuality, Reproductive Epidemiology
, Social Media and Health, Global Emergency Medicine
Aquavella Lab - Evaluate human tear film dynamics and its relationship to clinical dry eye syndrome
Arefin Lab - Neuroimaging techniques and computational tools to study the changes in brain functions and microstructures in animal models of human disorders
Awad Lab - Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
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Bajaj Lab - The role of cancer stem cell interactions with their microenvironment in disease progression
Baran Lab - Photodynamic Therapy and Medical Image Processing
Barnas Lab - Role of Type 3 Interferon in the Pathophysiology of Systemic Lupus
Bazarian Lab - Sports-Related Concussion, Traumatic Brain Injury
Bearden Lab - Neurogenetic disorders and infectious or inflammatory conditions affecting the nervous system
Beck Lab - Characterizing the Epithelial Tight Junction Defects at the Molecular Level in Atopic Dermatitis
Berk Lab - Cells in the Vascular Wall and Their Response to Hemodynamic and Hormonal Stimuli
Bharadwaj Lab - Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases
Bi Lab - Chromatin Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
Bidlack Lab - Pharmacology of Brain and Lymphocytic Opioid Receptors
Biteau Lab - Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms that Control Tissue Homeostasis and Somatic Stem Cells
Boutz Lab - Understanding the essential roles of RNA processing in normal and tumor cell physiology, and to uncover the molecular mechanisms by which drugs alter gene expression
Boyce Lab - Study of the regulation of the formation, activation and survival of osteoclasts
Bren Lab - Bioinorganic and Biophysical Chemistry
Brewer Lab - Identification of host factors and/or pathways in keratinocytes that are critical for protection against, or susceptibility to, pathogens including bacteria (S. aureus, S. epidermidis), viruses (vaccinia, herpes simplex, varicella zoster), and fungi (Candida and Malassezia spp)
Briggs Lab - Focus on understanding how specific neuronal circuits in the early visual system encode visual information and how attention impacts the encoding of visual information
Brookes Lab - Cardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion (IR) Injury and Cardioprotection
Brown Lab - Multiphoton Laser-Scanning Microscopy
Bulger Lab - Chromatin Domains and Enhancer Activation
Burack Lab - Identifying FL patients who are more likely to transform into Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
Butler Lab - Regulation of Gene Expression by Targeted Degradation of RNA
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Calvi Lab - Therapeutic Manipulation of Stem Cell Niches
Cao Lab - Voltage-gated Calcium Channel CaV1.2 functions in non-excitable musculoskeletal tissues
Carpizo Lab - The Carpizo Laboratory studies cancer biology with an emphasis on developmental therapeutics
Chang Lab - Androgen Receptor (AR) and Nuclear Orphan Receptors TR2, TR3, and TR4
Chu Lab - Translational Research in Lymphoid Malignancies
Cole Lab - Investigating toxicities associated with Pancreatic cancer and Rheumatoid arthritis
Cook Lab - Childhood and adolescent obesity
Coppage Lab - B cells and antibodies involved in organ rejection
Cory-Slechta Lab - Environmental Neurotoxicants as Risk Factors for Behavioral Diseases and Disorders
Crane Lab - Motion Perception & Spatial Orientation
Culver Lab - Assembly of the E. Coli 30S Ribosomal Subunit
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Dewhurst Lab - Influenza Viruses; Virus Polymerase HIV Vaccine Development; NeuroAIDS Research
Dodell-Feder Lab - Processing of Social information, Social Connections, and their Variances across illness, Focus on Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders
Dorsey Lab - New treatments for movement disorders; Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders
Doyley Lab - Ultrasonic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lab
Du Lab - Diseases of Brain Fluid Homeostasis
Dumont Lab - Signal Transduction; Membrane Protein Structure, Yeast Molecular Biology
Dunman Lab - Using S. aureus and A. baumannii as Model Organisms for Antibacterial Development and to Study Bacterial Pathogenesis
Dye Lab - We prioritize creative engagement with underrepresented and marginalized communities around the world to address health priorities, often through technology and human-centered design
Dziejman Lab - Type Three Secretion System Mediated Pathogenesis of V. cholerae
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Falsetta Lab - Our goal is to identify previously unknown mechanisms of disease for disabling vulvar conditions, namely vulvodynia and lichens
Fasan Lab - The design, development, and investigation of novel chemo-biosynthetic and chemo-enzymatic strategies for the discovery of biologically active molecules
Fazal Lab - Pathogenesis of Acute Lung Injury (ALI)/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Fiebelkorn Lab - Understanding how the brain flexibly allocates its limited processing resources to improve behavioral outcomes
Fiscella Lab - Center for Communication and Disparities Research
Fogaça Lab - Understanding the molecular basis of behaviors relevant to stress and the actions of fast antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs.
Foster Lab - Biomedical Optics and Photodynamic Therapy
Freeman Lab - Molecular Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death in Neurons
Frisch Lab - Microenvironmental Support for the Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Fry Lab - Identifying the genetic changes underlying the temperate-tropical difference
Fu Lab - Cellular Stress Response Pathways that Determine Cell Fate after Exposure to Cytotoxic and Mutagenic Damaging Agents
Fudge Lab - Anatomy and Neurochemistry of Major Psychiatric Illnesses
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Ganguly Lab - Identify conserved molecular signals regulating the trafficking of proteins from their site of synthesis to specific sub-cellular compartments
Garcea Lab - Advance understanding of the cognitive and neuroanatomic mechanisms underlying human tool use
Pain and Perceptions Lab (Geha, Paul Lab) - Understanding the neural mechanisms that transform nociceptive input to painful perceptions in humans and how these mechanisms change in chronic pain
Gelbard Lab - Glial and Immune Effector Cell Interactions with Synapses During Neuroinflammation
Giacomelli Lab - The application of multiphoton and fluorescence imaging to surgical pathology and clinical medicine
Gill Lab - Microbial Pathogens and the Impact of Human Microbial Flora on Human Health and Disease
Glading Lab - Role of Cell-Cell Contact in Regulating Cellular Function in Both the Normal and Disease State
Haptics Lab (Gomez-Ramirez, Manuel Lab) - Develop mechanistic models of how objects are perceived and manipulated with our hands
Grossfield Lab - Computer Modeling to Understand Structure and Thermodynamics of Biological Molecules
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Haber Lab - Basal Ganglia and Degenerative Diseases
Hablitz Lab - Circadian physiology, pathology and therapeutics
Hall Lab - Influence of early childhood language experiences on overall quality of life outcomes across the lifespan for deaf communities
Jill Halterman Lab (Halterman, Jill Lab) - The Preventive Care Program for Urban Children with Asthma
Hammes Lab (Hammes, Stephen Lab) - Androgen Effects on Reproduction and Cancer
Harris Lab - Studying various roles of antioxidants in cancer by using in vivo mouse modeling approaches and high-throughput pharmacologic screening techniques
UR Health Lab (Health Lab) - The UR Health Lab is a multidisciplinary collaboration between URMC and the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering. It brings together the teams, expertise and resources needed to develop precision medicine that improves the lives of our patients
The Hope Lab (Helping Older People Engage (HOPE) Lab) - Learning together how to age well
Henry Lab - Auditory Neurophysiology and Behavior Lab
HERO Lab - Health equity research in oncology
Herrera Lab - Specializing in the study of principles and applications of cellular self-organization
Hill Lab (Hill, Cherice Lab) - Addressing musculoskeletal health disparities by evaluating mechanisms of pathology and improving research translational equity
Hinkle Lab - Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Regulation
Holt Lab - Synaptic Pharmacology of the Vestibular Apparatus
Hunter Lab - Mechanisms of light-induced retinal damage and development of non-invasive fluorescence imaging techniques to study retinal function in healthy and diseased eyes
Huxlin Lab - Behavioral Studies and Functional Imaging of Visual Function, Plasticity and Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
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Järvinen-Seppo Lab - Characterization of the immunologic factors present in human milk that may modify the infant's developing immune system and oral tolerance to foods
Jin Lab - Molecular Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Function
Brent Johnson Lab (Johnson, Brent Lab) - The Interface of Mathematical Statistics with Medical and Public Health Research Methodology
Dean Johnson Lab (Johnson, Dean Lab) - Nanomembranes and MEMS technologies in renal disease: sensors, diagnostics, and therapeutic devices
Gail Johnson Lab (Johnson, Gail Lab) - Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
CMC Jones Lab (Jones, Courtney Lab) - Risk Stratification of Injured Patients to Identify Patients Who Would Benefit from Trauma Center Services
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Kielkopf Lab - Pre-mRNA Splicing for Treatment of Human Disease
Kottmann Lab - Investigating how novel receptor-based therapeutics modify cytokine production to mitigate lung injury and fibrosis
Krauss Lab - Complete Understanding of the Fundamental Properties of Materials with a Size in Between Individual Molecules and the Bulk
Krugh Lab - Structure Determination of Nucleic Acids by NMR
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Laboratory of Suicide Studies - Basic social, behavioral, and biological, preclinical, clinical, and epidemiological studies of suicide that form the building blocks for preventive intervention research
Lalor Lab - Explore quantitative modelling approaches to the analysis of sensory electrophysiology in humans
Lambert Lab - Roles of basic cellular behaviors in embryonic patterning
Land Lab - Cooperation of Oncogenic Mutations in the Control of Malignancy
Lawrence Lab - Environmental Signaling, Immune Function, and Cellular Development
Le Lab - Renal mechanisms of hypertension and genetic determinants of susceptibility to kidney disease progression
Leckenby Lab - Enhancing the regeneration and preventing the degeneration of the peripheral nervous system
Whasil Lee Lab (Lee, Whasil Lab) - Mechanically-Activated Ion Channels and Mechanotransduction in Musculoskeletal cells
Yi-Fen Lee Lab (Lee, Yi-Fen Lab) - Urology cancers such as bladder and prostate cancers
Lerner Lab - Modeling the Biomechanics of the Knee
Libby Lab - Molecular Processes that Lead to RGC Death in Glaucoma
Liu Lab - Decoding the genetic and epigenetic basis of human aging and age-related diseases
Loiselle Lab - Identify novel strategies to improve flexor tendon healing by reducing the formation of range of motion
Looney Lab - Translational Research in Autoimmune Disease, B Cell Depletion
Lord Lab - Cell Mediated Immunity to Tumors
Luebke Lab - Auditory & Vestibular Efferent Systems
Lueck Lab - Molecular genetics and experimental treatment of diseases resulting from nonsense mutations
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MacLean Lab - The Structure of Neurotransmitter-gated Ion Channels
Maddox Lab - Investigate How the Visual System Interacts with the Auditory System to Improve Selective Attention Under Noisy Conditions
Maquat Lab - Normal & Disease-Associated RNA Decay
Marcos Lab - Gain understanding of the interplay of structural, biomechanical and optical properties of the eye, their impact on retinal image quality, and the limits they impose to visual function and perception
Mariani Lab - Systems Biology of Lung Development and Disease
McAleavey Lab - Development of Novel, Clinically Applicable Ultrasound Imaging Techniques
McGraw Lab - Understanding the mechanisms of fibrotic lung diseases
McGregor Lab - The interface between physics and biology and the techniques involved range from optical engineering to visual psychophysics
Meeks Lab - Chemosensation and Social Learning
Mehr Laboratory (Mehr lab) - Developing novel, hybrid, ultrasound-based diagnostic methods and defining the clinical utility of the developed technologies as it applies to detection, diagnosis, and therapy of various pathologies.
Mello Lab - Understanding how protein-coding genes and non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) regulate transcription in pancreatic preneoplastic lesions and gain knowledge of their impact over cellular transformation and tumor initiation
Merigan Lab - The role of retinal ganglion cells in visual perception in the primate
Meyer Lab - Bacterial chromosome re-organization during stress
Mezu-Ndubuisi Lab - Investigating Developmental Origins, Mechanisms and Therapies for Retinopathy of Prematurity Using an In vivo Mouse Model of Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy
Minckley Lab - Ecology and evolutionary advantages of pollen specialization in bees
Geriatric Oncology Lab (Mohile, Supriya Lab) - Geriatric assessment, communication, cognition, polypharmacy, cachexia and sarcopenia, social network, digital health, treatment decision-making, end of life care, and caregiver health.
Monaco Lab - Effect of the Microbiome/Virome on Mucosal and Systemic Inflammation in Health and Disease
Mooney Lab - Bone diseases, particularly osteoporosis and osteoarthritis
Moore Lab - Investigating the profound impact of endocrine hormones on progenitor cells, unraveling the mysteries of aging
Morrell Lab - Platelet functions in hemostasis/thrombosis and vascular inflammation. Platelet driven immune responses
Munger Lab - Mechanisms of Pathogenic Metabolic Manipulation
Patrick Murphy Lab (Murphy, Patrick Lab) - Dr. Murphy's laboratory uses the zebrafish model, mammalian stem cells, and human cancer cell lines to investigate how epigenetic marks help to drive cell state transitions
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Nam Lab - Mechano-Biology of the Inner Ear Sensory System
Smith Lab (Nathan Smith Lab) - The Science of Neuro-Glia Interaction Lab
Nichols Lab - Identifying the signaling pathways and mechanisms that govern homeostasis in mechanically active tissues
Noble Lab - Stem Cell Biology and Stem Cell Medicine
Ernest Nordeen Lab (nordeen, ernest lab) - Hormonal control of neural and behavioral development
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O'Connell Lab - Biochemical mechanisms of RNA-mediated gene regulation
Wynne Center for Family Research (O'Connor, Thomas Lab) - Clinical research to understand how family and relationship processes influence behavioral and biological bases of mental and physical health
Oltvai Lab - Develop improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for disease pathologies with a main focus on the molecular pathology of cancer.
Onukwufor Lab - Divalent Metal Neurotoxicity, Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease and Stress Adaptation
O'Reilly Lab - Developmental Origins of Lung Disease Laboratory
Orlandi Lab - Orphan G protein coupled receptors in brain and visual systems
Orr Lab - Speciation and the Genetics of Adaptation
Thirukumaran Lab (Orthopaedic Policy, Outcomes, and Disparities Lab) - Orthopaedic Policy, Outcomes, and Disparities (OrthoPOD) Lab - Thirukumaran
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Paciorkowski Lab - Gene discovery in several related developmental brain disorders
Neural Circuits and Computation Laboratory (Padmanabhan, Krishnan Lab) - Principles of computation performed by individual neurons and the neural circuits, and to identify how neurological and psychiatric diseases disrupt these operations
Palis Lab - Ontogeny of Hematopoiesis; Erythroid Differentiation; Erythroid Precursor Self-Renewal; Hematopoiesis-Response to Radiation
Pang Lab - Illustrate the molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis and vascular remodeling under physiological and pathological conditions
Park Lab - Gene-Environment Interactions on Brain Development
Patterson Lab - Understanding how neural computations shape visual perception and behavior
Pentland Lab - Role of Prostaglandins in skin carcinogenesis and in cell differentiation
Pérez Ramos Lab - Designing and implementing community-driven research approaches and Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) innovations to address health disparities, community needs, and Socio-structural Determinants of Health
Perkins / Zhang Lab - Basic biomedical research on cancer, specifically focusing on two areas, leukemia and mammary cancer
Pietropaoli Lab - Team approaches to patient-centered, clinical and translational investigation in sepsis and critical illness
Portman Lab - Sex Differences in the Development and Function of the C. elegans Nervous System
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Arshad Rahman Lab (Rahman, Arshad Lab) - Signaling Mechanisms of Endothelial ICAM-1 Expression
Irfan Rahman Lab (Rahman, Irfan Lab) - Oxidant and cigarette smoke-mediated lung inflammation.
Rand Lab - Developmental Neurotoxicity of Environmental Mercury
RHIC Core Lab - Design and Develop Immunological Methods for Clinical Studies and Translational Research
Rich Lab - Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Perinatal/Reproductive Health Effects of Exposures to Environmental Agents
Ritchlin Lab - Mechanisms That Underlie Pathologic Bone Resorption and New Bone Formation in Psoriatic and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Robert Lab - Evolution of Immune Surveillance, Tumor and Viral Immunity
ODALab-Spectrum (rolland, jannick lab) - Optical Diagnostics and Applications Laboratory
Rossmann Lab - Transcriptional-metabolic control of lineage differentiation
Rowe Lab - Intersection of viruses and allergic disease
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Samuelson Lab - Understanding the genetic, cell biological and molecular basis for age-driven proteostatic deterioration
Sant Lab - Immunodominance in CD4 T Cell Responses
Schallek Lab - Blood flow in the living eye by using Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscope (AOSLO)
Scheible Lab - Systems immunology approach to understanding molecular mechanisms and clinical outcomes related to early immune development in human infants
Scott Lab - Signaling pathways of prostaglandins in human melanocytes and melanoma; the role of Plexin receptors in melanocyte and melanoma biology
Seplaki Lab - Aging, disability, environment, frailty, biomarkers, measurement, health disparities
Serra-Moreno Lab - The Serra-Moreno lab focuses on understanding how HIV overcomes the innate immune barriers in its target cells to establish a chronic infection, with the goal of using this information to find new avenues for therapeutic intervention
Sharma Lab - Multimedia Security, Color Imaging, Image Processing, Signal processing for Bioinformatics/Communications
Sheftall Lab - Understand what factors are related to suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth
Shuchi Yeh Lab (Shu-Chi Yeh Lab) - Develop intravital imaging-based approaches for direct visualization, quantifications, and molecular profiling of the local regulatory machineries that harbor the skeletal, hematopoietic, and malignant stem cells
Sia Lab - Mutagenesis and Repair of Mitochondrial DNA
Meera Singh Lab (singh, meera lab) - Immune-pathogenesis of viral infections such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and SARS-CoV-2
Small Lab - Understanding how a cell can interpret biomechanical and humoral signals and activate a discrete transcriptional program during development or in response to injury
Snyder Lab - Neural mechanisms of Attention Dynamics And Memory Systems
Sobolewski Lab - Sex-differentiated mechanisms of neurotoxicity of endocrine active compounds (EACs)
SoNIC Lab - Behavioral and neural mechanisms of naturalistic human communication, including the perception and production of speech and music
Spectrum Brain Lab - Advance understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying various processes of autism in order to facilitate the development of mechanism-informed supports and interventions
Sterne Lab - Neural circuit mechanisms that generate and shape complex feeding behaviors
Stone Lab - Redefining standards for neurosurgical training, improving clinical efficiency, and enhancing patient outcomes across a range of neurological diseases
ZVR Lab (Suarez-Jimenez, Benjamin) - PTSD research leveraging virtual reality (VR), multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and machine learning
Sun Lab (Sun, Yan Lab) - Mechanisms of Defective Viral Genome Generation
Surgical Research and Genitourinary Engineering Lab (Surgical Research & Genitourinary Engineering Lab) - Surgical Simulation and Patient-Specific Surgical Simulation to create translational models to measure improvements in surgical training and patient outcomes
Susiarjo Lab - Endocrine Disruptors and Effects on Epigenetic Regulation on Imprinted Genes
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Tadin Lab - Adaptive Spatial Interactions in Motion Perception
Takimoto Lab - Host-virus interaction of Influenza and Paramyxoviruses
Taubman Lab - The Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Regulating Inflammation and Thrombosis in the Arterial Wall
Telias Lab - Understanding the molecular and physiological mechanisms that underlie pathological remodeling of the inner retina during and after degenerative blindness
Thakar Lab - Delineation the effects of age, immunogenicity of the antigens, host genotype and host’s immune history using bioinformatics, systems biology and dynamic modeling tools
Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Research Program - The Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Research Program currently houses several funded projects related to the study of and/or dissemination of best practices for Smoking Cessation with Special Populations
Turner Lab - Forces Directing Nucleic Acid Chemistry, with Particular Emphasis on RNA Folding
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Wang Lab - Experience-dependent cortical information
Ward Lab - Mechanisms of Poxvirus Envelope Formation
Waugh Lab - Cell Deformability & Cell Adhesion
Wedekind Lab - Development of New HIV/AIDS Drugs, Antibiotics, & RNA-based Therapeutics
Welte Lab - Reguation of intracellular transport developmentally controlled protein sequestration
R. James White Lab (White, R. James Lab) - Vascular Biology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Williams Lab (Williams, David Lab) - Adaptive Optics Research Lab
Wilson ECLIPSe Lab - Engineering & Clinical Laboratory for Innovation in Pediatric Surgery
Wismüller Lab - Developing Novel Intuitively Intelligible Computational Visualization Methods for the Exploratory Analysis of High-dimensional Data from Biomedical Imaging
Woeller Lab - Understanding the key molecular and cellular pathways involved in eye disease, with a particular focus on Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
Wojtovich Lab - Mitochondrial Physiology and Hypoxic Stress Signaling
Wolf Lab - Uncovering the Biological Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced Skin Toxicities
Wozniak Lab - Pathogenesis of bacterial corneal infections and novel antimicrobial drug discovery
Chia-Lung Wu Lab (Wu, Chia-Lung Lab) - Identifying the molecular mechanisms by which genetic and epigenetic regulators modulate development, homeostasis and disease progression of musculoskeletal tissues, with a particular focus on cartilage and bone.
Tong Tong Wu Lab (Wu, Tong Tong Lab) - High-dimensional data analysis, survival analysis, machine learning, computational statistics, and computational biology and statistical genetics
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Yan Lab - Regulation and Function of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in the Cardiovascular System
Yao - Zhenqiang Lab - Basic and translational studies of bone related diseases and breast cancer
Yao Lab - The understanding of pathophysiological function and molecular mechanism of new non-coding RNAs (and RBPs) and new modes of gene regulation in cardiac system and cardiovascular disease
Yarovinsky Lab - Cellular and molecular mechanisms that account for host resistance to protozoan parasites
Yishu Jiang Lab - Accessing Biological Systems with Excited-State Chemistry
Young Lab - How bioactive components in human milk differ by maternal characteristics
Yu Lab - Functions & Mechanisms of RNA Modifications
Yule Lab - Intracellular Calcium Signaling in Cells
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Zand Lab - Role of B Cells in Alloimmune Responses in Solid Organ Transplantation
Zhang Lab - Skeletal repair and reconstruction
Zhao Lab - Cell Proliferation and Mammalian Cells
Yiping Zhu Lab (Zhu, Yiping Lab) - Working with retroviruses (HIV-1, MLV, etc.) and focuses on identifying new host antiviral factors and deciphering viral antagonism of host defense