Meet the DNB Team

Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Deputy Director, St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Leader, Neurobiology & Brain Tumor Program
Endowed Chair in Brain Tumor Research

Research focus:
Deciphering the pathogenesis and therapeutic vulnerabilities of pediatric high-grade glioma

Assistant Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Neural Circuits and Behavior Division

Research focus:
Exploring development and functional organization of neural circuits controlling movement

Associate Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Understanding neural progenitor cell regulation and the mechanisms and biological relevance of hypertranscription

Associate Member
Developmental Neurobiology

Research focus:
Defining mechanisms of muscle-to-brain signaling and proteostasis during aging

Member
Chair, Developmental Neurobiology
Co-Leader, Developmental Biology & Solid Tumor Program
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Examining the coordination of proliferation and differentiation during development and disease

Associate Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Understanding development and dysfunction of the human brain through the lens of the neural progenitor cell

Assistant Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Division of Neuronal Cell Biology

Research focus:
Investigating synaptic membrane and protein dynamics with millisecond temporal and nanometer spatial resolution.

Associate Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Interrogating the biology of pediatric brain tumors and developing preclinical models for therapeutic development

Member
Shahdam, Edna and Albert Abdo Basic Science Chair
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Deciphering control of neuronal death and differentiation

Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Director, Center of Excellence in Neuro-Oncology Sciences (CENOS)
Endowed Chair, Molecular Neuro-Oncology

Research focus:
Leveraging patient-driven multi-omics to resolve the molecular and cellular basis of embryonal central nervous system tumors

Associate Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Searching for insights into normal and diseased stem cell behaviors

Member
Structural Biology
Developmental Neurobiology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Using mass spectrometry-based proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology to understand human disease

Associate Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Cell and Molecular Biology
Director, Center for Spatial Omics

Research interests:
Using a multi-omics approach to examine genetic risk as a factor of oncogenesis across cancers

Assistant Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Division of Neural Circuits and Behavior

Research focus: 
Exploring mechanisms of neuromodulatory circuit organization

Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Director, Division of Neuronal Cell Biology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Understanding the link between cell polarity signaling and neuronal differentiation during cerebellar development

Assistant Member
Oncology
Developmental Neurobiology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus:
Studying high risk pediatric solid tumors

Assistant Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Division of Neuronal Cell Biology

Research focus: 
Understanding the molecular detail underlying basic mechanisms of organelle quality control and organelle trafficking in neurons.

Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Director, Division of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research focus: 
Investigating the neural circuits, synaptic function, and molecular mechanisms controlling learning and memory and their dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disease