Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Director, Brain Tumor Research Division
Associate Director, Basic Research, 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 Department
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 Department
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research focus:
Defining mechanisms of skeletal muscle aging, protein homeostasis, and myokines
Member
Chair, Developmental Neurobiology Department
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
Brain Tumor Research Division
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research focus:
Understanding development and dysfunction of the human brain through the lens of the neural progenitor cell
Associate Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Director, Center for Bioimage Informatics
Research focus:
Using concise morphological representations for computational modeling of the physics and mechanics of biological structures across scales
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
Associate Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Brain Tumor Research Division
Comoprehensive Cancer Center
Research focus:
Leveraging multi-omic bulk and single-cell approaches to decipher molecular landscapes and developmental origins of medulloblastoma
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 appraoch to examine genetic risk as a factor of oncogenesis across cancers
Assistant Member
Developmental Neurobiology
Neural Circuits and Behavior Division
Research focus:
Exploring mechanisms of neuromodulatory circuit organization
Member
Developmental Neurobiology
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 Department
Developmental Neurobiology Department
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research focus:
Studying high risk pediatric solid tumors
Assistant Member
Developmental Neurobiology
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