Research Labs

Physician-scientist Adrienne Boire studies metastasis to the central nervous system.

The Chiosis lab uses a unique chemical biology approach to understand, diagnose, and treat cellular processes associated with chronic molecular stress, with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutic options for use in the clinic.

The Diver lab studies the physiological roles and molecular mechanisms of understudied membrane-embedded proteins with the goal of revealing novel therapeutic targets for diseases such as pain and cancer.

The Farese & Walther lab studies the biology and pathology of cellular lipid metabolism, focusing on lipid/energy storage in lipid droplets and sphingolipid metabolism in lysosomes.

Cell biologist Timothy Ryan studies the molecular basis of synaptic transmission in the mammalian brain.

The Functional MRI Laboratory provides pre-operative planning for patients with brain tumors and studies the clinical applications of advanced neuroimaging techniques for brain tumor imaging.

The Lai laboratory integrates genetics, biochemistry, and genomewide approaches to study diverse regulatory networks during patterning and behavior.

Joan Massagué studies the control of stem cell growth and phenotype in tumor progression, metastasis, and response to therapy.

Physician-scientist Ingo Mellinghoff studies signal transduction alterations in primary brain tumors.

The Nikolov laboratory focuses on the structural, biophysical, and biochemical characterization of the molecular mechanisms of cell-cell interactions and signal transduction across the plasma membrane.