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The Choi Lab develops new synthetic biology tools to study cell-fate decisions in development.

… The Choi Lab develops new synthetic biology tools to study cell-fate decisions in development. During development, cells differentiate into various cell types with distinct functions. To understand how different cell types are made, we need a tool to observe cells’ previous and current states, as well

Physician-scientist Vladimir Ponomarev focuses on developing reporter genetic systems for specific applications such as sequential in vivo imaging studies in cancer biology, cancer immunotherapy, and radiation sciences.

… I am a physician-scientist who focuses on the development of new multi-modal imaging approaches for specific applications, such as sequential in vivo imaging studies in cancer biology, cancer immunotherapy, and radiation sciences. Vladimir Ponomarev, MD, PhD Office phone 646-888-2213

The Wilkinson laboratory studies reverse transcriptases and retrotransposons using biochemistry, structural biology, and genome mining.

… Genetic information typically flows in one direction: from DNA to RNA to protein. Our lab is fascinated by reverse transcription, where this flow is flipped on its head, allowing RNA to be rewritten back into DNA. Reverse transcriptases are famously used by retroviruses like HIV to invade genomes, but

The Pavletich laboratory studies the structural biology of pathways that control cell growth and maintain the integrity of the genome.

… Our research group is interested in understanding, at the structural and mechanistic levels, the maintenance of genomic integrity and the control of cell growth, both of which figure prominently in cancer. In the area of growth control, our recent work is focused on the mTOR pathway that controls multiple

Physician-scientist Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue studies the genomics and cell biology of pancreatic and other solid tumors as it relates to subclonal evolution, tumor progression, and metastasis.

… Our lab investigates the fundamental evolutionary mechanisms underlying metastasis using pancreatic cancer as our model tumor type. Metastasis is the result of a series of biological hurdles subject to Darwinian selection including the birth of metastasis-enabled cells within a heterogeneous primary

Molecular geneticist Britta Weigelt studies the genomics of gynecologic cancers and the use of circulating cell-free DNA for disease monitoring and the identification of therapy resistance mechanisms.

… Gynecology DMT Research Laboratory Our laboratory focuses on the use of high-throughput genomics and functional genomics to identify drivers of rare gynecologic cancer types, and to define the clinical and biological significance of intra-tumor phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity in these tumors. Dr

Arvin Dar’s lab develops chemical tools and probes to explore disease mechanisms and the structural biology of cancer targets.

… The Dar laboratory explores cancer mechanisms and new approaches in chemical biology. Our research integrates genetics, biochemistry, structure, and small molecule discovery. Our primary goal is to develop tools that enable us to modulate cell signaling networks, allowing for in-depth mechanistic exploration

Molecular and cell biologist Christine Mayr studies how 3′UTRs regulate protein functions and how mRNAs contribute to cytoplasmic organization.

… My laboratory studies the regulatory and structural roles of mRNAs in the cytoplasm. My laboratory studies the regulatory and structural roles of mRNAs in the cytoplasm. Specifically, we investigate how 3′UTRs regulate protein functions in a manner that is independent of protein abundance. We found that

The Lima laboratory studies mechanisms underlying RNA processing as well as post-translational protein modification by ubiquitin-like proteins.

… We are a research laboratory that studies fundamental structural, biochemical, and functional attributes for macromolecules involved in post-translational protein modification by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins such as SUMO, and pathways that contribute to co- and post-transcriptional RNA maturation

Systems biologist Thomas Norman develops new computational and functional genomics approaches for studying how genes interact to realize complex phenotypes.

… The Norman Lab aims to combine large-scale functional genomics experiments with computational modeling to enable rational engineering of cell state. Our primary model system is the fibroblast, a ubiquitous and phenotypically plastic cell type that plays a role in diverse pathologies. We played a foundational