Faculty
Faculty of Bioengineering
| Gert Cauwenberghs |
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The focus of our research is on cross-cutting advances at the interface between in vivo and in silico neural information processing. |
| Karen Christman |
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The Christman lab is interested in multi-scale, interdisciplinary approaches for regenerative medicine and biomaterials, with a main focus on the treatment of myocardial infarction and heart failure. |
| Todd Coleman |
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Todd P. Coleman received the B.S. degrees in electrical engineering (summa cum laude), as well as computer engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2000, along with the M.S. and Ph... more |
| Francisco Contijoch |
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The Contijoch lab aims to improve evaluation of the heart and pulmonary vasculature by developing novel imaging techniques. We develop novel image acquisition, reconstruction, and analysis strategies for CT, MRI, and... more |
| Adam Engler |
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The Engler lab is an interdisciplinary research group using multiple stem cells (embryonic, adult, and induced pluripotent) and model systems (mice, rats, flies, monkeys) to... more |
| Andrew McCulloch |
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Our research focus is on the mechanics and electrical dynamics of the normal and diseased heart from molecular to organ scales. In spite of these successes, there remained unmet opportunities at UCSD. In 2005... more |
| Elliot McVeigh |
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In the Cardiovascular Imaging Lab (CViL) we develop new scanning protocols, hardware, and image analysis methods to diagnose and treat heart disease. Using both MRI and CT, we have been successful in creating... more |
| Christian Metallo |
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The Metallo Lab applies systems biology approaches to study metabolic pathways in mammalian cells, with a focus on understanding metabolic regulation in cancer cells and stem cells. Metabolism encompasses the... more |
| Robert Sah |
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The goal of the Cartilage Tissue Engineering Laboratory is to use and advance bioengineering in order to better prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases and injuries of cartilage. |
| Gabriel Silva |
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Our lab's goal is to understand cell signaling and information processing in biological cellular neural networks in the brain and retina. |
| Daniela Valdez-Jasso |
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Dr. Valdez-Jasso’s research group focuses on soft-tissue biomechanics and multi-scale mathematical modeling of organ and tissue function, particularly as they pertain to understanding the ventriculo-vascular... more |
| Yingxiao Wang |
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Dr. Wang’s research includes the development of genetically-encoded molecule biosensors based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and the application of these biosensors for the visualization and... more |
| Sheng Zhong |
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Sheng obtained a Ph.D. in Biostatistics at Harvard University. He worked at Stanford University as a visiting scholar. He worked at University of Illinois as an assistant professor, an... more |
Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
| Pradipta Ghosh |
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Pradipta Ghosh is a physician-scientist with dual training in internal medicine and basic science. She has two major areas of scientific interests, both unified by her passion to dissect... more |
| Ajit Varki |
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Varki’s lab is focused on a family of sugars called the sialic acids, and their roles in biology, evolution and disease. |
Faculty of Chemistry & Biochemistry
| Timothy Baker |
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Macromolecular, cryo-electron microscopy and three-dimensional (3D), image-reconstruction techniques are used in our research to visualize viruses and to determine how they interact with their hosts, replicate and... more |
| Galia Debelouchina |
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We develop chemical and spectroscopic tools for structural biology of complex biological systems. ... more |
| Neal Devaraj |
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Our interdisciplinary research group focuses on chemical biology with an emphasis on developing novel reactions for addressing questions in bottom-up synthetic biology and molecular imaging. |
| Kamil Godula |
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Our lab studies how the glycocalyx of living cells – a complex ensemble of glycoproteins and glycolipids on the cell surface – mediates their interactions with the outside world. |
| Elizabeth Komives |
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Work in the Komives Lab is focused on understanding the parameters that govern protein-protein interactions mediated by non-globular proteins. Three main systems are currently under study. |
| Alexis Komor |
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| J. Andrew McCammon |
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Most chemical reactions are carried out in solution. The solvent surroundings affect such reactions in a variety of important... more |
| Stanley Opella |
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The overall goal of the research program is to develop protein expression systems, instrumentation, and experimental methods so that NMR spectroscopy can be used to study all of the proteins encoded in a genome. |
| Michael Sailor |
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We synthesize nanomaterials and study their chemistry, electrochemistry, and optical properties. Our emphasis is on nanophase silicon and iron oxide-based materials. |
| Joseph Simpson |
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We study how cells make proteins, which is a fundamental process for life. Ribosomes are the machines responsible for protein synthesis in all cells. Ribosomes accurately "read" the... more |
| Susan Taylor |
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We are studying the structure, dynamics, and localization of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. PKA is a prototype for the protein kinase superfamily involved in signal transduction. |
| Elizabeth Villa |
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The Villa Lab develops tools to observe macromolecular complexes in their natural environment, the cell. Our ultimate goal is to unveil the structural dynamics of these complexes while... more |
| Brian Zid |
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Our lab takes an interdisciplinary approach to try and understand the specificity of mRNA localization to membrane-less compartments during stressful environmental conditions. In the long term we are interested in... more |
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science
| Adah Almutairi |
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The Almutairi lab is highly interdisciplinary, utilizing and expanding current knowledge in nanotechnology, polymer science, and chemistry. Specifically, they develop novel smart polymers that degrade into small... more |
| Pieter Dorrestein |
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Most microbes live as a microbial consortium where they interact with neighboring organisms through the secretion of signaling molecules and through other metabolic interactions. |
| Sylvia Evans |
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Dr. Evans’ research focuses on defining genetic pathways underlying heart development and to apply that understanding to both congenital and adult heart disease. |
| Michael Gilson |
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Our long-term interest is to speed the design of biomedically useful targeted molecules, including drugs and functional host-guest systems, by developing a better understanding of the physical determinants of binding... more |
| David Gonzalez |
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Our primary research goal is to provide therapeutic leads for the treatment of microbial infections. As a post-antibiotic era is upon mankind, it is imperative to elucidate new treatment avenues to combat the... more |
| Tracy Handel |
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Chemokines are critical mediators of leukocyte cell migration during routine immune surveillance, lymphocyte development and homing, and inflammation. |
| Miles Wilkinson |
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Our laboratory primarily works on two topics: (1) transcriptional regulatory pathways that control embryonic stem cell and germ cell development in vivo, and (2) RNA surveillance pathways that serve as quality-... more |
| Jin Zhang |
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Our ultimate goal is to understand how cells, the basic units of life, sense changing environments and orchestrate specific responses to carry out life processes. Recent years have seen tremendous progress in... more |
Faculty of Biological Sciences
| Kenta Asahina |
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We use the Drosophila model organisms to study the genetic and neural mechanisms underlying social interactions. The primary goal of my laboratory is to understand the genetic and neural mechanisms that... more |
| Matthew Banghart |
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Our lab seeks to understand how neuromodulators functionally reconfigure neural circuits to shape goal-oriented behavior and pain perception. Our multidisciplinary approach relies on electrophysiological, optical and... more |
| Brenda Bloodgood |
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The goal of our lab is to understand how neuronal computations change in response to an animal’s interactions with the environment. |
| Shelley Halpain |
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The Halpain lab uses multi-scale approaches to investigate neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s. Subcellular imaging is used to track the behavior and function of... more |
| Takaki Komiyama |
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Animals constantly modify their behavior through experience. Flexible behavior is key to our ability to adapt to the ever-changing environment. Our laboratory is interested in studying the activity of neuronal... more |
| Terrence Sejnowski |
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The goal of my laboratory is to discover the principles linking brain mechanisms and behavior. |
| Nick Spitzer |
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Our lab investigates the role of electrical activity in gene expression in the developing and adult nervous system. |
| Jing Wang |
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How is olfactory information represented and processed in the fly central nervous system? This question is the main driving force for research in the Wang lab. |
Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
| Padmini Rangamani |
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The focus of our research is to develop theoretical and computational models of cellular processes, with a main focus on mechanochemical regulation of cell shape and lipid bilayer mechanics. |
| Daniel Tartakovsky |
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Research interests includes applied and computational mathematics, groundwater hydrologgy, and biomedical modeling. |
Faculty of Neuroscience
| Anders Dale |
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Dr. Dale is founding Co-Director of the Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, an interdisciplinary initiative of the Departments of Neurosciences and Radiology. |
| Mark Ellisman |
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Dr. Mark H. Ellisman established NCMIR in 1988 to achieve greater understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system by developing 3D light and electron microscopy methods. |
| Tim Gentner |
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Our research examines the neural mechanisms and computational principles that that govern the sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processing of natural sounds, especially communication signals, drawing on techniques... more |
Faculty of Physics
| Henry Abarbanel |
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Henry D. I. Abarbanel is IGCC Research Director for Science and Security. Abarbanel received his B.S. in physics from Caltech and his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University. He... more |
| David Kleinfield |
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This program addresses how the vibrissa sensorimotor system of rat extracts a stable world view through its actively moving sensors. |
Faculty of Radiology
| Richard Buxton |
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Dr. Buxton’s primary research is focused on understanding the connections between neural activity, blood flow and energy metabolism in the human brain. |
| Lawrence Frank |
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My primary area of expertise is in diffusion imaging, including pulse sequence development, image reconstruction, and data analysis. |
| Thomas Liu |
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Dr. Liu is an Associate Professor of Radiology and the Director of the UCSD Center for Functional MRI (fMRI). |
| Eric Wong |
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Eric C. Wong, PhD MD is a biophysicist working on the development of new hardware and imaging methods for MRI. |
Faculty Of Affiliated Programs
| Tim Gentner |
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Our research examines the neural mechanisms and computational principles that that govern the sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processing of natural sounds, especially communication signals, drawing on techniques... more |
| Daniel Tartakovsky |
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Research interests includes applied and computational mathematics, groundwater hydrologgy, and biomedical modeling. |