Research Track faculty make extraordinary scientific contributions and discoveries in the labs of our Primary faculty.
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Wen Bu, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor
Generating breast cancer rodent models through virus vector-mediated oncogene delivery or somatic gene editing. Cell of origin of breast cancer
wbu@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Yi Li Lab
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Robert Cabrera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Etiology of congenital malformations and embryonal tumors
Robert.Cabrera@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Richard Finnell Lab
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Ruhee Dere, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms involved in regulating primary cilia formation and disassembly
dere@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Cheryl Walker Lab
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Guowei Gu, Ph.D.
Instructor
Breast cancer; testicular cancer; endometrium cancer
ggu@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Suzzane Fuqua lab
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Rahul Jangid, Ph.D.
Instructor
Chromatin biology
jangid@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Cheryl Walker Lab
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Sung Jung, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
syjung@bcm.edu
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Rainer Lanz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics analysis on multiple projects within the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
rlanz@bcm.edu
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Yunping Lei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sanger Sequencing and next generation sequencing. Molecular genetic analysis of neural tube defects. Planar cell polarity pathway analysis.
yunping.lei@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Richard Finnell Lab
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Lisa McClendon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular and cellular signaling pathways involved in cardiac regeneration and repair. Mechanisms that drive chronic heart disease progression
Lisa.McClendon@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Bert O'Malley, M.D.
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Robb Moses, M.D.
Professor
Genome stability with focus on DNA repair. Inherited cancer syndromes. Aging, with focus on proteostasis and accumulation of mutations.
remoses@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Bert O'Malley, M.D.
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Anil Panigrahi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Developing cell-free approaches to study the mechanisms of enhancer-mediated transcription activation.
panigrah@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Bert O'Malley, M.D.
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In-Young Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
ipark@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Cheryl Walker Lab
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Durga Tripathi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
dntripat@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Cheryl Walker Lab
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Spyidoula Vasileiou, Ph.D.
Instructor
vasileio@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Ann Leen
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Bogdan Wlodarczyk, DVM, Ph.d., DSc
Associate Professor
wlodarcz@bcm.edu
Affiliated Lab: Richard Finnell Lab
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Longyong Xu, Ph.D.
Instructor
longyong.xu@bcm.edu
Affiliated Faculty: Xi Chen