Ghazaleh Ashrafi, PhD

Ghazaleh Ashrafi, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

The Ashrafi lab uses genetic, biochemical, and quantitative optical imaging techniques to study metabolic regulation of neurotransmission.

Kendall Blumer, PhD

Kendall Blumer, PhD

Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

The Blumer lab currently studies signal transduction mechanisms that cause uveal melanoma, a highly aggressive and deadly cancer, with the ultimate goal of discovering avenues leading to effective therapy for this currently untreatable cancer.

Chun-Kan Chen, PhD

Chun-Kan Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

The Chen lab utilizes multi-omic and high-throughput screening approaches to systematically investigate the regulation and function of circRNA in cells and develop novel circRNA technologies for translational applications.

Clair  Crewe, PhD

Clair Crewe, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

The Crewe lab uses transgenic mouse lines, cell culture and biochemistry to understand extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated signaling during homeostatic and pathologic metabolic regulation.

Pan-Yue  Deng, MD, PhD

Pan-Yue Deng, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

Lai Kuan Dionne, PhD

Lai Kuan Dionne, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

Inter-organellar interactions between midbody, centrosome, and primary cilium in health and disease.

Sergej Djuranovic, PhD

Sergej Djuranovic, PhD

Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

The Djuranovic Lab uses different biochemical, molecular biology and genetics techniques to investigate the process of gene expression regulation at the level of mRNA translation.

Dennis Goldfarb, PhD

Dennis Goldfarb, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

The Goldfarb Lab is focused on computational mass spectrometry and proteomics with the goal of achieving comprehensive protein identification and quantification in complex biological samples.

Subhadra Gunawardana,  DVM, PhD

Subhadra Gunawardana, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

Novel techniques for correcting type-1 diabetes without insulin, utilizing the beneficial effects of healthy adipose tissue: Subcutaneous transplantation of embryonic brown adipose tissue (BAT) has proven effective in reversing type 1 diabetes in mice, independent of insulin.

Xue-Yan He, PhD

Xue-Yan He, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology

The He Lab is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the mechanisms responsible for colorectal tumor progression, with a specific focus on Stress and its influence on the Tumor Microenvironment.