Human Genetics & Cancer Biology

Sidi Chen

The Chen lab uses in vivo CRISPR-based screening, synthetic biology, and bioinformatics to understand the molecular factors controlling cancer progression and anti-tumor immunity.

Daniel DiMaio

The DiMaio lab uses genetic techniques to study the interactions between tumor viruses and their host mammalian cells. 

Nadya Dimitrova

The Dimitrova lab investigates the functions and mechanisms of action of long noncoding RNAs in the context of cancer. 

Luisa Escobar-Hoyos

The Escobar-Hoyos lab focuses on understanding how aberrant RNA splicing contributes to the maintenance, establishment, and impairment of anti-tumor immune response in tumors. 

Peter Glazer

The Glazer lab researches new therapeutic strategies for treating cancer and the role of altered DNA repair in tumor progression. 

Jeffrey Gruen

The Gruen lab studies the genetics of communication disordered and learning disabilities, specifically dyslexia and developmental language disorder. 

Lilian Kabeche

The Kabeche seeks to understand the interplay between chromosomal instability and RNA damage response defects in cancers.

Mustafa Khoka

The Khoka lab is interested in the molecular mechanisms that cause critical illness in infants and children, by modeling candidate gene mutations in the high-throughput human disease model Xenopus tropicalis

Tony Koleske

The Koleske lab aims to understand synapse development and how it becomes disrupted in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders.

Monkol Lek

The Lek lab is focused on understanding the genetic mechanism of rare diseases that may lead to rational approaches to therapies. 

Jun Lu

The Lu lab is interested in noncoding and epigenetic regulation of hematopoeisis and cancer.

Mandar Muzumdar

The Muzumdar lab is interested in understanding the mechanisms by which genetic, environmental, and host factors contribute to cancer initiation, progression, and maintenance. 

Jesse Rinehart

The Rinehart lab is focused on the discovery and characterization of phosphorylation sites in proteins and regulatory networks underlying human disease.

Hongyu Zhao

The Zhao lab develops novel statistical and computational methods to address the biological basis of many human diseases, as well as collaborating with plant and evolutionary biologists to uncover the genetic basis of various plant traits.