People

All of the faculty associated with the DSCB graduate program are listed below. Click on a faculty name to view a detailed description of an individual research program, contact information, recent publications and links to other relevant websites.

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Professor

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences

Research Summary
Gene regulation and human disease

Rosemary Akhurst, PhD

Professor

Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research Summary
Growth factors and genetic modifiers in vascular biology and cancer

Michael Alexanian, PhD

Assistant Professor

Gladstone Institutes

Research Summary
Our team studies how chromatin receives, processes, and amplifies environmental stress signals that drive changes in cell states leading to heart disease.

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

Heather and Melanie Muss Professor

Department of Neurological Surgery

Research Summary
Birth and Migration of New Neurons

Scott Baraban, PhD

Professor

Department of Neurological Surgery

Research Summary
Neurobiology of Epilepsy

Brian Black, PhD

Professor

Cardiovascular Research Institute

Research Summary
Transcriptional Control of Mammalian Organogenesis

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Urology

Research Summary
Molecular basis of stem cell self-renewal, differentiation and contribution to cancer

David Booth, PhD

Assistant Professor

M_Biochemistry and Biophysics

Research Summary
With a combination of molecular genetics, biochemistry, functional genomics, and cell biology, we are exploring the molecular mechanisms and environmental cues that govern the transitions between different choanoflagellates cell types.

Benoit Bruneau, PhD

Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Research Summary
Transcriptional regulation of cardiac morphogenesis and differentiation

Abby Buchwalter, PhD

Assistant Professor

M_Cardiovascular Research Inst

Research Summary
We seek to understand how the organization of the nucleus is established, specialized across cell types, and maintained over time to influence cellular identity.

Jeffrey Bush, PhD

Professor

Department of Cell & Tissue Biology

Research Summary
Signaling control of mammalian morphogenesis and congenital disease

Andy Chang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Cardiovascular Research Institute

Research Summary
We are interested in mechanisms of oxygen and metabolite sensing in mammals.