Research Interests

We share a mission to understand, at the smallest of scales, how the molecules of life function; such an understanding is essential for innovating new therapeutics for treating disease and engineering new molecules with novel functions. The Prehoda, Nolen, Hansen, and von Hippel labs specialize in applying the latest biochemical and imaging techniques to understanding single-molecule and cell dynamics.

Understanding how genomes are regulated and propagated to the next generation is a major challenge of 21st century biology. The Libuda, Garcia, Noma, and Barkan labs are working to discover how DNA is protected, repaired, expressed, and regulated. 

Multiple labs use animal models to dissect the processes of embryonic development and regeneration that can then be leveraged to model and treat human disease; this is the primary focus of the Stankunas, Grimes, Herman, and Bowerman labs. 

The Guillemin, Harms, Spero, and Mascarenhas labs investigate the beneficial and harmful effects that the microbial world has on human health.