People

Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

Secondary Thematic Area:

Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Research Summary:

Studies of radiation as carcinogen in breast, and its application as a cancer treatment using mouse models and human tissues and cell cultures.

Jody Baron, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Immunology

Secondary Thematic Area:

Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Summary:

Innate and adaptive immunity to viral pathogens

Allan Basbaum, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Neurobiology

Secondary Thematic Area:

None

Research Summary:

The Neurological Basis of Pain and Its Control

James Bayrer, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Secondary Thematic Area:

Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology

Research Summary:

Our laboratory deciphers the molecular machinery controlling intestinal epithelial renewal and gut signaling via genetic disease models coupled with mouse and human intestinal organoids.

Mentorship Development:

12/19/19 ACRA: Setting training expectations for trainees on the academic career track

Michael Beattie, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Neurobiology

Secondary Thematic Area:

None

Research Summary:

CNS injury and repair

Peter Beernink, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis

Secondary Thematic Area:

Immunology

Research Summary:

My laboratory investigates molecular interactions among microbial vaccine antigens, host antibodies, and other immune system proteins.

Paola Betancur, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

Secondary Thematic Area:

Human Genetics

Research Summary:

Gene regulation in health and disease

Mallar Bhattacharya, MD

Primary Thematic Area:

Immunology

Secondary Thematic Area:

Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology

Research Summary:

The Bhattacharya Laboratory studies the effect of macrophages on fibroblast activation during the fibrotic phase of tissue injury, with a focus on lung fibrosis.