Department: Genetics

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  Calos, Michele 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Genetics
  Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  My lab is developing innovative gene and cell therapies for genetic diseases, with a focus on stem cell therapies and regenerative medicine. We have created novel methods for inserting therapeutic genes into the chromosomes at specific places by using homologous recombination and recombinase enzymes. We are working on two forms of muscular dystrophy. We created induced pluripotent stem cells from patient fibroblasts, added therapeutic genes, differentiated, and engrafted the cells.
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  Calton, Melissa Ann
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
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  Carpenter, Meredith Lauren
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
  Research Interest

  I am interested in how human genomes change over time and how population histories influence disease susceptibilities in different populations.
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  Carrillo, Michelle Whirl
  Academic Appointments Assistant Director, PharmGKB,  Genetics
  
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  Cenik, Can 
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
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  Chen, Rui 
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
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  Cheng, Mei-Hsin 
  Academic Appointments Ph.D. Student in Genetics, admitted Autumn 2009
  
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  Cheng, Yong 
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
  Research Interest

  I spent most of my PH.D time on identifying and elucidating the functions of cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) through functional genomic, comparative genomics approaches. My current projects include: 1) Annotate the human functional sequences using human ENCODE and Mouse ENCODE data. 2) Improve the understanding of personal genomics by combing functional genomics, comparative genomics and population genomics approaches. 3) Relationship between immune system and micro biome.
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  Cherry, J. Michael 
  Academic Appointments Professor (Research),  Genetics
  Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  My research involves identifying, validating and integrating scientific facts into encyclopedic databases essential for research and scientific education. Published results of scientific experimentation are a foundation of our understanding of the natural world and provide motivation for new experiments. The combination of in-depth understanding reported in the literature with computational analyses is an essential ingredient of modern biological research.
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  Chiou, Shin-Heng 
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
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  Choi, Yoonha 
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
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  Chuang, Chen-Hua 
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
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  Cohen, Stanley 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Genetics
  Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
  Member,  Bio-X
  Professor,  Medicine
  
  Research Interest

  We study RNA decay and mechanisms that affect microbial antibiotic resistance, as well as the exploitation of host genes by pathogens. A small bioinformatics team within our lab has developed knowledge based systems to aid in investigations of gene expression on a genome-wide basis.
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  Contrepois, Kevin Pierre Francis 
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
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  Cooke, Thomas Fretwell
  Academic Appointments Ph.D. Student in Genetics, admitted Autumn 2011
  
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  Cornejo, Omar Eduardo
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
  Research Interest

  I am mainly interested in understanding the relative roles of recombination, mutation and selection in shaping genetic variation in and determining the genetic structure of populations of microorganism, especially those that are etiological agents of infectious diseases. I am also interested in disentangling the contribution of forces generating and maintaining variation genome wide and the use of new technologies for the assessment of variation in different organisms.
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  Costa, Helio Azevedo
  Academic Appointments Ph.D. Student in Genetics, admitted Autumn 2010
  
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  Couthouis, Julien 
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics
  
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  Crane, Emily Elizabeth
  Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics