{"result":[{"lastName":"Straight","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6006&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Aaron Straight","firstName":"Aaron","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Aaron_Straight","researchInterest":"We study the process of cell division. Our research is focused on understanding how chromosomes are segregated during mitosis and how cells divide during cytokinesis."},{"lastName":"Krasnow","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4120&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Krasnow","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mark_Krasnow","researchInterest":"-  Lung development and stem cells\r\n-  Neural control of breathing\r\n-  Lung diseases including lung cancer\r\n-  New genetic model organisms for medicine"},{"lastName":"Snyder","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13465&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Snyder","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Michael_Snyder","researchInterest":"We are presently in an omics revolution in which genomes and other omes can be readily characterized. Our laboratory uses a variety of approaches to analyze genomes and regulatory networks. Our research focuses on yeast, an ideal model organism ideally suited to genetic analysis, and humans.\r\n\r\n1) Transcriptomes\r\nTo annotate genomes, we developed RNA sequencing for annotation the yeast and human transcriptomes. We discovered that the eukaryotic transcriptome is much more complex than previously"},{"lastName":"Cao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11477&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jian Cao","firstName":"Jian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Jian_Cao","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Jackson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Acting Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4463&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Jackson","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Peter_Jackson","researchInterest":"Cell cycle and cyclin control of DNA replication ."},{"lastName":"Pringle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7022&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John R. Pringle","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/John_Pringle","researchInterest":"Much of our research exploits the power of yeast as an experimentally tractable model eukaryote to investigate fundamental problems in cell and developmental biology such as the mechanisms of cell polarization and cytokinesis.  In another project, we are developing the small sea anemone Aiptasia as a model system for study of the molecular and cellular biology of dinoflagellate-cnidarian symbiosis, which is critical for the survival of most corals but still very poorly understood."},{"lastName":"Samos","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Science Writer/Editor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Information Editor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Science Writer/Editor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=28093&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cynthia Samos","firstName":"Cynthia","href":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/Cynthia_Samos","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Baker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6206&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bruce Baker","firstName":"Bruce","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Bruce_Baker","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mickey Hu","firstName":"Mickey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mickey_Hu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Pfeffer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4087&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Suzanne Pfeffer","firstName":"Suzanne","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Suzanne_Pfeffer","researchInterest":"The goal of our research is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which proteins are targeted to specific membrane compartments. How do transport vesicles select their contents, bud, translocate through the cytoplasm, and then fuse with their targets? We study the Ras-like Rab GTPases--how they serve as master regulators of all receptor trafficking events.  We also study how cells acquire cholesterol from the diet and from LDL."},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4007&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tobias Meyer","firstName":"Tobias","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Tobias_Meyer","researchInterest":"CELLULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING  The main problem in signal transduction is to understand how different receptor-stimuli specifically control diverse cell functions. We are using automated microscopy, live-cell fluorescent biosensors and perturbations of predicted signaling proteins to systematically dissect signaling networks.  This allows us to identify signaling modules and to elucidate and ultimately model the flow of cellular information."},{"lastName":"Lu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3976&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bingwei Lu","firstName":"Bingwei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Bingwei_Lu","researchInterest":"We are interested in understanding how neural stem cells balance their self-renewal and differentiation and how deregulation of this process can result in brain tumor. We are also interested in mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer\u0092s and Parkinson\u0092s diseases. We are using both Drosophila and mammalian models to address these fundamental questions."},{"lastName":"Mulholland","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Director, CSIF,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine"},{"appointment":"Research & Development Engr,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Director, CSIF,Dean's Office - Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=26450&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonathan Mulholland","firstName":"Jonathan","href":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/Jonathan_Mulholland","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Ferrell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4656&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Ferrell","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/James_Ferrell","researchInterest":"My lab has two main goals: to understand mitotic regulation and to understand the systems-level logic of simple signaling circuits.  We often make use of Xenopus laevis oocytes, eggs, and cell-free extracts for both sorts of study.  We also carry out single-cell fluorescence imaging studies on mammalian cell lines.  Our experimental work is complemented by computational and theoretical studies aimed at identifying the design principles of regulatory circuits."},{"lastName":"Tobin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver),Pediatrics - Centers, Center for Biomedical Ethics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6945&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sara L. (Sally) Tobin","firstName":"Sara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Sara_Tobin","researchInterest":"Tobin is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the University of Washington and did postdoctoral research in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley and in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco. She became a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1983 and moved to Stanford University in 1996. Her research contributions have been published in presti"},{"lastName":"Morrison","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14873&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ashby Morrison","firstName":"Ashby","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Ashby_Morrison","researchInterest":"Our research interests are to elucidate the contribution of chromatin to mechanisms that promote genomic integrity."},{"lastName":"Chu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Oncology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4149&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gilbert Chu","firstName":"Gilbert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Gilbert_Chu","researchInterest":"Our laboratory focuses on understanding how cells respond to DNA damage. Our research currently involves areas that interact with each other: repair of radiation damage, and transcriptional responses to DNA damage."}]}