Pilot Projects 2015-2016

Jose Aleman, MD, PhD
Breslow Laboratory

Mechanisms of accelerated atherosclerosis in brown adipose tissue expansion

 

Tali Czarnowicki, MD
Krueger Laboratory

Phenotype, regulation and development of the immune system in adult atopic dermatitis patients

 

Oyebisi Jegede, MBBS, PhD
Rice Laboratory

Effects of chronic viral infection on immune response to Zoster vaccination

 

Gadi Lalazar, MD
Simon Laboratory

Phosphoproteomics of Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma

 

Avi Levin, MD
Steller Laboratory

Colon cancer-associated proteasomal assembly is a potential novel therapeutic target

 

Isaac Marin-Valencia
Gleeson Laboratory

Expanding diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for inherited brain metabolic disorders by exome analysis

 

Claudio Alarcon
Tavazoie Laboratory

Identifying factors that regulate the cross-talk between metastatic pancreatic cells and the immune system

 

Ursula Andreo, PhD
Rice Laboratory

The impact of metabolic syndrome on the antiviral immune response

 

Ype de Jong, MD, PhD
Rice Laboratory

Programmed bacteria to coordinately deliver antitumor therapeutics in hepatocellular carcinoma xenografts

 

Benjamin Farber, MD
Simon Laboratory

Using Non-coding RNAs as a Diagnostic tool in Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma

 

Paul Muller
Mucida Laboratory

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENTERIC NEURON TRANSCRIPTOME FOR PROBING OF NEUROIMMUNE INTERACTIONS

 

Lily Nguyen, MS
Cohen Laboratory

The role of adipose tissue in bariatric surgery

 

Virginia Pedicord
Hang Laboratory

Identifying beneficial gut bacteria mechanisms for the rational design of probiotics against intestinal infections

 

Kareem Rumah
Fischetti Lab

Identification of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin as a novel candidate trigger for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

 

Sameer Sharma
Steller Laboratory

“COCOON” – A Novel Intestinal Protective Agent

 

Jeanne Walker, MSN,NP-C
Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science
JWA-0786 Pilot Study: The effects of trans-resveratrol (RSV) on insulin resistance, inflammation and the metabolic syndrome: A placebo controlled double-blind study.

 

Ethan Weinberg, MD
Tavazoie Laboratory
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 (PCK1) is a potential therapeutic target for metastatic colorectal cancer liver colonization

 

Yuehyi Gloria Wu
Tavazoie Laboratory

Identifying and Characterizing Metastasis Regulators as Novel Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

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