"We study the developmental regulation of the immune system in a pediatric murine model. Our studies focus on cytokine production, inflammation, infectious diseases, epigenetics, and both the systemic and intestinal immune systems."

Neuroproteomics, posttranslational modification of deimination, local protein synthesis in neuronal dendrites

"Transcription factors in normal and cancerous stem cell development with focus on cardiogenesis, mammogenesis and breast cancer."

We study the cell biological bases of brain development by using various imaging and genetic technologies.

"The research in the laboratory focuses on the study of: (1) molecular pathways that regulate self-renewal, activation and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors, (2) molecular pathways supporting self-renewal and differentiation of cancer stem cells, and (3) stem cell transformation and leukemogenesis."

Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate dendrite morphogenesis and neural connectivity.

Our lab studies axon regeneration in vitro and in vivo. A major goal is to identify and characterize genes that enhance axon regeneration using high content screening.

My lab focuses on embryonic heart development. Our goal is to determine the molecular and cellular regulatory mechanisms of heart valve formation using in vitro and in vivo model systems.

Understand the mechanisms of steroid hormone receptor and coactivator action in normal and cancerous tissues.

"Research focuses on innate host defenses of the airways including mucociliary clearance, mucus secretion, ciliary beating and lactoperoxidase system and recovery from insults."

"Our areas of research center on the development of the nervous system, neurotrophin signaling in neural cells and repair of the CNS after spinal cord injury. For the development of nervous system we try to understand how mitogenic factors influence cell numbers and how cell fates are linked to specific transcriptional networks. We use live fluorescent imaging techniques to study neurotrophin signaling. For spinal cord injury repair strategies, we utilize modified neurotrophins and grafting of CNS derived cells. We integrate several approaches including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Imaging techniques."