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Caroline Vissers on Diversity in Science and Science Communication
Caroline Vissers is a graduate student in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology at Johns Hopkins Medicine University School of Medicine. Her essay “Diversity at the Top of the Social Media Signaling Cascade” won 3rd place in the Lasker Foundation Essay Contest.
Christy Wyskiel on Moving Discoveries into the Marketplace
Christy Wyskiel is the senior advisor to the president of The Johns Hopkins University for innovation and entrepreneurship. In this role, she serves as executive director of Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV), a division of the university responsible for technology transfer, industry research partnerships, and company incubation.
John Aucott and Mark Soloski on Ticks and Lyme Disease
John Aucott and Mark Soloski partnered up with WebMD and brought together their clinical and fundamental research expertise on Lyme disease to answer questions in Reddit’s Ask Me Anything.
Vikram Chib on Motivation in the Brain
Vikram Chib is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins Medicine. He studies the neuroscience behind what motivates us and how we make decisions. His lab recently made a discovery that being watched while you do a task can actually push you to do better.
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Dan O’Connor on the Importance of Touch
Neuroscientist Dan O’Connor’s research focuses on understanding what happens in our brain to perceive touch – a sense plays a crucial role in how we interpret our surroundings, move around and even our perception of pain. His lab has recently made a new discovery on how our brains process touch.
David Zappulla on the Role of Telomeres in Aging
David Zappulla is a research associate in the of Molecular Biology & Genetics. His lab studies the molecular mechanisms of telomerase function in yeast in the hopes of helping to pave the way for better understanding of telomere biology in humans, and to identify interventions to improve human health.
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Natalia Trayanova on Virtual Hearts that Save Lives
Natalia Trayanova is a professor of biomedical engineering and medicine. Her lab creates predictive computer simulations to generate personalized virtual hearts to assess patient risk of sudden cardiac death and to guide personalized anti-arrhythmia interventions
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Xingde Li on Non Invasive Probes to Visualize Living Cells
Xingde Li is a professor of biomedical engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His lab focuses on novel endomicroscopy technologies in the hopes of someday diminishing our dependency on biopsies..
Siobhán Cooke on Why Paleontologists Would Teach Anatomy
Siobhán Cooke is an assistant professor of functional anatomy and evolution. Her research focuses on the evolution and eventual extinction of the native mammals of the Caribbean region. She also teaches human anatomy to medical students.
Seth Blackshaw on How the Brain Controls Sleep
Seth Blackshaw is a professor of neuroscience, neurology and ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He recently published a paper describing newly identified brain cells in mice that play a major role in promoting sleep.
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Haig Kazazian on ‘Jumping Genes’ and Their Relation to Genetic Disease
Haig Kazazian is a professor of pediatrics and molecular biology and genetics. His current research uses next generation DNA sequencing to investigate the role of LINE-1 (L1) genes in human diseases, such as cancer.
Alan Scott on Next Generation Genome Sequencing
Alan Scott, is an associate professor in the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine. He recently led a team that developed a faster, less expensive method for whole genome sequencing which he plans to use to study genome evolution in rare and endangered species.
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King-Wai Yau on Night Vision That’s Not “on the Brain”
King-Wai Yau, professor of neuroscience and ophthalmology, investigates sight and smell. He is currently studying how nocturnalnon-primate animals make their pupils constrict without using their brain.
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Alena Savonenko on Investigating the Role of Aging in the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alena Savonenko is an associate professor of pathology and neurology. She investigates the neurobiological mechanisms of aging, learning and memory. Her current research studies the mechanism of aging and why it is fundamental in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Liz Tucker on Improving Outcomes for Children with Tuberculosis Meningitis.
Liz Tucker is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and specializes in pediatric critical care in the PICU. Her most current research studies neuroinflammation caused by central nervous system TB, which occurs most commonly in children.
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Ben Larman on a New Method to Measure Gene Expression in Patient Tissues
Ben Larman is an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology, in the Division of Immunology. He spoke with Fundamentals about a new technique for analyzing the RNA content of human tissues.
Dung Le on the Hard Work Behind a Historic Drug Approval
Dung Le is an associate professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute. She co-led a clinical trial that was instrumental in the Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of the drug pembrolizumab to treat cancers based on their genetic characteristics.
Jody Tversky on a New Method to Analyze Skin Testing for Allergies
Jody Tversky is an assistant professor and former Clinical Director of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Here he discusses what scotch tape and drones have to do with allergy testing.
Jiajia Zhang on her journey back to grad school.
Jiajia Zhang was a trained oncologist in China when she read news about former Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Johns Hopkins and the launch of the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. She decided to focus the rest of her career on research, and she was accepted into a master of public health program in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Kathleen Cullen on the Electric Appeal of the Brain
Kathleen Cullen is a professor of biomedical engineering. Here, she talks about the synergy of neuroscience and engineering, and how both come into play in an often-overlooked sixth sense.
Kathleen Gabrielson on the toxic effects of stress
Kathleen Gabrielson is an associate professor in the Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology. She investigates the side effects of medications, and the impact of stress on the body.
Albert Lau on the Mechanics of Biological Machines
Albert Lau is an assistant professor of biophysics and biophysical chemistry. He studies the actions and interactions of molecules in atomic detail, focusing on signaling proteins in the brain.
David Valle on the Johns Hopkins inHealth Initiative
David Valle is director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine. He works to discover the genetic causes of disease and is part of the Johns Hopkins inHealth steering committee.
Carol Greider on the Importance of Sharing Results ‘ASAP’
Carol Greider, a self-proclaimed rogue scientist and ASAPbio activist, talks about the initiative to change scientific publishing to better promote the free flow of ideas.
Jordan Green on LEGOS and Nanoparticles
Jordan Green is an associate professor of biomedical engineering. He designs sophisticated molecules with specialized tasks, such as delivering therapeutics to help the body heal.
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