by Jason Fairchild | Jul 29, 2024 | Research
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a multifactorial disease with substantial genetic risk, for which the underlying biological mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, we identified multi-ancestry T2D genetic clusters by analyzing genetic data from diverse...
by Jason Fairchild | Apr 4, 2022 | Category 3
Jose Florez and his group have contributed to the performance and analysis of high-throughput genomic studies in type 2 diabetes, related traits and complications, in international consortia such as MAGIC, GENIE, DIAGRAM, T2D-GENES, AMP-T2D and SIGMA. He leads the...
by Jason Fairchild | Apr 4, 2022 | Category 2
Richa Saxena, a human geneticist, uses genetics to understand the biological basis of people’s daily behavioral rhythms and sleep patterns, and to illuminate meaningful links of sleep and circadian rhythms with neurologic, psychiatric and metabolic diseases. Her goal...
by Jason Fairchild | Apr 4, 2022 | Category 1
Dr. Soukas received his Sc.B. in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University, M.D. (Alpha Omega Alpha) from Cornell University Medical College, and Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the Rockefeller University. He completed medical residency at the Brigham and Women’s...
by Jason Fairchild | Sep 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Systems biology approaches to understand human disease signaling networks The overall goal in the laboratory is to discover and understand the function of important mediators and effectors involved in innate (autophagy, phagocytosis) and adaptive (T cell...
