Susan Ackerman
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesMolecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration and CNS development
Ludmil Alexandrov
UC San Diego
Cellular and Molecular MedicineUnderstanding the molecular processes that lead to cancer
Joan Heller Brown
UC San Diego
PharmacologyHow G-protein signaling pathways regulate cell growth and inflammation and drive dysfunction in cancer and cardiac disease
Itay Budin
UC San Diego
Chemistry and BiochemistryHow lipids act to shape cells and their membrane-bound signaling networks
Cosimo Commisso
Sanford Burnham Prebys
Signaling pathways that regulate metabolic stress tolerance in cancer
Leslie A. Crews
UC San Diego
Regenerative MedicineCellular and Molecular signaling mechanisms that drive multiple myeloma stem cell activity and disease regeneration
Rich Daneman
UC San Diego
PharmacologyCellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the blood-brain barrier in health and disease
Ed Dennis
UC San Diego
Pharmacology, Chemistry and BiochemistryMechanism of the Phospholipase A Superfamily in Initiating Lipid Cell Signaling in Inflammation
Arshad Desai
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesMechanisms ensuring accurate genome inheritance during cell division and their dysregulation/targeting in cancer
Neal Devaraj
UC San Diego
Chemistry and BiochemistryHow can we manipulate lipid signaling processes in artificial and living cells
Sandra Encalada
Scripps Research Institute
Molecular mechanisms of neuronal endolysosomal trafficking in health and in neurodegeneration.
Dannielle Engle
The Salk Institute
Therapeutic interception of aberrant glycosylation in pancreatic disease
Ronald M. Evans
The Salk Institute
Gene Expression LaboratorySystem approaches to map signaling networks impacting organismal health and disease
Gen-Sheng Feng
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesDeciphering the anti-oncogenic effects of oncoproteins in liver cancer
Fleur Ferguson
UC San Diego
Chemistry and BiochemistryChemical biology approaches to interrogating disease signaling in cancer and neurodegeneration
Mark Ginsberg
UC San Diego
Rheumatology, Allergy & ImmunologyThe Ginsberg Lab studies bi-directional transmembrane signaling by integrin adhesion receptors using biochemistry, cell biology, and forward and reverse genetics
David J. Gonzalez
UC San Diego
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesStudying bacterial pathogenesis, host responses to infection, and the impact of the microbiome on health and disease
Åsa Gustafsson
UC San Diego
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesRegulation of mitochondrial morphology, function and turnover in cardiac homeostasis and heart failure
Silvio Gutkind
UC San Diego
PharmacologyTranslating our scientific discoveries into novel precision treatment options and immunotherapies to prevent and treat cancer
Bruce Hamilton
UC San Diego
Cellular and Molecular MedicineGenetic architectures that promote robust development in noisy signaling environments
Tracy Handel
UC San Diego
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesStructure and signaling mechanisms of G protein-coupled and atypical chemokine receptors
Matthew Hangauer
UC San Diego
DermatologyCancer, mutagenesis, apoptosis, immunotherapy, ferroptosis
Tom Hnasko
UC San Diego
NeuroscienceNeural circuits & behavior, neurotransmitter co-release, drug addiction, Parkinson’s disease
Vivian Hook
UC San Diego
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesCell signaling via neurotransmitters, exosomes, and lysosomal leakage in health and neurological diseases
Tony Hunter
The Salk Institute
Targeting protein histidine phosphorylation in pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and neuroblastoma
Tom Huxford
San Diego State University
Chemistry and BiochemistryStructure and mechanism of cellular factors that control transcription factor NF-kappaB activity
Paul Insel
UC San Diego
PharmacologyGPCR signaling, expression and roles in cellular function related to health and disease
Qingfei Jiang
UC San Diego
Regenerative MedicineDouble-stranded RNA induced inflammation signaling in leukemia initiating cells and hematopoietic stem cells by deciphering mechanisms of RNA editing dysregulation in pediatric leukemia
Bill Joiner
UC San Diego
PharmacologyRegulation of neurotransmitter signaling and the sleep/wake cycle in health and disease
Randy Kaufman
Sanford Burnham Prebys
The mechanisms by which protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum cause human disease
Irina Kufareva
UC San Diego
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesComputational structural and systems pharmacology of GPCRs
Andy McCammon
UC San Diego
PharmacologyDevelopment and application of computational methods to simulate molecular systems involved in signaling
Hiruy Meharena
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesDevelopmental and cognitive genomics in neurological disorders
Andrew Mendiola
UC San Diego
PharmacologyDecoding mechanisms of brain innate immune cell dysfunction in neurological diseases
Marc Montminy
The Salk Institute
Transcriptional control of glucose metabolism by phosphorylation-dependent activators
Alysson Muotri
UC San Diego
PediatricsBrain organogenesis using stem cells and neural signaling during development and evolution
Samuel Myers
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Signaling pathway crosstalk and post-translational mechanisms controlling cell fate decisions
Alexandra Newton
UC San Diego
PharmacologyProtein phosphorylation and deregulated signaling in cancer and neurodegeneration
Peter Novick
UC San Diego
Cellular and Molecular MedicineThe role of Rab GTPase networks in the regulation of vesicular traffic, the structure/inheritance of the endoplasmic reticulum, and the mechanism of ER-phagy
Chris Obara
UC San Diego
Directly visualizing individual signaling events with advanced microscopy techniques
Elena Pasquale
Sanford Burnham Prebys
Eph receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and targeting strategies
Gentry Patrick
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesGlutamate receptor trafficking and turnover at CNS synapses in health and disease
Gulcin Pekkurnaz
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesMechanisms regulating neuronal metabolic homeostasis and mitochondria in health and diseases
Lorraine Pillus
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesProbing aging and epigenetics through the lenses of metabolism and chromatin biology
Padmini Rangamani
UC San Diego
Computational systems biology and biophysics to generate predictions about spatio-temporal dynamics of signaling molecules
Samara Reck-Peterson
UC San Diego
Cellular and Molecular MedicineMolecular mechanisms of intracellular transport in health and disease
Alan Saghatelian
The Salk Institute
Discovery and characterization of biologically active lipids and microproteins in health and disease
Alan Saltiel
UC San Diego
Endocrinology and MetabolismMolecular mechanisms governing the regulation of metabolism
Elsa Sanchez Lopez
UC San Diego
Orthopaedic SurgeryUnderstanding the interface between metabolic adaptation and signal transduction in macrophage immune functions
David Schlaepfer
UC San Diego
Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive SciencesTargeting chemtherapy resistance and immune evasion pathways in ovarian cancer.
Johannes Schoeneberg
UC San Diego
Pharmacology4D cell biology using advanced microscopy, stem cells, and machine learning
Julian Schroeder
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesMolecular mechanisms by which plants respond to and mount resistance to environmental stresses
Nathan Shaner
UC San Diego
NeuroscienceEngineering and applying genetically encoded optical probes and actuators for live cell microscopy
Reuben Shaw
The Salk Institute
How cells rewire growth and metabolism in nutrient-deprived conditions
Jason Sicklick
UC San Diego
SurgeryMolecular mechanisms underlying drug sensitivity and resistance in cancer
Christal Sohl
San Diego State University
Chemistry and BiochemistryThe kinetic, structural, and cellular consequences of enzyme mutations that drive cancer
Roger Sunahara
UC San Diego
PharmacologyUnderstanding the structural and functional basis for hormone and drug modulation of G protein-coupled receptors
Christie Towers
The Salk Institute
Targeting canonical and non-canonical mechanisms of autophagy and mitophagy in cancer cells
Elizabeth Villa
UC San Diego
Biological SciencesDevelopment and application of cryo-electron tomography to study various cellular processes including LRRK2 in Parkinson's disease
Karl Willert
UC San Diego
Cellular and Molecular MedicineThe role of WNT signaling in development and disease
Tony Yaksh
UC San Diego
Anesthesiology, PharmacologyNeuraxial cell signaling in pain states secondary to tissue and nerve injury
Peter Zage
UC San Diego
PediatricsIdentifying novel therapeutic targets and developing new treatment approaches for pediatric solid tumors
Huilin Zhou
UC San Diego
Cellular and Molecular MedicineDeciphering signaling mechanisms that prevent chromosomal rearrangements and aneuploidy