Search Labs

The long-term goal of Fiolka Lab's research is to develop and implement imaging technologies that provide unprecedented insight into cancer biology. 

Our laboratory studies the cell biology of viral-host interactions. 

Bacteria and phages are in everlasting conflict – constantly devising new genes, systems, and mechanisms to keep pace with their competitors. The Forsberg lab studies this “evolutionary arms race”, using high-powered selections to unearth new functions and careful experiments to reveal their mechanisms.

We investigate how the immune system and gut microbiota influence brain function and behavior. We use molecular, behavioral, anatomical, and immunological approaches in the lab. In parallel, we collaborate with clinical groups to examine the role of inflammatory and gut-brain mediators in psychiatric illness.

The Foster Lab research program represents a “best in class” translational research approach in an enriched, multidisciplinary environment. Foster's academic activities include a strong translational research program, a comprehensive teaching portfolio, science outreach, contribution to local, national, and international peer review and knowledge translation.

While cardiac and thoracic surgeries are often life-saving and may invoke life-changing improvements in health related quality of life, many patients also experience varying degrees of end organ injury and associated complications that can persist in the years following surgery. In 2014 Amanda Fox, M.D., M.P.H. initiated a genomics, biomarkers and outcomes research group at UTSW. This group values multi-specialty collaborations between anesthesiologists, surgeons cardiologists, radiologists, critical care physicians, biostatisticians, geneticists, bench scientists, and many other specialties.

The Fragile X Syndrome Research Center is a team of investigators from UT Southwestern and the University of California at Riverside. The Center supports three projects representing a multilevel, integrated approach that tests mechanisms of sensory neocortical dysfunction in fragile X syndrome (FXS) and pharmacological approaches to reduce the deficits.

Our lab is interested in addressing a fundamental question of cell biology: How are organelles spatially organized?

At the Fu Lab of human neuroscience we investigate the neural bases of cognitive control.

Obesity and metabolic diseases have been increasing at the alarming rate and threatening our health and economy over the world. However, we still don’t know much about how our metabolic homeostasis is regulated. Understanding the mechanism underlying the regulation of metabolism is a fundamental step towards designing new treatments for obesity and its associated diseases, and many other metabolic diseases

We are interested in the circuit mechanisms of how the cerebellum helps the brain to work better in health and disease.

Our lab is studying novel regulatory mechanisms that control innate immunity in intestinal health and disease.

My lab’s research efforts are based upon a fundamental interest in the genetic and molecular mechanisms involved in childhood cancer.

Our research is driven by a desire to understand how these microscopic machines both replicate themselves and, at the same time, manage to evade, manipulate, and counter a myriad of host defenses. 

We are working at the interface of nanotechnology, drug delivery, and tumor immunology

Our laboratory aims to understand the role of metabolic adaptive mechanisms in cancer progression.

Dr. Garg's research focuses on diabetes, insulin resistance, and disorders of adipose tissue.

The autonomic nervous system comprises a network of sensory and motor neurons that connect the brainstem and spinal cord to thoracic and abdominal organs. A better understanding of the anatomical and functional plasticity of the autonomic nervous system will likely move forward our understanding of numerous chronic diseases including, but not limited to, obesity, diabetes, visceral pain, neuropathy, and eating disorders.

We seek breakthroughs that change scientific fields and yield new strategies for treating disease. Our ultimate goal is to cure people who would not be cured otherwise.

The German Lab focuses its research on Neurodegenerative Diseases and Autism.

Dr. Gibson's current research focuses on the changes in neocortical circuitry in the mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome (the Fmr1 KO mouse), and the mechanisms underlying these changes.

The Gill lab studies the molecular and metabolic pathways that influence melanoma progression and metastasis.

The Glass lab focuses on how genes regulate skin development and function by studying how gene mutations or abnormal gene expression lead to skin disease.

Goldsmith Lab combines drug discovery and mechanistic analysis to understanding protein kinases. 

The Gospocic group studies how epigenetic pathways and gene expression regulate brain plasticity in the context of social behavior and aging by working with a unique ant species Harpegnathos saltator. We take a multidisciplinary approach and combine functional genomics, biochemistry, and behavioral assays in H. saltator, as well as the conventional Drosophila and mouse models to expedite genetic screening and provide evolutionary context to identified epigenetic pathways.

Specialty Areas: epigenetics, chromatin biology, gene regulation, social behavior, aging, neurodegeneration

The Goss lab collaborates with a multidisciplinary group of researchers to study the heart and lungs long after preterm birth. We are part of the Parkland Outcomes after Prematurity Study (POPS), which conducts collaborative research on outcomes of prematurity from birth through adulthood.