Elizabeth Chen Lab focuses research on cell-cell fusion, drosophila myoblast fusion, invasive membrane protrusions, actin binding and bundling proteins, and mechanoresponsive proteins.

The Jiang lab studies fundamental mechanisms governing how diverse cell types are generated from naive progenitor cells and how cells of different types are put together to form appropriate body structures such as limbs during embryonic development. The lab also studies how damaged cells are replenished by stem cells during tissue repair and organ regeneration in adult life. We are particularly interested in understanding how cells communicate with one another to influence their growth and fate determination and how miscommunication among different cells leads to developmental abnormality and cancer progression.

Buszczak laboratory seeks to gain new insights into mRNA translation, ribosome biogenesis and germ cell biology 

The Hattori lab studies how neural circuits integrate sensorimotor information, memory, and internal state to guide behavior.

The goal of the Krämer laboratory is to understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate responses to diverse cellular stresses.