Gerald S. Shadel, newly named as the Joseph A. and Lucille K. Madri Professor of Experimental Pathology, focuses his research on the role of mitochondria in disease, aging, and the immune system.Gerald S. ShadelShadel’s laboratory has made seminal...
Joann B. Sweasy, newly named as the Ensign Professor of Therapeutic Radiology, is an expert in the genetics, cell biology, mutagenesis, and biochemistry of DNA repair and cancer.Joann B. Sweasy (Photo by Robert Lisak)The focus of Sweasy’s research is...
Mechanical forces are a critical part of essential cellular behaviors, from muscle contraction to cell division. Exactly how they generate those forces, however, isn’t entirely understood. An artificial cellular environment and a photosensitive drug have...