Why do some people succumb to infection - while others don't?

Studying cell-cell communication mechanisms of malaria parasites within a population and with their hosts

Drug resistance in cancer, effects that intra-tumor bacteria on cancer biology and drug resistance, ex vivo organ culture for the prediction of drug response

Understanding epithelial, stem and immune cell interactions in the gut

Intracellular and intercellular trafficking of mRNA and its role in protein localization and cell physiology

Spatial transcriptomics of mammalian tissues

The role of cellular mechanisms, signaling and metabolic crosstalk in mediating microbial interaction (host-virus, host-bacteria, predator-prey) in the marine environment

Proprioception and the the musculoskeletal system in development and disease

Genomic & state-dependent regulation of neural circuit plasticity