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Research Preceptors

MBP research preceptors are faculty members of Northwestern University or its affiliates and have research interests in basic, applied and clinical biotechnology. They have appointments in one or several of Northwestern University’s academic departments/units including: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical & Biological Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics; Material Science & Engineering; Neurobiology & Physiology; Feinberg School of Medicine; NorthShore University HealthSystem and NUHS Research Institute; and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. The MBP currently has twenty research preceptors and this pool is expanding every year. Given below is a list of research preceptors.

Ravi Allada (Molecular genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep)
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology & Physiology
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Joseph Bass (Interactions between circadian and metabolic gene networks; Glucose metabolism and insulin resistance)
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine and Neurobiology & Physiology
Head, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, NorthShore University HealthSystem
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Gregory Beitel* (Architecture and organization of organs)
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
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Raymond Bergan* (Cancer prevention; prostate ancer)
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Markus Bredel*
Director, Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute Research Program
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
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Jason Brickner* (Spatial organization of DNA in the nucleus)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
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Linda Broadbelt (discovery of novel biochemical pathways; multiscale modeling of complex reacting systems; design of nanostructured catalysts)
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Irina Budunova (inflammation-related transcription factors in tumorigenesis)
Associate Professor
Departments of Dermatology and Urology (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Jeff Burgdoff
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics
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Nicholas Cianciotto (Pathogenesis of Legionella pneumophila)
Professor
Department of Microbiology-Immunology (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Seth Corey*
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
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Charles Clevenger* (Hormone action and signal transduction in cancer; breast cancer)
Professor
Department of Pathology (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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John Crispino* (Cancer cell biology; hematologic malignancies)
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Goberdhan P. Dimri (Biology of Aging and Breast Cancer)
Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
NorthShore University Health System Research Institute
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Elizabeth Eklund*
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
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Quigshen Gao (Functional study of BRCA2 tumor suppressor gene pathway to discover novel breast/pancreatic cancer susceptibility genes and therapeutic targets)
Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute
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Spiro Getsios* (Tumor invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis)
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Changiz Geula (pathogenesis and neuronal vulnerability in neurodegenerative disorders; systems approach to the functions of the cerebral cortex)
Research Professor
Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Bartosz Grzybowski* (Bionanotechnology; Self-assembly and adaptive systems)
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
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Dean Ho* (Nanoscale biotic-abiotic systems engineering)
Assistant Professor
Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
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Michael Jewett
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Derk Joester (Biomineralization: [reverse] Engineering Biological Composite Materials Synthesis)
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
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Karen Kaul* (Molecular biology in clinical medicine)
Board of Directors Chair of Molecular Pathology, NorthShore University HealthSystem
Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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David Kelso (Medical instrumentation; biosensors)
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Khashayarsha Khazaie (Understanding immune evasion and inflammation in cancer)
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Roger Kroes (Pharmacogenomics of tumors)
Research Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Director, Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics
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Robert Lamb* (Replication of influenza virus and paramyxoviruses)
John Evans Professor of Cellular & Molecular Biology
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
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Joshua Leonard (Engineering cellular systems and biomolecules for immunotherapy; Cancer biotechnology; Cellular and metabolic Engineering)
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Robert Linsenmeier (Retinal microenvironment)
Professor
Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neurobiology & Physiology
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Jonathan Licht* (Cancer cell biology; hematologic malignancies)
Professor
Department of Medicine (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Chang Liu (microfabrication technology; nanofabrication; bioinspired sensors)
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Andreas Matouschek* (Mechanism of protein unfolding by cellular macromolecular machines)
Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
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Phillip Messersmith (Bionanotechnolgy; Biologically inspired materials)
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering
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William Miller* (Stem cell expansion and differentiation; Cell membrane-mimetic materials)
Professor
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Director, Master of Biotechnology Program
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Ernest Moore, Jr. (Ion channel biology and toxicology of auditory cells)
Research Professor
Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry
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Richard Morimoto* (Cellular quality control; Protein misfolding)
Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
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Joseph Moskal* (Drug discovery for neuromodulators)
Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics
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Hidayatullah  Munshi*
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
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Aaron Packman(Microbial and environmental transport processes)
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Leonidas Platanias* (Hematologic malignancies; hormone action and signal transduction in cancer)
Professor
Department of Medicine (Fienberg School of Medicine)
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Steven Rosen* (Hematologic malignancies; hormone action and signal transduction in cancer)
Genevieve Teuton Professor
Department of Medicine (Fienberg School of Medicine) and
Director, Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
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Mark Segraves (Systems and cognitive neuroscience; sensorimotor integration; selection and control of eye movements in primates)
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Physiology
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Lonnie Shea* (Cellular and tissue engineering)
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
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Erik Sontheimer (Ribonucleoproteins and eukaryotic gene expression)
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
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San Ming Wang* (Transcriptome and cancer genome structure)
Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Feinberg School of Medicine
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Yun Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Eric Weiss* (Cell signaling networks for cell morphogenesis and transcription)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology
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Gayle E Woloschak (molecular biology of lymphocyte and motor neuron abnormalities; gene regulation following stress responses; nanostructures and nanotechnology for intracellular manipulation)
Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology (Feinberg School of Medicine)
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Eugene Yujun Xu (Genetic and developmental mechanisms for human reproduction)
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center for Genetic Medicine (Feinberg School of Medicine)
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* indicates a member of Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.


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