Eye Diseases

Dr. Sunil Chauhan is an immunologist and translational scientist whose research focuses on transplantation immunology, regenerative immunology, and immune regulation in tissue injury. His work has advanced the understanding of immune mechanisms governing...

My lab works on regeneration and the complex molecular signaling in cell fate determination.

We are interested in sensory biology and the rebuilding of damaged sensory circuits. The hair cells of the cochlea are epithelial cells, specialized for the...

Markus Frank's laboratory defined a novel function for ABCB5 in cancer stem cell maintenance and tumor growth, and investigates the therapeutic efficacy of ABCB5 targeting in melanoma and additional ABCB5-expressing human malignancies.

Research in the...

The Cepko lab investigates why photoreceptor cells die in the many forms of retinal degeneration, and seeks to develop a gene therapy that prevents their death and the subsequent loss of vision.

The mechanisms that cells use when they choose their fate...