At the frontier of stem cell biology, our team uses human pluripotent stem cells to model the peripheral nervous system and the adrenal gland. We aim to uncover the disease mechanisms underlying diseases that affect those tissues in human patients. From conditions like Familial Dysautonomia to diabetic peripheral neuropathy to adrenal gland insufficiency, our lab’s […]
October 23, 2025
GlycoCURE Discovery
GlycoCURE Discovery is an interdisciplinary VIPR team focused on harnessing drug discovery and glycobiology to develop new disease models and therapeutic approaches for treating rare disease, with particular focus on congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs). Approximately 30 million individuals in the United States are living with a rare disease, which by definition have a prevalence of […]
December 2, 2024
SPREE: Social Psychology of Research Experiences and Education Team
The SPREE team studies undergraduate research experiences, including the impacts of embedding research into courses and expanding the pool of research undergraduate research mentors to include graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. This team designs and conducts qualitative and quantitative studies to understand how different forms of research experiences influence students’ educational and career trajectories—for example, […]
December 2, 2024
Metabolomics & Systems Biology VIPR Team
Systems Biology is big data in biology. It often refers to large “omics” datasets that are modeled and analyzed for biological insight. Increasingly, machine learning and AI are important tools in this analysis. The Edison lab specializes in metabolomics, which is one of the major components of systems biology. These technologies are important in many […]