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Kevin Corbett

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSCellular and Molecular Medicine

Kevin Corbett is a Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at UC San Diego. His laboratory focuses on the molecular mechanisms of chromosome segregation in meiosis, utilizing biochemistry, X-ray crystallography,...

BiologyCell biologyGeneticsChemistry
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9.6K
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179
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David Barner

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSPsychology

David Barner is a professor in the Department of Psychology at UC San Diego. His research interests focus on language, thought, and conceptual development, with particular attention to case studies involving number,...

PsychologyLinguisticsComputer scienceCognitive psychology
46
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6.1K
citations
279
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Yury Miller

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSEndocrinology and Metabolism

Yury Miller is a Professor of Medicine at UC San Diego, with educational background from Russian State Medical University in Moscow, where he earned his MD in 1984 and PhD in 1990 in Biophysics. His research program...

Cell biologyBiologyChemistryMedicine
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14.9K
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153
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Alex Luli

Pharm.D., BCACP

University of California, San DiegoUSPharmaceutical Sciences

Alex Luli, Pharm.D., BCACP, is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He teaches various courses, including a self-care pharmacy...

MedicineFamily medicineMedical educationPsychology
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24
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Jonathan D Bui

HS Clinical Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSNeurosciences

Jonathan D Bui is a Clinical Professor in the Neurosciences School at UC San Diego. His research involves various aspects of neurology, with publications covering topics such as epileptic spasms, biofluid analysis,...

BiologyCancer researchImmunologyMedicine
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7K
citations
206
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Danielle Engle

Ph.D.

University of California, San DiegoUSMedical Genetics

Dannielle Engle, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Regulatory Biology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Her research focuses on pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, which is often diagnosed late...

Cancer researchMedicineBiologyInternal medicine
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14.7K
citations
124
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Rob Knight

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSBiomedical Engineering

Rob Knight is the founding Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation and a Professor of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, Computer Science & Engineering, and Data Science at the University of California San Diego. He...

BiologyComputational biologyMedicineComputer science
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495.2K
citations
1.9K
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Christopher Glass

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSCellular and Molecular Medicine

Professor Christopher Glass leads the Glass Laboratory at UCSD, where the research focuses on understanding the transcriptional mechanisms that regulate the development and function of macrophages. Macrophages are...

BiologyCell biologyGeneticsChemistry
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144.4K
citations
598
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Victor Nizet

M.D.

University of California, San DiegoUSPharmaceutical Sciences

Victor Nizet, M.D., is a Distinguished Professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and also serves as Professor, Division Chief, and Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the School...

BiologyMicrobiologyImmunologyMedicine
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80K
citations
1K
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Lawrence Goldstein

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSCellular and Molecular Medicine

Lawrence Goldstein is an Emeritus Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at UCSD. His research focuses on unraveling how molecular motors interact with and control the behavior of axonal vesicles, and relating...

BiologyCell biologyNeuroscienceChemistry
123
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54K
citations
428
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Lingyun Cheng

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSOphthalmology

Lingyun Cheng is a faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at UC San Diego, located at 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA. His research activities and funding focus on porous silicon particles for sustained...

MedicineOphthalmologyMaterials scienceChemistry
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7.2K
citations
285
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Alex A. Huang

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSOphthalmology

Alexander A. Huang is a professor affiliated with the General Surgery department at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, USA. His work is involved in clinical research that intersects with...

MedicineOphthalmologyComputer scienceBiology
39
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5.4K
citations
191
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Katerina Semendeferi

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSAnthropology
NeurosciencePsychologyBiologyAnatomy
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6.2K
citations
80
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Ronald M. Evans

Ph.D

University of California, San DiegoUSMedical Genetics

Ronald Evans, PhD, is a Professor and Director of the Gene Expression Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He is an authority on hormones, their normal activities, and their roles in disease. His...

BiologyCell biologyInternal medicineEndocrinology
300
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330.4K
citations
1.3K
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Lyudmila Bazhenova

M.D.

University of California, San DiegoUSHematology and Medical Oncology

Lyudmila Bazhenova is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSD, with a focus on lung cancer, particularly in females and non-smokers. She actively participates in cooperative group trials and plays a key role in...

MedicineInternal medicineOncologyCancer research
68
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18.2K
citations
420
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Andrew Camp

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSOphthalmology
MedicineOphthalmologyOptometryComputer science
18
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1K
citations
76
papers
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James McKernan

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSMathematics

James McKernan received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1991. He was recruited from MIT, where he was a Professor since 2007 and held an endowed chair, Norbert Weiner Professor since 2009. Prior to that, he was a...

MathematicsPure mathematicsCombinatoricsSociology
23
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2K
citations
63
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Deborah Hertz

Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSHistory

Deborah Hertz is a historian and the Herman Wouk Chair in Modern Jewish Studies at the University of California at San Diego. Her specialties include modern German history, modern Jewish history, and modern European...

HistoryPolitical scienceArtSociology
6
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191
citations
50
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David C. Kunkel

MD

University of California, San DiegoUSGastroenterology

David C. Kunkel is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UC San Diego, specializing in gastroenterology. He completed his medical degree at the University of New Mexico in 2008, followed by internship and...

MedicineInternal medicineGastroenterologySurgery
17
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1K
citations
141
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Emma Farley

Associate Professor

University of California, San DiegoUSMolecular Biology

Professor Emma Farley established the Farley Lab at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in September 2016. She holds a joint appointment in the School of Medicine and Biological Sciences. Her research focuses...

BiologyGeneticsComputational biologyCell biology
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1.8K
citations
33
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