Misba Majood

Awards and Honors

2024-2025  Secretary (elected), Johns Hopkins Post Doctoral Association

2022 – 1st prize in poster presentation at WOST 2022 conference, IIT-Jodhpur

Research Interests

I am deeply fascinated by organoids because they bring together biology and engineering in a remarkable way. I really enjoy working with these complex structures because they give me the opportunity to study the detailed processes of how cells are organized and function in a very controlled setting. Furthermore, I also study transporters and solute carriers, which are important for maintaining balance within cells and exchanging nutrients in these organoid systems. This field of research not only helps us learn more about human biology but also creates new opportunities for finding new treatments.

Niannian Xu

Research Interests

Investigating the pathogenesis of FTLD-TDP and ALS diseases and establishing more comprehensive and efficient screening platforms.

 

 

Robert M. Hughes

Awards and Honors

2024 – J. Mario Molina Physician Scientist Scholarship

Research Interests

Steatohepatitis in Wilson Disease, role of copper in liver immunometabolism, intercellular communication/signaling

 

Shuxian Zhang

Awards and Honors

2024-Present The ALS Association’s Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship

Research Interests

Exploring genetic modifiers of TDP-43 loss of function mediated toxicity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and finding new methods to treat the patients.