Stanford University
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Pujuan Deng
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biochemistry
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research aims to explore the vast genetic diversity of the microbiome, seeking to uncover novel biological mechanisms—like the different ways hosts defend against viral infections.
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Sebastian Duno-Miranda
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biochemistry
BioI started my training as a biologist at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) and the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC). My Licentiate thesis degree advisor was Dr. Raúl Padrón, whom with I studied the structure and function of tarantula muscle, a key non-conventional animal model to understand muscle function in humans. Next, I would move to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Vermont, under Dr. David M. Warshaw supervision, studying the molecular mechanics of human cardiac myosin, the motor responsible for powering up the contractions of the human heart, the effect of multiple cardiomyopathy mutations, and the application of machine learning to enhance myosin single-molecule data analysis. Now, I've joined the lab of Dr. James Spudich at Stanford University, to continue pushing the frontiers of knowledge regarding the molecular physiology of human myosins in the context of heart disease. For more details please see https://duno-miranda.org
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Chaitanya K. Joshi
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biochemistry
BioI'm a Stanford Data Science Fellow and postdoc with Rhiju Das at the Department of Biochemistry. I build lab-in-the-loop AI for RNA biology, pairing deep learning with wet-lab experiments at scale.
I did my PhD in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge with Pietro Liò, on geometric deep learning for molecular design. I built gRNAde, the first 3D generative model for RNA, and validated it in the wet lab as a visiting researcher in Phil Holliger's group at the MRC LMB. I've also interned at Prescient Design (Genentech) and FAIR Chemistry (Meta AI), and my work has been recognized by the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship and the A*STAR National Science Scholarship. -
Israel Juarez Contreras
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biochemistry
BioI am a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Rajat Rohatgi at Stanford University, where I study how membrane organization controls sterol accessibility and signaling. I earned my Ph.D. at UC San Diego with Itay Budin, where I uncovered how sterol structure and sphingolipid composition regulate membrane phase behavior in yeast and reconstituted systems. My current work translates these biophysical principles into disease-relevant contexts, with a focus on lysosomal lipid organization and sterol trafficking defects, including those associated with NPC1. Ultimately, I aim to establish an independent research program that defines how cells interpret membrane physical properties and how their dysregulation contributes to human disease.
