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Independently curated · UnclaimedErik Dopman Research Group
Tufts University
Erik Dopman · Associate Professor, Biology
How do functional and evolutionary processes together explain phenotypic and species diversity in natural populations? The Dopman lab applies a unified framework drawing on ecology, genomics, physiology and molecular genetics to study adaptive evolution. The Dopman lab investigates "speciation genes" and reproductive isolating barriers to understand origins of species. The Dopman lab examines reproductive protein evolution, sex bias and sex chromosome evolution to explain sex-related genetic patterns. The Dopman lab studies dormancy, seasonality and organismal resilience to climate change using evolutionary and genetic approaches.
Independently curated · UnclaimedGina R. Kuperberg Research Group
Tufts UniversityGina R. Kuperberg · Dennett Stibel Professor of Cognitive Science
When, where and how does the human brain build the meaning of sentences, discourse and visual images? The NeuroCognition Lab uses event-related potentials (ERPs) to determine when neurocognitive language processes happen in the brain. The NeuroCognition Lab uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to determine where neurocognitive language processes occur in the human brain. The NeuroCognition Lab studies how the build-up of meaning is impaired in patients with schizophrenia by examining abnormal patterns of brain activity in such patients. The NeuroCognition Lab is based at Tufts and the Martinos Center and uses multimodal neuroimaging to study language and meaning.
Independently curated · UnclaimedJeff Foster Research Group
Tufts UniversityJeff Foster · Professor and Chair
How can programming languages and program analysis make software more reliable and secure? The group develops new ways to build more reliable, secure software using programming languages, software engineering, and security research. Researchers work on program analysis, verification, and synthesis methods such as static and dynamic typing, symbolic execution, and framework synthesis to improve program understanding and tooling. Projects include types and contracts for dynamic languages (e.g., RDL) and interaction-based security for mobile apps to detect and prevent vulnerabilities. The group mentors PhD and postdoctoral researchers in building language-based tools and evaluations for real-world software.
Independently curated · UnclaimedMichael Levin Research Group
Tufts UniversityMichael Levin · Professor, Biology
How do groups of cells encode and compute to build complex anatomy and behavior from single cells? The Levin Lab integrates developmental biology, computer science, and cognitive science to study morphological and behavioral information processing. Researchers use biophysical and computational modeling, plus experimental developmental approaches, to investigate collective intelligence of cells and mechanisms driving morphogenesis and regeneration. Projects develop conceptual frameworks for basal cognition and synthetic organisms and apply insights to regenerative medicine, cancer reprogramming, and repair of birth defects.
Independently curated · UnclaimedRebecca Scheck Research Group
Tufts UniversityRebecca Scheck · Professor, Chemistry
How do post-translational modifications communicate cellular information and control signaling networks? The Scheck Research Group develops new chemical biology tools and selective chemistries to decode complex PTM networks. Researchers combine integrated mass spectrometry and chemical biology approaches to track, capture, and predictably modulate specific PTMs such as glycation, ubiquitination, and phosphate B-elimination. Ongoing projects apply these methods to understand PTM integration into signaling in living cells and to identify potential therapeutic targets for neurodegeneration, infection, autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes, and aging. The lab actively recruits postdoctoral researchers and students for NIH-funded projects on glycation and ubiquitination.
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