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Skip to main content Photo Gallery May 2024 - Katerina running our first peptide synthesis in the lab November 2024 - Bowling it out at Bowl & Barrel - Team (shamefully) losing twice! November 2024 - Laxmikant cleaning peps December 2024 - Vasilis running FIDA with some swagger! January 2025 - Celebr…

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Skip to main content Research Structure and Aggregation Traditionally, proteins have been regarded as rigid structures, whose final form was predicated on their amino acid sequence. But recent research has shown that some proteins are highly flexible in both shape and function. As these intrinsically…

Skip to main content Research Studying neurological disease through the lens of neuro-ophthalmology can give cellular-level detail into both structures and functions. Our research uses advanced analytics on rigorously collected and quality-controlled data, where we continue to build on an already lar…

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Skip to main content Meet the Team Ying Xian, M.D., Ph.D. Principal Investigator & Associate Professor Dr. Xian earned his medical degree at Beijing Medical University (Peking University Health Science Center), completed a residency in Internal Medicine, and a fellowship in Cardiology at Peking Unive…

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Skip to main content Publications Predicting multiple sclerosis from radiologically isolated syndrome using generative artificial intelligence Lebrun-Frenay C, Renard F, Mondot L, Landes-Chateau C, Stewart A, Cohen M, Okuda DT, Attyé A 2026 Apr PLOS Digital Health 5 Understanding the Therapeutic Impa…

Skip to main content Research Molecular Chaperones and Aggregation A major focus of our work is molecular chaperones – proteins that bind to proteins and alter their conformation. Dysfunction of chaperones or their substrate proteins is associated with many human diseases, so understanding how protei…

Skip to main content Research Reperfusion therapy in ischemic stroke Intravenous thrombolytic therapy and endovascular thrombectomy are the mainstay of treatment for patients with acute ischemic stroke. Although not evidence-based, treatment is often withheld due to safety concerns in patients with a…