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Skip to main content Research Interests The Neuroscience of Cancer Neural regulation of cancer Gliomas dynamically respond to neuronal activity, which can impact tumor progression, but the mechanisms by which this occurs vary between glioma subtypes. This heterogeneity suggests that potential therape…

MAIA Lab faculty members.

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Meet the director, Steve Jiang, Ph.D.

Skip to main content Publications Selected publications Vladimir Seplyarskiy *, Mikhail A Moldovan*, Evan Koch, Prathitha Kar, Matthew DC Neville, Raheleh Rahbari & Shamil Sunyaev. Hotspots of human mutation point to clonal expansions in spermatogonia . Nature 2025 Eduardo A. Maury*, Attila Jones*, V…

Skip to main content Lab members Meet the Principle Investigator Vladimir Seplyarskiy Assistant Professor Eugene McDermott Center and Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics Endowed Scholar Vladimir is interested in mechanisms of mutagenesis, population genetics and Mendelian genomics Email Current La…

Skip to main content Research Mechanism of mutagenesis Seplyarskiy et al, Gen. Res. 2016 Seplyarskiy et al, Nat. Gen. 2019 Seplyarskiy & Sunyaev, Nat. Rev. Gen. 2021 Seplyarskiy et al, Nat. Gen. 2023 Maury*, Jones*, Seplyarskiy* et al, Science 2024 Population genetics of germline and somatic mutation…

The Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Research Lab integrates molecular epidemiology, clinical pharmacology, clinical trials and population health science to identify new pathways and therapeutic strategies for the prevention of heart failure. Our team conducts cross-disciplinary, mechanism-focused clinical research to translate biologic discoveries into interventions with meaningful public health impact. 

Skip to main content People Meet the PI Tara Barron, PhD Assistant Professor, Pathology CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research Dr. Barron earned her Ph.D. from UT Health San Antonio, where she completed her dissertation on electrophysiological implications of neuron-glial interactions. She subsequently und…

Skip to main content Select Publications GABAergic neuron-to-glioma synapses in diffuse midline gliomas Barron T, Yalçın B, Su M, Byun YG, Gavish A, Shamardani K, Xu H, Ni L, Soni N, Mehta V, Maleki Jahan S, Kim YS, Taylor KR, Keough MB, Quezada MA, Geraghty AC, Mancusi R, Vo LT, Herrera Castañeda E,…