Center for Genetic Diseases
We investigate genetic diseases and work to understand the mechanisms of dysfunction and to discover ways to treat disease using small molecule and nucleic acid-based approaches.
In this section
In this section
Weihang (Valerie) Chai, PhD
Director, Center for Genetic Diseases
- Robert J. Bridges
- Identification of potential drug candidates for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
- Probing human nasal epithelial cells for in vitropharmacogenomic studies for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
- Neil Bradbury
- The regulation of membrane protein trafficking in cystic fibrosis.
- Probing human nasal epithelial cells for in vitropharmacogenomic studies for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
- David M. Mueller
- The structure and functional mechanism of the mitochondrial F1FO-ATPase. The structural basis for drugs and inhibitors that target the ATP synthase.
- The structure and function of Cln3 - the gene defective in the juvenile form of Batten disease, a neurodegenerative disease of the brain.