Harvard University Office of Technology Development Collaborative Research Opportunity Finder

1. Vlad Denic, PhD

   Fundamental cell biological processes: autophagy, protein aggregation and aging, secretory pathways

   Investigate the mechanisms of post-translational targeting pathways used to deliver membrane proteins to their appropriate cellular organelle; Define the mechanisms that lead to enhanced formation of ...

   

2. Guo-Fu Hu, PhD

   Angiogenin and its role in disease: angiogenesis, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases

   Investigate angiogenin’s mechanism of action and its role in cancer and neurodegenerative disease, with a focus on prostate cancer and ALS.  

   

3. David Sinclair, PhD

   Sirtuins in aging and disease: calorie restriction; mitochondria; cancer; diabetes

   Study sirtuin pathways, their role in multiple diseases and their lifespan extension capabilities.

   

4. Wei-Dong Yao, PhD

   Dopamine signaling; synaptic plasticity; neurobiology of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders

   

Research Categories

Disease Mechanisms

Sub-categories

1. Clinical Disorders and Disease Etiology

   1. Addiction»
   2. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)»
   3. AIDS»
   4. Alzheimer’s disease»
   5. Amblyopia»
   6. Amyloid plaque»
   7. Amyloid precursor protein (APP)»
   8. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)»
   9. Atherosclerosis»
   10. Autism»
   11. Autoimmune disease»
   12. Bacterial infection»
   13. Behavioral disorders»
   14. Bench-to-bedside»
   15. Brain disease»
   16. Breast cancer»
   17. Cancer»
   18. Carcinoma»
   19. Cardiovascular disease»
   20. Cervical cancer»
   21. Chlamydia»
   22. Chronic viral infection»
   23. Circadian rhythm»
   24. Complex disease»
   25. Contact hypersensitivity»
   26. Cystic fibrosis lung infection»
   27. Cytomegalovirus»
   28. Cytoskeletal disease»
   29. Dementia»
   30. Dengue fever»
   31. Dengue hemorrhagic fever»
   32. Dengue Virus»
   33. Developing country»
   34. Diabetes»
   35. Disease genes»
   36. Disease prognosis»
   37. Down syndrome»
   38. Drug abuse»
   39. Ebola virus»
   40. Emerging infections»
   41. Epilepsy»
   42. Epithelial tumor»
   43. Filovirus»
   44. Flu»
   45. Glioblastoma»
   46. Hearing loss»
   47. Hepatitis»
   48. Hepatitis B»
   49. Hepatitis C»
   50. Hepatocellular carcinoma»
   51. Herpes simplex virus»
   52. HHV8»
   53. HIV»
   54. HPV»
   55. Huntington’s disease»
   56. Infectious disease»
   57. Inflammation»
   58. Influenza»
   59. Insomnia»
   60. Klinefelter’s syndrome»
   61. KSHV»
   62. Legionella»
   63. Lentivirus»
   64. Lentivirus infection»
   65. Leukemia»
   66. Liver cancer»
   67. Lymphoma»
   68. Malaria»
   69. Marburg virus»
   70. Membrane-enveloped viruses»
   71. Metabolic disease»
   72. Microorganism»
   73. Mitochondrial dysfunction»
   74. Mosquito-borne illness»
   75. Nervous system disorders»
   76. Neurodegeneration»
   77. Neurodegenerative disease»
   78. Neurological disease»
   79. Neurological disorders»
   80. Nondisjunction»
   81. Olfactory dysfunction»
   82. Opportunistic pathogen»
   83. Organ transplant rejection»
   84. Osteoporosis»
   85. Ovarian cancer»
   86. Parasites»
   87. Parkinson’s disease»
   88. Pathogen»
   89. Poliovirus»
   90. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)»
   91. Presenilin»
   92. Prostate cancer»
   93. Proteinopathy»
   94. Retinal degeneration»
   95. Retinal disorders»
   96. Retinal telangiectasia»
   97. Retinitis Pigmentosa»
   98. Salmonella»
   99. SARS»
   100. Schizophrenia»
   101. Side effects»
   102. SIV»
   103. SIV encephalitis»
   104. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)»
   105. Tropical disease»
   106. Turner syndrome»
   107. Vascular disease»
   108. Viral infection»
   109. Virus»
   110. Virus entry»
   111. X-linked mental retardation»