Biohub Investigators

An ocean of possibilities

Biomedical research has long focused on certain model organisms, such as the mouse, fruit fly, and nematode worm C. elegans, partly because they’re easy to work with and partly because of their relevance to human biology. But the ocean is full of organisms ...

Biohub Investigators August 19, 2022

Growing old: Does cell size trigger cellular aging?

The relative sizes of various cell types are among their most obvious differences, but how cells regulate their size while growing and dividing has been a subject of deep interest since the dawn of cell biology. This question also has clinical implications: ...

Biohub Investigators June 30, 2022

Does a warming Earth mean more sickness?

Over the past 100 years, Earth’s average temperature has increased by more than 1.5ºC, and the 10 hottest years ever recorded have all occurred since 2005. This seemingly small increase in temperature has caused major environmental changes, including ...

Biohub Investigators March 7, 2022

Biohub–Stanford research offers a new window on celiac disease

For most of us, cutting out one or two unhealthy food items from our diet may be an efficient way to manage health, but the estimated 2 million people in the U.S. who live with celiac disease must permanently eliminate all foods containing wheat, rye, or ...

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