Faculty Labs

Successful biomedical research demands collaboration among scientists with varying specialties. Faculty throughout IU School of Medicine's 25 academic departments work together to advance knowledge and treatment for patients in the world's most critical areas of medicine.

Cornetta Lab

The Cornetta Lab (Indianapolis) is using viral-based gene transfer as a means of introducing genetic sequences to correct mutations and ameliorate disease.

Principal Investigator Kenneth G. Cornetta, MD

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Crum Lab

The laboratory research team led by Kathleen I. Crum, PhD, investigates how stress can have an impact across generations by influencing brain development, behavior and caregiver-child relationships. The team uses behavioral and neurobiological measures, such as MRI and polygenic risk, to answer these research questions.

Principal Investigator Kathleen I. Crum, PhD

Phone (317) 944-8162

Dage Lab

The Dage Laboratory (Indianapolis) is focused on the discovery and development of biomarkers to aid in the understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.

Principal Investigator Jeff Dage, PhD

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Damayanti Lab

The laboratory of Nur P. Damayanti, PhD researches multi-omics approaches and patient-derived models to obtain precision medicine for rare gliomas patients, specifically, but not limited to, Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) and its anaplastic form.

Principal Investigator Nur P. Damayanti, PhD

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Datta Lab

The Datta lab investigates biomarkers, risk factors and mechanisms of brain injury leading to long-term neurodisability in pediatric cerebral malaria (CM), non-CM several malaria, and other nervous system disorders relevant in malaria-endemic countries including traumatic brain injury.

Principal Investigator Dibyadyuti Datta, PhD

Phone (317) 274-4103

Deng Lab

The Deng Lab (Indianapolis) focuses on neural plasticity after spinal cord injury and exploring combinatorial therapy to treat the spinal cord injury.

Principal Investigator Lingxiao Deng, M.D., PhD

Phone (317) 274-1036

Dent Lab

The Dent Laboratory (Indianapolis) is focused on the regulation of the immune response by CD4 T helper and regulatory T cells.

Principal Investigator Alexander L. Dent, PhD

Phone (317) 274-7524

Doles Lab

The Doles lab works to better understand how muscle stem cells interact with their surroundings to drive tissue regeneration. We are especially interested in how this process is corrupted in disease states or with advanced age.

Principal Investigator Jason Doles, PhD

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Dong Lab

Dr. Charlie Dong’s laboratory (Indianapolis) focuses on the pathogenesis of aging, cancer, diabetes, obesity, and fatty liver disease.

Principal Investigator X C. Dong, PhD

Phone 317-278-1097

Dynlacht Lab

The Dynlacht Lab (Indianapolis) studies the effects of physical and chemical agents that modulate the response of cancer cells and normal tissue to the radiation response, particularly hyperthermia and various chemotherapeutic agents.

Principal Investigator Joseph R. Dynlacht, PhD

Phone (317) 362-1766