UCLA
Prof. A. Jake Lusis: role of mTOR signaling in diet-induced metabolic syndrome; integrative analysis of the Mouse Hybrid Diversity Panel (HMDP); mining and validation of CVD genes
Prof. Grace Xiao: dietary influence on gene expression, alternative splicing, and RNA editing
Prof. Matteo Pellegrini: dietary influence on DNA methylome
Prof. Fernando Gomez-Pinilla: dietary influence on metabolic syndrome and brain dysfunctions
Prof. Patrick Allard: influence of bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol S (BPS) on development
Prof. Yibin Wang: validation of pathways relevant to heart disease and diabetes
Outside UCLA
Framingham Heart Study (FHS) and Dr. Daniel Levy: systems biology of CVD and hypertension
The CADGenomics consortium and PIs Jake Lusis, Heribert Schunkert, Nilesh Samani, Jeanette Erdmann, Eric Schadt, Eric Topol, and Johan Bjorkegren: understanding CVD genetic loci and genes via integrative genomics
The GENESIS consortium and PIs Thomas Quertermous and Joshua Knowles, Stanford University : genetic networks of insulin sensitivity
The WHI consortium and PI Prof. Simin Liu (Brown University): genetics and gene-diet interactions in CVD and T2D in multi-ethnic American populations
Prof. Bin Zhang (MSSM): network methodologies and applications in diseases
Prof. Ville-Petteri Makinen (EMBL Australia; SAHMRI; University of Adelaide, Australia): methods on multidimensional omics data integration
Prof. Mike Inouye (U Melbourne, Australia): methods on multidimensional omics data integration
Prof. Bruce Blumberg (UC Irvine): trans-generational effects of obesogens on metabolism
Prof. Gerard Pasterkamp (University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands): systems biology of atherosclerotic plaques
Dr. Deepak Rajpal (GSK): gene networks of complex diseases
Prof. Rick Friedman (USC): gene networks of vestibular function