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Daria Siekhaus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on understanding the new regulators of cellular infiltration in tissues, with the ultimate objective of enabling the modulation of symptoms related to diseases such as cancer and autoimmunity. To achieve these research goals, her lab utilizes various techniques including fruit fly genetics, in vivo imaging, biophysical approaches, mass spectrometry, metabolomics, and high-throughput sequencing. The current focus of her research is on studying the role of mitochondrial energy production in immunology and brain function. She has published extensively in high-impact journals, contributing significantly to the field of developmental biology and macrophage behavior in tissue environments.
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