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Harrison Gabel, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: gabelh@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Exploration of functions for neuron-specific regulators of gene expression, leveraging genes and mechanisms implicated in human neurologic disease to point us toward critical pathways in the brain.
Key words
Epigenetics, Neurodevelopment, Rett syndrome, non-CpG DNA methylation, Transcription, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neurodevelopmental disease
Eric Galburt, PhD
Professor
- Email: egalburt@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Biophysical studies of transcription initiation in Eukaryotes and Mycobacterial tuberculosis
Key words
biophysics, kinetics, optical and magnetic trapping, transcription, fluorescence
Gilbert Gallardo, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: g.gallardo@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate reactive astrocytes and their neurotoxicity in
neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, by utilizing a combination of biochemistry, molecular biology, cellular models of inflammation and mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases.
Key words
Roberto Galletto, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: galletto@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Mechanistic studies of DNA motor proteins; single Molecule Biochemistry
Key words
Mathieu Garand, PhD
Instructor
- Email: garand@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
My research investigates neonatal immune responses after surgery and their connection to congenital heart disease. Clinical trial to study immune responses in pediatric pulmonary valve transplant recipients, both living and cryopreserved.
Key words
congenital heart disease, viral infection, immune responses, transcriptomic, biomarkers, immunophenotyping
Benjamin Garcia, PhD
Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Email: bagarcia@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Quantitative proteomics for understanding protein and proteome modifications
Key words
Aimilia Gastounioti, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: a.gastounioti@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Translational research in the intersection of computational breast imaging, artificial intelligence, and informatics towards improving breast cancer screening
Key words
breast cancer, computational imaging analytics, machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, big data, precision medicine
Malia Gehan, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Key words
Stefanie Geisler, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: geislers@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Elucidating and understanding molecular mechanisms of axonal degeneration and regeneration in neuropathies
Key words
Guy Genin, PhD
Harold & Kathleen Faught Professor
- Email: genin@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Interfaces and adhesions in physiology and nature
Key words
mechanics, physics, interfaces, adhesion, mechanobiology, strain mapping, viscoelasticity
Robert Gereau, PhD
Professor
- Email: gereaur@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of chronic pain, preclinical and translational research
Key words
pain, optogenetics, ion channel, synaptic transmission, signal transduction, electrophysiology, in vivo imaging, genetics
Leslie Gewin, MD
Associate Professor
- Email: gewin@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Mechanisms of chronic kidney disease progression, treatment options to halt kidney disease progression
Key words
Aliereza Ghanbarpour, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: alirezag@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Our research focuses on unraveling the molecular mechanisms underlying substrate specificity and degradation by AAA proteolytic machines and their associated adaptor proteins, utilizing structural biology, biochemistry, and cellular assays in both bacteria and human mitochondria.
Key words
AAA proteases, cryo-EM, biochemistry, mass spectrometry, structural biology, microbiology, mitochondria
Nicole Gilbert, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: gilbert@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
We study host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions in the female reproductive and urinary tracts, with a focus on the vaginal microbiome and UTIs
Key words
urinary tract infection, vaginal microbiome, women’s health, host-pathogen interactions, mucosal immunology
William Gillanders, MD
Professor
- Email: gillandersw@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Development of a breast cancer vaccine
Key words
antigen presentation, breast cancer, translational research, T cells, vaccine
Matthew Glasser, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: glasserm@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Our laboratory develops and uses novel neuroanatomical and neuroimaging computerized brain mapping methods to study the structure, function, connectivity, parcellation, development, and evolution of cerebral cortex in humans and nonhuman primates in health and disease.
Key words
Neuroanatomy Connectomics Neuroimaging Neuroradiology Medical Image Analysis
Daniel Goldberg, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: dgoldberg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Biochemistry of malaria
Key words
biochemistry, metabolism, parasitology, malaria, protease, heme, aspartic
Dennis Goldfarb, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: d.goldfarb@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Computational mass spectrometry and proteomics
Key words
Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Matthew Goldsmith, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: goldsmith_m@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Skeletal growth and regeneration in zebrafish
Key words
development, genetics, growth, regeneration, skeleton, bone, zebrafish
Felicia Gomez, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: fgomez@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Key words