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Alexxai Kravitz, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: alexxai@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
The study of basal ganglia circuits and how their function changes in disease states such as obesity, addiction, and anxiety disorders
Key words
Geraldine Kress, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kress.g.j@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
circadian system influence on the limbic system during Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis and aging
Key words
Alzheimer’s Disease, Circadian System, Hippocampal Physiology, Neurodegeneration
Kristen Kroll, PhD
Professor
- Email: kkroll@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of neural development and its dysregulation to cause neurodevelopmental disorders
Key words
human pluripotent stem cell, autism, neuron, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral organoid, epigenetic regulation, transcriptional regulation, neurobiology, embryonic stem cell, neural stem cell, transcription, gene regulatory network, chromatin, embryo
Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor
- Email: hkulkarn@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Modulating the complement system to mitigate pneumonia and acute lung injury
Key words
complement, pneumonia, lung injury, transplant, ICU, translational
Terrance Kummer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kummert@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding the mechanisms underlying neuronal trauma and neurodegeneration during and following acute brain injury
Key words
traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease, Alzheimer disease, microsscopy, imaging, microdialysis, MRI, diffusion tensor imaging
Shinjini Kundu, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kundu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Key words
Barbara Kunkel, PhD
Professor
- Email: kunkel@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Molecular genetic analysis of disease development in Pseudomonas syringae-Arabidopsis interactions
Key words
plant-microbe interactions, bacterial pathogenesis, auxin, IAA, Type III effector protein, genetics, plant biology
Sebla Kutluay, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kutluay@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Human immunodeficiency virus-host interactions
Key words
Jennie Kwon, DO, MSCI
Associate Professor
- Email: j.kwon@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Dr. Kwon performs clinical and translational research focused on the microbial ecology of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO), and their relationship to the fecal microbiome and the microbiome of the built environment.
Key words
George Kyei, MB, ChB, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: g.kyei@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
HIV latency and reservoir maintenance
Key words
Albert Lai, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: amlai@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
My research is in clinical research informatics, but I also have strong interest in other areas of clinical informatics, including usability of clinical and consumer-facing systems and mobile health
Key words
Brian Laidlaw, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: brian.laidlaw@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Investigating the development of immunological memory in disease states
Key words
B cells, immunological memory, germinal center, virus, allergy
Michael Landis, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: michael.landis@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Modeling the evolution of species with stochastic processes [Recruiting PhD Students for Fall 2024]
Key words
phylogenetics, evolution, ecology, epidemiology, statistical models, stochastic processes, computational inference, deep learning
Eric Landsness, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: landsness@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding how sleep modulates stroke recovery and to discover new sleep-focused treatments
Key words
stroke, sleep torpor, plasticity, neuroprotection
Catherine Lang, PT, PhD
Professor
- Email: langc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Movement control to advance rehabilitation outcomes
Key words
Motor control, motor learning, rehabilitation
Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: gmlanza@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Noninvasive molecular imaging and drug delivery research
Key words
imaging, molecular imaging, ultrasound, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, drug delivery
Allan Larson, PhD
Professor
- Email: larson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Molecular population genetics and phylogenetics of amphibians and reptiles
Key words
DNA, evolution, genome analysis, population biology, systematics
Timothy Laumann, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: laumannt@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Key words
Kory Lavine, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: klavine@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Identify signaling pathways that mediate cardiac tissue repair/regeneration and heart failure pathogenesis.
Key words
heart failure, heart development, macrophages, innate immunity
Heather Lawson, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: lawson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
Integration of whole-genome sequence with phenotypic data to understand parent-of-origin genetic effects and gene-by-environment interactions
Key words
Epigenetics, gene regulation, parent-of-origin effects, gene-by-environment interactions, pleiotropy, systems biology, metabolism, evolution