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Alfred Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: akim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
Identifying the role of cytokines in glomerular injury
Key words
B cell, podocytes, renal imaging, cytokines, systemic lupus erythematosus, biomarkers
Jae-Sung Kim, PhD
Professor
- Email: kjaesung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Mitochondria and autophagy in ischemic liver injury and liver aging
Key words
mitochondria, liver, fatty liver disease
Jinkyung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jinkyung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We study auditory coding and processing using in vivo methods such as two-photon imaging, optogenetics, inner ear drug/gene delivery, and hearing physiology recording.
Key words
Sensory research, Auditory research, Auditory circuit, In vivo two-photon imaging, Optogenetics, Electrophysiology, Drug delivery, Hearing loss, Ototoxicity, Ear
Miriam Kim, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: miriamykim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
My goal is to understand how CAR T cells interact with their immune environment, and to manipulate these interactions to improve outcomes of treatment.
Key words
CAR T cells, HSCs, cell therapy, gene therapy, cancer
Jonathan Kipnis, PhD
BJC Investigator & Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor
- Email: kipnis@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
We study complex interactions between the immune and nervous systems in health and disease
Key words
Neuroimmunology; neuroscience; immunology; lymphatics; behavior; Alzheimer’s disease; neurodegeneration; glia; microglia; blood-brain barrier (BBB); meninges
Eynav Klechevsky, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: eklechevsky@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
understand the biology of different human dendritic cells and other myeloid cells as a key for manipulating immune responses in various disease conditions
Key words
Human Immunology, Dendritic Cells, Tumor Immunology, immune dysfunctions, Vaccines
Vitaly Klyachko, PhD
Professor
- Email: klyachko@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Synaptic function and plasticity, neural computations, neurodevelopmental diseases
Key words
Alexander Knights, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: aknights@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
We are fundamentally interested in the complex cellular and molecular interactions that take place during joint homeostasis and disease.
Key words
Osteoarthritis, Immunology, Crosstalk, Fibrosis, Inflammation
Fanwei Kong, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kongf@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Key words
Stephen Kerry Kornfeld, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: kornfeld@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
organismal aging; zinc homeostasis and roles of zinc during cell differentiation.
Key words
aging, metals, zinc, development, sperm activation, signal transduction, homeostasis
Dmitri Kotov, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kotov@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
My lab works on the host immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We use mouse models that mimic key aspects of human disease to gain a mechanistic understanding of the host response allowing for the identification of novel targets for host-directed therapies.
Key words
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, innate immunology, macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells
Paul Kotzbauer, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: kotzbauerp@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Parkinson`s disease and related disorders
Key words
lipid metabolism, mouse models, neurodegeneration, pathogenesis, phospholipase A2, Parkinson disease
Sándor Kovács, PhD, MD
Professor
- Email: sjk@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Quantitative cardiovascular physiology, mathematical modeling of systems physiology, imaging
Key words
biophysics, cardiology, cardiovascular physiology, echocardiography, imaging, mathematical modeling
John Krais, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: krais@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Our laboratory focuses on the fundamental issues of DNA repair and how they relate to cancer initiation, progression, and therapy responses.
Key words
DNA repair, DNA replication
Robert Kranz, PhD
Professor
- Email: kranz@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Gene regulation and biogenesis of extracellular components in bacteria
Key words
bacteria, gene expression, protein structure, plant biosensors, cytochromes
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
Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: kreiseld@WUSTL.EDU
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
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
Jan Kubanek, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kubanek@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
My lab uses transcranial focused ultrasound to provide noninvasive therapies of disorders of brain function.
Key words
neuromodulation, neural engineering