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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
Barbara J. Norton 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
Aaron Lee, MD, MSCI
Arthur W. Stickle Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Email: leeay@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Key words
Cecilia Lee, MD
Jane Hardesty Poole Endowed Professor
- Email: cslee@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Research summary
Key words
Janet Lee, MD
Selma and Herman Seldin Distinguished Professor
- Email: ljanet@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Key words
Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD
Andrew B. And Gretchen P. Jones Professor and Head of the Department of Neurology
- Email: leejm@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Pathogenesis of amyloid fibrils and amyloid plaques in AD mouse models
Key words
brain ischemia, stroke recovery, Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid
Deborah Lenschow, MD, PhD
John S. Daniels Professor
- Email: dlenschow@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Antiviral mechanisms of type I interferons and the role of interferons and viruses in autoimmune diseases
Key words
host-pathogen interactions, immunology, innate immunity, interferons, pathogenesis, virology, autoimmune disease, lupus
Michele LeRoux, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mleroux@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We study how bacterial defend themselves from their viral predators, bacteriophage.
Key words
bacteria, phage, bacteriophage, virus
Daisy Leung, PhD
Professor
- Email: dwleung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Defining molecular mechanisms at the host-pathogen interface
Key words
Eric Leuthardt, MD
Professor
- Email: leuthardte@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Key words
Petra Levin, PhD
George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor
- Email: plevin@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Bacterial growth and antibiotic susceptibility
Key words
Bacterial, growth size, antibiotics, tolerance, antibiotic resistance, systems biology, cytoskeleton, biochemistry, microbiology, microscopy
Matthew Lew, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mdlew@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Developing novel optical imaging technologies for studying biomolecular activities at the nanoscale
Key words
super-resolution microscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy, optimal imaging system design, nanoscale sensing
Timothy Ley, MD
Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Chair in Oncology
- Email: timley@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Study of normal versus leukemic blood cell development and immunology
Key words
cancer genomics, leukemia, oncogene