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John Atkinson, MD
Professor
- Email: j.p.atkinson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Complement activation and regulation in innate and adaptive immunity
Key words
immunology, inflammation, autoimmunity, complement system, innate immunity
Michael Avidan, MBBCh
Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor and Head of the Department of Anesthesiology
- Email: avidanm@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
His research interests include intraoperative awareness, postoperative cognitive alteration, brain monitoring during surgery, and postoperative outcomes.
Key words
Martha Bagnall, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: bagnall@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Spinal circuits, balance, and motor control in zebrafish
Key words
spinal, movement, vestibular
Dustin Baldridge, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: dbaldri@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Utilizing the power of genetics to elucidate the molecular pathogenesis of disease and transform patient care
Key words
Genetics, genomics, transcription factors, rare disease
Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mbaldridge@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Defining the mechanisms behind and effects of the interactions between commensal bacteria, pathogens and innate immunity
Key words
microbiota, infection, pathogen, microbiome, virus, interferon, immunity
Monika Bambouskova, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: monika.bambouskova@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Immunometabolism – metabolic regulation of immune cell activation
Key words
Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: baranski@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Signal transduction by G proteins and pathogenesis of diabetes
Key words
diabetes, Drosophila, G protein, hormones, protein structure, signal transduction
Dennis Barbour, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: dbarbour@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Sensation, perception and cognitive processing of sounds and speech
Key words
perception and cognition, behavioral assessment, medical informatics, computational audiology, machine learning, clinical decision support
Deanna Barch, PhD
Professor and Chair
- Email: dbarch@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Neurobiological and Psychological Mechanisms of Cognitive and Emotional Control: Normative Function and Abnormalities in Psychiatric Disorders
Key words
cognition, neuroimaging, prefrontal cortex, psychiatry, schizophrenia, depression
David Bark, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: bark@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Applying biomechanics and mechanobiology (the interaction and response of cells and tissue to mechanical forces) to diagnose, study, and treat various forms of cardiovascular disease.
Key words
Wayne Barnes, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: barneswm@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Possible cure for MS: intravenous access by myelin-binding aptamer; PCR at one temp; RT-enabled Taq pol.
Key words
DNA, aptamers, technology development, brain therapy
Rebecca Bart, PhD
Associate Faculty Member
- Email: rbart@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Combining genetics with molecular and computational biology to learn about the mechanisms used by hosts and pathogens to recognize and respond to one another and the environment
Key words
Steven Bassnett, PhD
Professor
- Email: bassnett@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Ocular cell biology
Key words
ophthalmology, cataract, glaucoma, myopia, microfibrils, imaging, stem cells, Marfan syndrome, fibrillin, modeling, AFM
Randall Bateman, MD
Charles F and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor
- Email: batemanr@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Alzheimer disease pathophysiology
Key words
amyloid, apolipoprotein E, Alzheimer’s disease, drug treatment, mass spectrometry, protein production and clearance
Luis Batista, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: lbatista@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding the role of DNA damage and RNA degradation during tissue homeostasis, regeneration, aging, and cancer
Key words
DNA damage; DNA repair; Telomerase; Stem cell biology; Cancer; Aging
Ivan Baxter, PhD
Member
- Email: ibaxter@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
We use quantitative genetics and high throughput phenotyping approaches to understand how plants adapt to their environment
Key words
Ionomics, Genetics, Genomics, Gene by Environment Interactions, Plants
Philip Bayly, PhD
Lee Hunter Distinguished Professor and Chair
- Email: pvb@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
The application of nonlinear dynamics and vibrations to mechanical and biomedical systems
Key words
MR imaging of motion, mechanics of brain injury, impact, vibration, wave motion
Jeffrey Bednarski II, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: bednarski_j@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding the signals that direct early hematopoiesis and B cell lymphopoiesis
Key words
Michael Belloy, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: belloy@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Our research is dedicated to understanding the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, employing bioinformatic tools and a big-data approach that integrates genetics, multi-omics, brain imaging, and clinical data.
Key words
Genetics, Multi-Omics, Bioinformatics, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease
Yehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD
Professor
- Email: benshahary@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of behavior
Key words
Behavioral genetics, Evolutionary neurogenetics, Drosophila, Ion channels, Molecular genetics, Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Sensory systems