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Fuhai Li, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: fuhai.li@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Integrative large-scale pharmaco genomics analysis for target, signaling network, drug and drug combination discovery. Genomics data driven tumor-stromal communication discovery and modeling.
Key words
Jr-Shin Li, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jsli@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Control and optimization of large-scale complex systems with applications ranging from quantum mechanics and neuroscience to bioinformatics
Key words
computational mathematics, control theory, optimization, dynamical systems, MRI, NMR, neuroscience
Qingyun Li, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: qingyunli@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Microglial biology and neuro-immune interactions in development, aging and disease
Key words
microglia, neuroimmunology, development, aging, neurodegeneration, single cell
Weikai Li, PhD
Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Email: weikai@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Membrane protein structure and function
Key words
structure biology, enzymology, membrane proteins, molecular medicine, mass spectrometry, cardiovascular biology, immunology, hematology
Xiaowei Li, PHD
Assistant Professor
- Email: xiaoweili@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
The Li laboratory is dedicated to developing biomaterial platforms for regenerative medicine, specifically focusing on applications in angiogenesis, vascularization, stem cell engineering, and tissue regeneration.
Key words
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine
Yang Li, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: yeli@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Our research interests include developing innovative computational tools/methods and utilizing single-cell (epi)genomic techniques to gain a comprehensive understanding of gene regulation in mammalian models and human diseases, particularly in brain tumors and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Key words
Bioinformatics, Gene Regulation, Single-cell Epigenetics, Brain Tumors, Neurological Disorders
Kian Lim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kian-huat.lim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding the role of inflammation in gastrointestinal cancers
Key words
NF-kB, Toll-like receptors, IRAK4, TAK1, KRAS, ERK, MK2
Sunny Lin, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: linsc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Complex systems and organizational study approaches to the study of health information exchange, health information technology use in health services, and healthcare equity
Key words
Susan Lin, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: susanlin@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Key words
Fangqiong Ling, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: fangqiong@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
A computational and experimental lab studying bacterial colonization and transmission at the boundary of built and natural environments and exploring microbiomes as environmental sensors and public health sentinels
Key words
Christopher Lingle, PhD
Professor
- Email: clingle@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Structure-function studies of Slo family K+ channels
Key words
ion channel, protein structure, neurobiology, physiology, cell signaling
Daniel Link, MD
Alan and Edith Wolff Professor of Medicine
- Email: dlink@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Regulation of normal and malignant hematopoiesis
Key words
Leukemia, clonal hematopoiesis, stem cells, niche, ribosome, cancer metabolism, neutrophils, genomics
Polina Lishko, PhD
Professor and BJC Investigator
- Email: lishko@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The role of bioactive lipid signaling and bioelectricity in the physiology of the inverted epithelia of the brain and retina. Physiology and pathophysiology of steroid signaling in reproduction, aging and neurodegeneration.
Key words
Lei Liu, PhD
Professor
- Email: lei.liu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Focused on the analysis of high dimensional omics (epigenetics and microbiome) data, subgroup identification, medical cost data, and joint models of multi-outcome data
Key words
Biostatistics, data science, machine learning, precision medicine, omics study, biomedical data mining
Qin Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: qinliu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The biology of itch
Key words
somatosensation, itch, primary sensory neurons, G protein-coupled receptors
Ta-Chiang Liu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: ta-chiang.liu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Understanding how host genetics and environmental factors interact to shape gut metabolism leading to inflammation
Key words
Irfan Lodhi, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: ilodhi@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Role of lipid metabolism in obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases
Key words
Adipose tissue, brown fat, diabetes, obesity, lipid metabolism, peroxisomes, mitochondria
Timothy Lohman, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biophysics
- Email: lohman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Mechanisms of DNA helicases/translocases and SSB proteins
Key words
DNA recombination, DNA replication, fluorescence, molecular motors, single molecules, thermodynamics
Gregory Longmore, MD
Professor
- Email: glongmore@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Cell Motility and Cancer Metastasis
Key words
cell motility, cancer metastasis, cell adhesion, signal transduction
Carolina Lopez, PhD
Professor and BJC Investigator
- Email: clopezzalaquett@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Research summary
The Lopez Lab studies how viruses interact with the body and how defective viruses influence the development of diseases in humans
Key words
virus, respiratory syncytial virus, Sendai virus, innate immunity, antiviral immunity