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Jonathan Losos, PhD
William H Danforth Distinquished Professor
- Email: losos@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
I study how species adapt to their environment.
Key words
ecology, evolution, adaptation, lizard, reptile
Sunny Lou, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: slou@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
My research is focused on the use of clinical informatics and data science to improve clinician workflow, efficiency, and the quality of clinical care.
Key words
clinical informatics, data science, machine learning, cardiac anesthesiology, electronic health record, clinician workflow
Brendan Lucey, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor
- Email: luceyb@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
The Lucey Lab undertakes both longitudinal studies of sleep, aging, and AD as well as clinical trial using sleep interventions to target AD pathology
Key words
Sleep, circadian rhythms, aging, Alzheimer’s disease
Clifford Luke, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: cjluke@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Key words
Jose Marcio Luna, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jose.luna@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Dr. Jose Marcio Luna’s research focuses on the development of translational tools for prediction and diagnosis of cancer from a multi-omics perspective in the era of precision medicine.
Key words
Machine Learning, Data Sciences, Data Integration, Optimization Theory and Computational Medical Imaging
Cindy Ly, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor
- Email: lyc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Genetic and molecular basis of ALS
Key words
Liang Ma, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: lima@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding genetic pathways regulating epithelial differentiation
Key words
development, differentiation, cell signaling, gene expression, genetics
Susan Mackinnon, MD
Sydney M. Shoenberg Jr. & Robert H. Shoenberg Professor
- Email: mackinnons@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Investigation of peripheral nerve injury and regeneration
Key words
nerve regeneration, neuropathy, neurotrophins, peripheral nervous system, nerve allotransplantation, tissue engineering
Jeffrey Magee, MD, PhD
Elizabeth H. and James S. McDonnell III Professor
- Email: mageej@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Causes and new approaches to curing high-risk pediatric leukemia
Key words
Cancer biology, stem cell, hematopoiesis, leukemia, developmental biology
Kiran Mahajan, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kiranm@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
My laboratory studies the pathogenic role of epigenetic regulators in prostate cancer development and progression, with a focus on the mechanisms by which these factors co-operate with transcription factors to drive tumor heterogeneity and resistance to various standard of care therapies
Key words
Epigenetics, prostate cancer, transcriptomics, small molecule therapeutics, radioresistance, DNA damage signaling, tumor-immune dynamics.
Nupam Mahajan, PhD
Professor
- Email: nupam@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
How tyrosine phosphorylation regulates epigenetic processes that affect cellular homeostasis and cancer cell survival
Key words
Christopher Maher, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: christophermaher@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Translational Cancer Genomics; Noncoding RNAs
Key words
non-coding RNAs, lncRNAs, cancer genomics, transcriptome, bioinformatics, computational biology, solid tumor malignancies
Moe Mahjoub, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mmahjoub@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
The microtubule cytoskeleton in health and disease
Key words
Cell cytoskeleton, microtubules, cilia, centrosome, cell cycle, signal transduction, kidney/lung development and disease
Michael Major, PhD
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor
- Email: bmajor@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Studying how perturbation of specific signal transduction pathways contributes to the initiation, progression and dissemination of cancer
Key words
proteomics, functional genomics, lung cancer, signal transduction, WNT, oxidative stress
Susruta Majumdar, PhD
Professor (PEFA)
- Email: susrutam@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Research in the laboratory is aimed at attaining functional selectivity of opioid agonist action from its own target adverse effects while integrating chemical synthesis with biochemical, genetic and pharmacological approaches.
Key words
opioids, GPCRs, biased signaling, pain, chemical biology
Elizabeth Mallott, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mallott@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
How the environment shapes host-associated microbial communities both within and across species
Key words
Gut microbiome, nonhuman primates, environmental health
Ben Mansfeld, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: bmansfeld@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
The Mansfeld Lab uses various non‑model species and a hypothesis driven, systems approach to examine how circadian rhythm, development, and tissue type impact plant defense.
Key words
Plant Pathology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Disease Resistance
Daniel Marcus, PhD
Professor
- Email: dmarcus@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Artificial intelligence and informatics to support open science and translational research
Key words
informatics imaging AI open science
Todd Margolis, MD, PhD
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Email: margolist@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
The cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the establishment and maintenance of latent neuronal infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Key words
Stephanie Markovina, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: smarkovina@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Studies novel metrics to serve dual purpose as biomarkers for prognosis and response to radiation therapy, as well as therapeutic targets for human solid tumors such as cervical and anal cancers.
Key words