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Jacob McPherson, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mcpherson.jacob@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Sensorimotor neural plasticity and neurological injury
Key words
Laura McPherson, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: laura.mcpherson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Identify neural mechanisms that are associated with motor dysfunction following neurological injury
Key words
J. Mark Meacham, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: meachamjm@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Studies microfluidics, micro-electromechanical systems and associated transport phenomena
Key words
Robert Mecham, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and Physiology
- Email: bmecham@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Cell-matrix interactions, extracellular matrix and development, vascular development and disease
Key words
extracellular matrix, vascular biology, development, physiology, proteomics
Kim Medley, PhD
Director, Tyson Research Center
- Email: kim.medley@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
Key words
Michael Meers, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: meers@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding the molecular determinants of cellular diversity
Key words
Chromatin, Transcription Factors, Epigenomics, Cell fate, Single-cell
Steven Mennerick, PhD
Professor
- Email: menneris@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Physiology of glutamate and GABA neurotransmission in the CNS
Key words
neurobiology, synapse biology, receptor, ion channel, glutamate transmission, GABA transmission
Robert Mercer, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and Physiology
- Email: rmercer@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Molecular and cell biology of ion pumps and transporters in plasma membrane; cell polarity
Key words
cell membrane, development, Na K-ATPase, excitable tissue, cell volume
Gretchen Meyer, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: meyerg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding how changes at the molecular and cellular level in skeletal muscle affect muscle structure and function
Key words
Craig Micchelli, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: micchelli@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
The biology of stem cells
Key words
cancer, Drosophila, regeneration, stem cells
Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD
James S. McDonnell Professor
- Email: jmilbrandt@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Axonal degeneration, regulation of myelination, neuronal energetics and mitochondrial function in neuropathy and neurodegenerative disease
Key words
functional genomics, metabolism, mitochondria, diabetic neuropathy, neurodegeneration, transcriptional networks, Alzheimer’s disease, Schwann cell
Mark Miller, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mmiller23@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Lymphoid tissue dynamics and antigen-presentation during infection, cancer and autoimmunity
Key words
imaging, inflammation, pathogenesis, mathematical modeling, multi-photon microscopy
Timothy Miller, MD, PhD
David Clayson Professor
- Email: miller.t@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and targeted therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
Key words
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), SOD1, TDP-43, C9ORF72, miRNA, Tau, Dementia, Neurodegeneration, Antisense oligonucleotides
Jeffrey Millman, PhD
Professor
- Email: jmillman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Differentiation to and maturation of pancreatic insulin-producing β cells from human pluripotent stem cells capable of rapidly reversing diabetes
Key words
stem cell biology, regeneration, developmental biology, microscopy, single-cell RNA-sequencing, differentiation, tissue engineering, diabetes, organoids, transplantation, therapy
Miguel Minaya, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: miguel.minaya@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Dr. Minaya’s research lies at the intersection of stem cell modeling and genomics, elucidating molecular mechanisms of tauopathies, including frontotemporal dementia with tau pathology (FTD-tau) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). He engineers CRISPR-modified iPSCs from ancestrally diverse donors to model pathogenic MAPT mutations, integrating these with postmortem human brain transcriptomics and animal models.
Key words
Tauopathies; Stem Cell Modeling; Functional Genomics
Jeffrey Miner, PhD
Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Professor
- Email: jeffminer@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Human genetic kidney disease: Insights through mouse models
Key words
cell adhesion, extracellular matrix, integrin biology, kidney, actin cytoskeleton
Robi Mitra, PhD
Alvin Goldfarb Professor of Computational Biology
- Email: rmitra@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Technology development for functional genomics and systems biology
Key words
functional genomics, systems biology, technology development, bioinformatics
Makedonka Mitreva, PhD
Professor
- Email: mmitreva@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Next-generation experimental, multi-omic and computational approaches to empower the study of infectious diseases and the human microbiome
Key words
Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Helminth Genomics, Human Metagenomics
Kevin Moeller, PhD
Professor
- Email: moeller@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Developing new methods for peptide mimetic, natural product synthesis, and the construction of addressable molecular arrays
Key words
biosensors, electrochemistry, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, reactive intermediates
Mayssa Mokalled, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mmokalled@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Mechanisms of neural regeneration using zebrafish and mouse model systems
Key words