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Yoram Rudy, PhD, FAHA, FHRS
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
- Email: rudy@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Multiscale studies of cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia using computational biology and imaging
Key words
ion channels, protein dynamics, cardiac cell electrophysiology, cardiac imaging
John Russell, PhD
Professor
- Email: jrussell@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
CNS/lymphocyte interactions regulating inflammation and pathogenesis in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis
Key words
apoptosis, autoimmunity, imaging, inflammation, multiple sclerosis
Mark Rutherford, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: rutherfordmark@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Cellular mechanisms underlying our systems of sound and balance encoding in development, in maturity, and in pathology of hearing or vestibular function
Key words
cochlea, neurodegeneration, synapse, excitotoxicity, encoding sound
Philip Ruzycki, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: p.ruzycki@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Key words
Nancy Saccone, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: nlims@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Statistical genetics, complex human diseases, analysis methods
Key words
genetics, substance dependence, addiction, human disease gene mapping, association studies, linkage analysis
Jose Saenz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: saenzj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Gastric epithelial responses to acute and chronic gastric injury
Key words
double-stranded RNA, host response, Helicobacter pylori
Rajan Sah, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: rajan.sah@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Study the function of novel ion channels as they relate to growth and metabolism
Key words
Naresha Saligrama, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: nareshas@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Adaptive immune responses in neuroinflammatory, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric diseases
Key words
Neuroimmunology, Autoimmunity, T cell receptors, Antigens
Lawrence Salkoff, PhD
Professor
- Email: salkoffl@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
How ion channels function in physiology and behavior
Key words
neurobiology, genome analysis, development, behavior, physiology
Vijay Samineni, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: vksamineni@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Intersection between visceral sensation, organ function, and emotions
Key words
Visceral Pain, Genomics, Neural Circuits, Emotions
Mark Sands, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
- Email: mssands@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Pathophysiology and novel therapies for lysosomal storage diseases
Key words
gene therapy, hematopoiesis, metabolism, neurobiology, neurodegeneration, stem cells
Celia Santi Grau Perez, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: santic@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Aspects of sexual reproduction that involve membrane excitability and control of membrane voltage in spermatozoa, which are essential for the sperm to fertilize the egg
Key words
male fertility, ion channels, sperm physiology,
Marco Sardiello, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: sardiello@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
My laboratory uses genetics, cell biology and systems biology approaches to study how the cell regulates its metabolic programs and how dysfunctions in these programs lead to neurological disease
Key words
Scott Saunders, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: saunders_s@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Molecular basis of normal and abnormal development
Key words
development, bone biology, stem cell, heparan sulfate, cell signaling
Barbara Schaal, PhD
Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor
- Email: schaal@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Evolutionary genetics and systematics of plants
Key words
evolution, population genetics, plant biology
Anneliese Schaefer, PhD
Professor
- Email: amschaefer@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Key words
Tim Schedl, PhD
Professor
- Email: ts@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Control of germline stem cells and meiotic development in C. elegans
Key words
germ cells, C. elegans, genetics, development, functional genomics
Erica Scheller, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: scheller@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Interactions between the nervous system and the skeleton
Key words
bone, diabetes, nerve, neuropathy, neuroskeletal biology, obesity, metabolism, adipose tissue, adipocyte, high-resolution imaging, advanced quantification, RNAseq, regeneration, healing
Joel Schilling, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: schillij@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
My research is focused on understanding the role of liver macrophages in metabolic liver disease and heart failure. Using pre-clinical models and human samples we seek to discover novel pathways to modulate immune function for patients with cardiometabolic disease and cardiogenic liver disease..
Key words
macrophages, tissue injury, infection, diabetes, heart failure, metabolic liver disease
Suzanne Schindler, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: schindlers@neuro.wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Our laboratory develops and validates blood and CSF biomarkers for Alzheimer disease and related disorders
Key words
biomarkers, Alzheimer disease, dementia, diagnostic tests, cognition