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Joseph Vogel, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jvogel@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Intracellular replication of Legionella pneumophila within macrophages
Key words
bacteriology, pathogenesis, macrophage, intracellular trafficking, immunology
Jessica Wagenseil, DSc
Professor
- Email: jessica.wagenseil@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Cardiovascular mechanics, how the heart and blood vessels respond to mechanical forces
Key words
biomechanics, artery, elastin, matrix
James Walsh, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: walsh.j@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The Walsh lab is interested in how the immune system is involved in both normal and pathological processes in the eye, exploring the contribution of both local immune cells and systemic immunity on ocular functioning.
Key words
Autoimmunity, CD4 T cell biology, Uveitis, CNS border immunology, Translational Research
Matthew Walter, MD
Professor
- Email: mjwalter@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Genetics and genomics of blood cancer: mutation discovery and mouse models
Key words
cancer, functional genomics, gene expression profiling, hematopoiesis, stem cells, tumor biology
Xiaoxiao Wan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: wanx@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
Pathogenesis and therapeutics in tissue-specific autoimmunity
Key words
Autoimmunity Neoantigens Tolerance Diabetes T cells Dendritic cells Macrophages
David Wang, PhD
Professor
- Email: davewang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Discovery and Characterization of Novel Viruses
Key words
microbial pathogenesis, functional genomics, virology, genome analysis, computational biology
Jennifer Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: wjennifer@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
We study how the major microtubule organizing center of animal cells, the centrosome, is formed and regulated to enable cell division and signaling
Key words
Centrosomes, cilia, microtubules, cytoskeleton, organelles, subcellular organization, cell dynamics, mitosis, cell cycle, cell biology, biochemistry
Qian Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: w.qian@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Key words
Shuo Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: shuowang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding the neural mechanisms and neural computations underlying cognition and social behavior
Key words
Ting Wang, PhD
Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics
- Email: twang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Epigenome evolution and epigenetic determinants of cell fate
Key words
DNA methylation, transposable elements, epigenomics, evolution, genomics, systems biology
Mark Warchol, PhD
Professor
- Email: mwarchol@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Mechanisms of development, injury and repair in the vertebrate auditory system
Key words
hearing, vestibular, sensory, development, regeneration, macrophage, microglia
Jeffrey Ward, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jward2@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Identification of tumor specific mutant antigens recognized by the immune system as foreign that serve as the target of a T-cell response against tumors
Key words
Erika Waters, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: waterse@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understand how people think about health risks and how those thoughts influence their health-related decisions and behavior
Key words
Mark Watson, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: watsonm@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Detection and molecular classification of rare tumor cells to predict and mitigate cancer metastases
Key words
cancer, functional genomics, gene expression, pathogenesis, breast cancer
Max Wattenberg, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: wattenberg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Research summary
We are focused on exploiting features of the tumor microenvironment for cancer therapy. Specifically, we study stromal – tumor cell interactions in pancreatic cancer with the goal of defining clinically relevant cancer biology.
Key words
pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy, myeloid cells, tumor microenvironment, CRISPR screening
Jason Weber, PhD
Professor
- Email: jweber@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Tumor suppressor and oncogene networks in cancer biology
Key words
Breast cancer, lung cancer, tumor suppressors, oncogenes, microfluidics, RNA editing, metastasis
Conrad Weihl, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: weihlc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The interplay between the ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy pathways in skeletal muscle and neurodegenerative disorders
Key words
protein production and clearance, proteasome, skeletal muscle, inclusion body, autophagy
Gary Weil, MD
Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor
- Email: gary.j.weil@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Research on the biology of filarial nematode parasites
Key words
gene expression, epidemiology, functional genomics, parasitology
Katherine Weilbaecher, MD
Professor
- Email: kweilbae@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms through which tumor cells metastasize to bone
Key words
cancer, bone biology, integrin biology, metastasis
Timothy Wencewicz, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: wencewicz@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Antibiotic drug discovery
Key words