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Muriah Wheelock, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mdwheelock@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Elucidating the biological pathways underlying cognition, emotion, and behavior, determining developmental deviations and degenerative processes in these pathways
Key words
Sean Whelan, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology
- Email: spjwhelan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The Whelan laboratory studies the biology of negative-strand (NS) RNA viruses, divided between two major areas of focus: viral gene expression and viral-host cell interactions.
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Michael White, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mawhite@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
My research focuses on learning cis-regulatory grammars using massivley parallel functional assays and machine learning
Key words
computational biology, gene regulation, genomics, deep learning, technology development
Adam Wilcox, PhD
Professor
- Email: a.wilcox@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Key words
Philip Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: prwillia@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Strategies to improve outcomes of nervous system injury and disease, regeneration and preservation
Key words
Jon Willie, MD, PhD, FAANS
Associate Professor
- Email: jontwillie@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Characterizing the function of brain circuits that control memory and arousal in normal and disease states
Key words
memory, attention, arousal, sleep, narcolepsy, post-traumatic stress disorder, epilepsy, movement disorders, deep brain stimulation, brain mapping, brain circuits
David Wilson, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: wilson_d@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Role of transcription factors in differentiation and development
Key words
embryonic development, lung development, mouse models, transcriptional regulation
Dean Wong, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: dfwong@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Key words
Michael Wong, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: wong_m@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Mechanisms of epileptogenesis and seizure-induced brain injury
Key words
epilepsy, glia, imaging, multi-photon microscopy, neurophysiology
Matthew Wood, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: woodmd@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Repair and regeneration following nerve injury and soft tissue injury
Key words
Plastic Surgery, Peripheral nerve, Regeneration, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials
Gregory Wu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: gfwu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Inflammation and autoimmunity of the central nervous system
Key words
antigen presentation, dendritic cells, B cells, immunology, intravital microscopy, multiple sclerosis, neurobiology
Meng Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mengwu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
We investigate the interplay among the microbiota, stromal cells, and the immune system through the integration of microbiology and immunology with systems biology.
Key words
Microbiota, Microbiome, Immune system, Stromal cells, Vaccines, Germinal Centers
Kristine Wylie, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kwylie@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Host-microbe dynamics during pregnancy
Key words
virome, microbiome, pregnancy, papillomavirus, herpesvirus
Jinbin Xu, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jinbinxu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, central nervous disorders, postmortem biomarker validation and characterization, in vivo positron emission tomography, in vitro quantitative autoradiography
Key words
Imaging, biomarkers, cancer, neuroscience, PET, quantitative autoradiography, pharmaceuticals, biological assays, human brain function and disease
Dmitriy Yablonskiy, PhD
Professor
- Email: yablonskiyd@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Development and applications of quantitative MRI-based methods and Machine Learning tools for in vivo studying of humans and animals in health and disease
Key words
brain structure and function, Alzheimer`s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, MRI, fMRI, GEPCI, hyperpolarized gas, biophysics, mathematical modeling, Machine Learning
Tatyana Yakusheva, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: yakushevat@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding the role of the cerebellar nodulus and uvula (NU) in motion perception and spatial navigation
Key words
Lan Yang, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: lyang25@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We develop various light-wave based technologies, such as novel sensors, spectroscopy and imaging systems, for biological and medical applications.
Key words
nanotechnology, photonics, material physics, biosensing, spectroscopy, imaging
Elizabeth Yanik, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: yanike@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
My research is focused on investigating the genetic determinants of under-studied musculoskeletal phenotypes, determining the impact of occupational burdens on musculoskeletal disease, and understanding interactions between genetic and non-genetic risk factors for musculoskeletal disease.
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Hiroko Yano, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: yanoh@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Molecular pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases
Key words
Huntington’s disease, neurodegeneration, molecular mechanisms, epigenetic regulation, gene expression, primary neuron culture, animal models of disease
Po-Yin Yen, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: yenp@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Focused on applied clinical informatics research to support clinicians adapting to health information technology
Key words