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Gautam Dantas, PhD
Professor
- Email: dantas@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
(1) Dynamics, ecology, and evolution of antibiotic resistance, (2) Engineering enhanced probiotics to treat GI disorders, (3) Engineering microbial biofuel catalysts
Key words
anibiotic resistance, synthetic biology, bioenergy, human microbiome, metagenomics, microbial ecology and biodiversity
Nicholas Davidson, MD
Professor
- Email: nod@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Mammalian gene expression: Regulation through mRNA editing and RNA stabilization
Key words
gene expression, RNA, cancer, mRNA editing, mRNA stability
Victor Davila-Roman, MD
Professor
- Email: vdavila@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Noninvasive characterization of heart function in patients with high blood pressure
Key words
imaging, hypertrophy, myocardial bloodflow
Albert Davis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: albert.a.davis@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of protein aggregation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
Key words
Anthony Dell, PhD
Ecologist
- Email: adell@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
In my lab we fuse metabolic, movement, and community ecology to address basic and applied questions in ecology and evolution
Key words
David DeNardo, PhD
Professor
- Email: ddenardo@WUSTL.EDU
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Molecular Mechanisms of Immune Regulation of Tumor Progression.
Key words
immunotherapy, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, immunology, inflammation, metastasis, storm
Frederik Denorme, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: denorme@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Our lab uses murine stroke models and stroke patient samples to better understand ischemic stroke pathology.
Key words
Stroke platelet neutrophil neurology translational research
Carl DeSelm, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: deselmc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Dr. DeSelm clinically focuses on treating lymphoma, and is actively developing novel CAR T cell approaches to treating solid tumors, including lymphoma, pancreatic cancer and glioblastoma.
Key words
Jorge Di Paola, MD
Professor/Division Chief
- Email: dipaolaj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
The genetics of bleeding and thrombotic disorders and mechanisms of platelet activation
Key words
Michael Diamond, MD, PhD
Herbert S. Gasser Professor
- Email: mdiamond@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Research summary
Innate and Adaptive Host Immunity to Viral Infections
Key words
virology, microbial pathogenesis, immunology
Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: diantonio@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Neural circuits in development and disease
Key words
axon regeneration, axon degeneration, neurodegeneration, glia, neuronal development and differentiation, neuroinflammation, neuroimmunology, synapse biology, drug screens, metabolism
Patricia Dickson, MD
Centennial Professor
- Email: pdickson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Neurosciences
Research summary
Developing therapies and studying the impact of lysosomal storage disorders in animal models and in trials
Key words
Sabine Dietmann, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: sdietmann@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Developing integrative multi-omics and machine learning techniques for single-cell data sets in developmental biology and medicine
Key words
Bioinformatics, Multi-omics, Genomics, Epigenetics, Machine learning
Mary Dinauer, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
- Email: mdinauer@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Role of leukocyte NADPH oxidase in innate immunity, inflammation, and autoimmunity
Key words
immunodeficiency, inflammation, ROS, macrophage, molecular medicine, neutrophil, Aspergillus, fungus, autoimmunity, immunology
Li Ding, PhD
David English Smith Distinguished Professor
- Email: lding@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Cancer Proteogenomics and Cancer Models
Key words
Siyuan Ding, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: siyuan.ding@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding how rotavirus (RV), an important enteric viral pathogen, interacts with the host innate immune system in the small intestine
Key words
Naomi Dirckx, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: dirckx@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Key words
Abhinav Diwan, MD, FACC, FAHA
Charlie W. Shaeffer, MD, Professor
- Email: adiwan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Transcriptional regulation of lysosome machinery under stress
Key words
Lysosomes, Ischemia-reperfusion, cell death, autophagy, transcriptional regulation, metabolism
Ram Dixit, PhD
Professor and Biology Department Chair
- Email: ramdixit@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of cytoskeleton organization and function
Key words
cytoskeleton, molecular motors, cell morphogenesis, cell wall biogenesis, plant biology
Sergej Djuranovic, PhD
Professor
- Email: sergej.djuranovic@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of translational control
Key words
biochemistry, miRNA, RNA, Ribosome, translation, gene expression, translational control, cancer, malaria