People
Yuan-Chieh Ku
Program: Human and Statistical Genetics
Graduation Year: 2013
Thesis Advisor: Michael Lovett
Thesis Title: Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of utricle hair cell regeneration in the Inner Ear
Jan Kubanek, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kubanek@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
My lab uses transcranial focused ultrasound to provide noninvasive therapies of disorders of brain function.
Key words
neuromodulation, neural engineering
Michael Kuchenreuther
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2013
Thesis Advisor: Jason D. Weber
Thesis Title: Selective Translational Control and its Role in Cancer
Margarethe (Meta) Kuehn
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 1993
Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren
Thesis Title: P Pilus Architecture and Molecular Details of Periplasmic Chaperone-Mediated Pilus Assembly.
Hunter Kuhn
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: David A. Hunstad
Thesis Title: New Paradigms in E.coli Hemolysin Function and Pathogenesis
Mariami Kuljanishvili
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Current advisor: Farners Amargant I Riera, PhD
Undergraduate university: San Diego State University, 2023
Harshita Kumar
Program: Computational and Systems Biology
Current advisor: Sana D. Karam, MD, PhD
Undergraduate university: Case Western Reserve University, 2023
Terrance Kummer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kummert@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding the mechanisms underlying neuronal trauma and neurodegeneration during and following acute brain injury
Key words
traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer disease, microsscopy, imaging, microdialysis, MRI, diffusion tensor imaging
Shinjini Kundu, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kundu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Key words
Barbara Kunkel, PhD
Professor
- Email: kunkel@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Molecular genetic analysis of disease development in Pseudomonas syringae-Arabidopsis interactions
Key words
plant-microbe interactions, bacterial pathogenesis, auxin, IAA, Type III effector protein, genetics, plant biology