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Douglas Abrams
Program: Computational and Systems Biology
Current advisor: Samantha A. Morris, PhD
Undergraduate university: Colby College, 2019
Yousef Abu-Amer, PhD
J. Albert Key Professor
- Email: abuamery@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying inflammation-induced degenerative skeletal diseases including joint degeneration, inflammatory arthritis and osteolysis
Key words
Musculoskeletal, inflammatory osteolysis, degenerative, bone biology, Signal transduction, NF-kB, Osteoclast, Bone Metabolism, Joint
Nada Abumrad, PhD
Robert C. Atkins Professor of Obesity Research in Medicine
- Email: nabumrad@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Fatty acids regulate energy balance and tissue renewal. Dysfunction of this regulation causes disease
Key words
fatty acid, transport, disease risk
Joseph Ackerman, PhD
William Greenleaf Eliot Professor
- Email: ackerman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging of intact functioning biological systems
Key words
biophysics, cancer, imaging, mathematical modeling, neurobiology
Sarah Ackerman
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2016
Thesis Advisor: Kelly R. Monk
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of myelination, it's all about the matrix
Sarah Ackerman, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: sarah.ackerman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding how glia shape developmental and pathological plasticity
Key words
astrocytes, plasticity, circuits, development, myelination
Benjamin Acland
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2022
Thesis Advisor: Lawrence H. Snyder
Thesis Title: The effects of NMDA antagonism on neuronal activity and neurovascular coupling in nonhuman primate cortex.
Katie Adastra
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2012
Thesis Advisor: Kelle H. Moley
Thesis Title: The Importance of Glucose Transport in Reproductive Events.
Hema Adhikari, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: hema.adhikari@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The Adhikari Lab focuses on interrogating RAS oncoprotein signaling networks through the lens of interactomes in cancer, based on an innovative functional proteomics platform combining proximity labeling technology coupled to CRISPR/Cas9 screening.
Key words
biochemistry, cell signaling, proteomics, genomics, cancer, tumorigenesis
Joseph Adjei
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Current advisor: Christina L. Stallings, PhD
Undergraduate university: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2022