People
Diana Beckman
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 1994
Thesis Advisor: Robert G. Kranz
Thesis Title: Cytochromes c Biogenesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus
Rachel Becknell
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Scott A. Mangan
Thesis Title: The Role of Soil Microbes & Plant Relatedness in Improving Tallgrass Prairie Restoration and Rare Plant Reintroduction
Jacob Bedia
Program: Immunology
Current advisor: Jonathan R. Brestoff, MD, PhD, MPH
Undergraduate university: Stanford University, 2021
Jeffrey Bednarski II, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: bednarski_j@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding the signals that direct early hematopoiesis and B cell lymphopoiesis
Key words
Katherine Beebe
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2014
Thesis Advisor: Craig A. Micchelli
Thesis Title: Dynamic Responses at the Barrier Epithelium
Freya Beinart
Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Current advisor: Alex Holehouse, PhD
Undergraduate university: Kenyon College, 2024
Henry Bellamy
Program: Molecular Biology
Graduation Year: 1985
Thesis Advisor: F. Scott S. Mathews
Thesis Title: "Structural Studies of Beta-Glucuronidase and Thrmethylaminedehydrogenase"
Saul Bello Rojas
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Martha W. Bagnall
Thesis Title: Development and Structure of Spinal Interneuron Connectivity in Larval Zebrafish
Michael Belloy, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: belloy@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Our research is dedicated to understanding the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, employing bioinformatic tools and a big-data approach that integrates genetics, multi-omics, brain imaging, and clinical data.
Key words
Genetics, Multi-Omics, Bioinformatics, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease
Yehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD
Professor
- Email: benshahary@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of behavior
Key words
Behavioral genetics, Evolutionary neurogenetics, Drosophila, Ion channels, Molecular genetics, Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Sensory systems