People
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
Erin Benanti
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Peter T. Chivers
Thesis Title: The evolution and regulation of DNA-binding by the Ni2+ -dependant transcription factor NikR
Richard Hugh Frost Bender
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2015
Thesis Advisor: David H. Gutmann
Thesis Title: K-Ras, but Not H-Ras or N-Ras, Hyperactivation Regulates Brain Neural Stem Cell Proliferation in a Raf/Rb-dependent Manner
Emily Benedict
Program: Computational and Systems Biology
Current advisor: Gautam Dantas, PhD
Undergraduate university: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2020
Sarah Bengtson
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Current advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD
Undergraduate university: College of William and Mary, 2024
Rachel Bennett
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2014
Thesis Advisor: David L. Brody
Thesis Title: Axonal Damage in Repetitive Concussive Traumatic Brain Injury: Characterization and Contributing Factors
Brock Bennion
Program: Immunology
Graduation Year: 2020
Thesis Advisor: Jonathan Miner
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of STING-associated vasculopathy and immunodeficiency