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Erin Mattoon
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Ru Zhang
Thesis Title: Understanding thermotolerance in photosynthetic cells: From green algae to land plants
Melissa Mavers, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mmmavers@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Harnessing immune cells to prevent acute graft-versus-host disease
Key words
innate lymphocytes, graft-versus-host disease, cell therapies, cancer
Taylor Maxwell
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2006
Thesis Advisor: Alan R. Templeton
Thesis Title: Applications of evolutionary theory to genotype/phenotype association studies
Allyson Mayer
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2018
Thesis Advisor: Brian J. DeBosch
Thesis Title: Glucose transporters in hepatic fasting metabolism: Implications for cardiometabolic disease
Caroline Maynard
Program: Biophysics
Graduation Year: 2010
Thesis Advisor: Kathleen B. Hall
Thesis Title: Unique features of polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB) RNA recognition motifs (RRMs): Insight into protein motions, RNA binding and downhill folding
Cristina Mazuski
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2017
Thesis Advisor: Erik D. Herzog
Thesis Title: The Role of VIP SCN Neurons in Circadian Physiology and Behavior
Gabriel Mbalaviele, PhD
Professor
- Email: gmbalaviele@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Role of inflammasomes in disease
Key words
Inflammation, Inflammasomes, Skeleton, Cytokines
Audrey McAlinden, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mcalindena@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms regulating skeletal development
Key words
microRNAs; stem cells; skeletal development and regeneration; cartilage; chondrocyte differentiation; pre-mRNA alternative splicing
Michael McAllaster
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Herbert W. Virgin
Thesis Title: Investigation of IFNγ-induced control of intracellular pathogens
Sandra McAllister
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2002
Thesis Advisor: Steven S. Dowdy
Thesis Title: Analysis of the p27KIPI Cell Cycle Inhibitor and its Function in Cell Motility