People
Erik Musiek, MD, PhD
Charlotte and Paul Hagemann Professor
- Email: musieke@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, with interest in circadian clock genes, glial function, and neuroinflammation
Key words
circadian, clock genes, astrocytes, microglia, neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, Bmal1, Alzheimer`s Disease
Linda Musil
Program: Integrative and Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 1987
Thesis Advisor: Jacques U. Baenziger
Thesis Title: "Biosynthesis, Intracellular Transport, and Proteolytic Processing of Membrane Secretory Component in Rat Hepatocytes"
Andrew Mutka
Program: Plant Biology
Graduation Year: 2013
Thesis Advisor: Barbara N. Kunkel
Thesis Title: The Roles of Auxin in Pseudomonas syringae Pathogenesis
Amanda Myers
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2002
Thesis Advisor: Alison Goate
Thesis Title: The Search for Novel Susceptibility Loci Involved in Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease: Significant findings on chromosome 10 and a possible protective effect of the urokinase plasminogen activator gene
Jonathan Myers, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jamyers@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
Community ecology, biodiversity, and biogeography of temperate and tropical ecosystems
Key words
biodiversity; biogeography; community assembly; environmental change; forest dynamics; plant community ecology; plant functional ecology; species diversity; species interactions; tropical ecology
Indira Mysorekar
Program: Developmental Biology
Graduation Year: 2002
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon
Thesis Title: Functional Genomic Studies of Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) Infection of the Mouse Bladder
Ivana Nadler
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2008
Thesis Advisor: Jan A. Nolta
Thesis Title: Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Mediated Tissue Regeneration after Ischemic Injury in a Murine Hindlimb Ischemia Model
Marissa Nadolski
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2008
Thesis Advisor: Maurine E. Linder
Thesis Title: Palmitoylation of N-Myristoylated proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hadas Nahman-Averbuch
Assistant Professor
- Email: hadas@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding mechanisms contributing to individual differences in pain sensitivity and chronic pain
Key words
Pain, migraine, endometriosis, pelvic pain, sex differences, hormones, opioids, puberty, sensory testing, fMRI, pediatric pain
Snehal Naik
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2008
Thesis Advisor: David R. Piwnica-Worms
Thesis Title: High-Throughput Screening and Dynamic Imaging of Novel Modulators of the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway