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Julius Chembo
Program: Cancer Biology
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Michael B. Major
Thesis Title: Disrupting NRF2-Driven Cancer Biology through One-Carbon Metabolism Inhibition
Alan Chen
Program: Biophysics
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Rohit V. Pappu
Thesis Title: Nonidealities of Strong 1:1 Electrolytes and the Mechanism of Counterion Specificity on a RNA Kissing-Loop Complex
Changfeng Chen
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Current advisor: Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD
Undergraduate university: Peking University, 2020
Chen Chen
Program: Immunology
Graduation Year: 2005
Thesis Advisor: Kenneth M. Murphy
Thesis Title: Characterization of the role of ERM in spermatogenesis and T cell development
Chin-Chi Chen
Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Graduation Year: 1999
Thesis Advisor: Garland R. Marshall
Thesis Title: Structural Studies of the Transmembrane Domain of the G-Protein Coupled Receptor in Model Membrane
Christina Chen
Program: Computational Biology
Graduation Year: 2008
Thesis Advisor: Barak A. Cohen
Thesis Title: Implications of Sequence Conservation on Selection Strength and Functionality
Chun-Kan Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: chun-kan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
The Chen lab utilizes multi-omic and high-throughput screening approaches to investigate the regulation and function of circRNA and uncover the molecular mechanisms of circRNA-mediated disease.
Key words
Circular RNA, Oxidative Stress, RNA Translation, Cancer Vaccine
Cynthia Chen
Program: Neurosciences
Current advisor: Erik S. Musiek, MD, PhD
Undergraduate university: University of California-Los Angeles, 2018
Dan Chen
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 1995
Thesis Advisor: Paul P. Olivo
Thesis Title: A Study of the Role of Varcerilla-Zoster Virus Gene 51 in Viral DNA Replication
David Chen, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: davidchen@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Defining drivers of premalignant states in skin
Key words
epigenetics, aging, cancer, premalignancy, dermatology, melanoma, nevi, squamous cell carcinoma