People
Cheng Cheng
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2018
Thesis Advisor: Azad Bonni
Thesis Title: A Mouse Model of Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome reveals a potential link with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Hui-Teng Cheng
Program: Developmental Biology
Graduation Year: 2006
Thesis Advisor: Raphael Kopan
Thesis Title: The Role of Notch1 and Notch2 in Mammalian Kidney and Cardiovascular Development.
Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: wayland.cheng@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
I am interested in the structure and function of neuronal ligand-gated ion channels, and the mechanism of channel modulation by endogenous lipids or exogenous drugs such as general anesthetics.
Key words
Wei Cheng
Program: Biophysics
Graduation Year: 2002
Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Lohman
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Duplex DNA Unwinding by Escherichia coli Rep helicase and a Rep 2B Mutant
Wenxuan Cheng
Program: Immunology
Current advisor: Kenneth M. Murphy, MD, PhD
Undergraduate university: University of Washington, 2024
Yuchen (Alana) Cheng
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Current advisor: Carlos Cruchaga, PhD
Undergraduate university: University of Edinburgh, 2022
Abigael Cheruiyot
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2020
Thesis Advisor: Zhongsheng You
Thesis Title: Nonsense Mediated RNA Decay Promotes Survival of Cells with Defective Splicing
Milan Chheda, MD
Associate Professor
- Email: mchheda@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Cancer stem cells, oncolytic viruses, and functional genomics of brain tumors
Key words
Cancer stem cells, oncolytic viruses, and functional genomics of brain tumors
Tzen-Yuh Chiang
Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 1994
Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal
Thesis Title: "Phylogenetics and Morphological Evolution of Dicnemonaceae. Phylogenetics and Evolution of Hylocomiaceae."
Katherine Chiappinelli
Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2012
Thesis Advisor: Paul J. Goodfellow
Thesis Title: Determining the roles that DICER1 and noncoding RNAs play in endometrial cancer tumorigenesis.