Faculty
Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: diantonio@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Neural circuits in development and disease
Key words
axon regeneration, axon degeneration, neurodegeneration, glia, neuronal development and differentiation, neuroinflammation, neuroimmunology, synapse biology, drug screens, metabolism
Patricia Dickson, MD
Centennial Professor
- Email: pdickson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Neurosciences
Research summary
Developing therapies and studying the impact of lysosomal storage disorders in animal models and in trials
Key words
Sabine Dietmann, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: sdietmann@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Developing integrative multi-omics and machine learning techniques for single-cell data sets in developmental biology and medicine
Key words
Bioinformatics, Multi-omics, Genomics, Epigenetics, Machine learning
Mary Dinauer, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
- Email: mdinauer@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Role of leukocyte NADPH oxidase in innate immunity, inflammation, and autoimmunity
Key words
immunodeficiency, inflammation, ROS, macrophage, molecular medicine, neutrophil, Aspergillus, fungus, autoimmunity, immunology
Li Ding, PhD
David English Smith Distinguished Professor
- Email: lding@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Cancer Proteogenomics and Cancer Models
Key words
Siyuan Ding, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: siyuan.ding@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding how rotavirus (RV), an important enteric viral pathogen, interacts with the host innate immune system in the small intestine
Key words
Naomi Dirckx, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: dirckx@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Key words
Abhinav Diwan, MD, FACC, FAHA
Charlie W. Shaeffer, MD, Professor
- Email: adiwan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Transcriptional regulation of lysosome machinery under stress
Key words
Lysosomes, Ischemia-reperfusion, cell death, autophagy, transcriptional regulation, metabolism
Ram Dixit, PhD
Professor and Biology Department Chair
- Email: ramdixit@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of cytoskeleton organization and function
Key words
cytoskeleton, molecular motors, cell morphogenesis, cell wall biogenesis, plant biology
Sergej Djuranovic, PhD
Professor
- Email: sergej.djuranovic@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of translational control
Key words
biochemistry, miRNA, RNA, Ribosome, translation, gene expression, translational control, cancer, malaria