Faculty
Farshid Guilak, PhD
Mildred B. Simon Research Professor
- Email: guilak@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Application of stem cells and mechanobiology in the onset, progression, and treatment of osteoarthritis and other joint diseases.
Key words
cartilage, obesity, osteoarthritis, mechanobiology, bioengineering, stem cells, iPSCs
Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: gurnettc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Gene discovery, variant interpretation using high-throughput functional assays
Key words
genetics, genomics, sequencing, exome, development, muscle, arthrogryposis, limb, scoliosis, clubfoot
David Gutmann, MD, PhD
Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor
- Email: gutmannd@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Leveraging neurogenetic disorders to study normal brain development, cancer, and autism
Key words
pediatric brain cancer, brain development, neuroimmunology, cancer neuroscience, autism, hiPSC engineering, genetically engineered mice
Carmen Halabi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: chalabi@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding how the extracellular matrix (ECM) contributes to normal arterial development and how its disruptionleads to abnormal vascular development and disease
Key words
Vascular biology, extracellular matrix, elastin, aneurysms, hypertension
Kathleen Hall, PhD
Professor
- Email: hallkathleen@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We study RNA folding and RNA binding to proteins
Key words
RNA, NMR, RNA:protein interactions, fluorescence, thermodynamics
Dennis Hallahan, MD
Professor and Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology
- Email: dhallahan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The mechanisms of cell death in normal tissues during cancer therapy
Key words
cancer, cell death, drug delivery, radiation, signal transduction
Gabriel Haller, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ghaller@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Genetic underpinnings of neurological/neurosurgical disorders
Key words
rare variants, Chiari I malformation, human genetics, neurosurgery, Deep Mutation Scanning, Mutagenesis, Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Claudia Han, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: claudiah@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
The Han lab investigates microglia and brain macrophage phenotypes in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative contexts through the lens of epigenomics and transcriptomics.
Key words
microglia, neurodevelopment, epigenetics, transcriptomics, neurodegeneration
Edward Han, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ehan23@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Learning-related hippocampal network activation
Key words
Learning, memory, behavior, virtual reality, in vivo two-photon calcium imaging, in vivo electrophysiology, systems neuroscience
Scott Handley, PhD
Professor
- Email: shandley@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Research summary
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