Faculty
David Kast, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kast@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Understand fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive the biogenesis and dynamics of intracellular membrane compartments
Key words
cytoskeleton, membranes, intracellular trafficking, organelle biogenesis, fluorescence, crystallography
Andrew Kau, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: akau@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Microbial community-immune interactions in airway diseases and urogenital tract
Key words
microbiota; microbiome; mucosal immunity; asthma; allergy; atopy; urinary tract infection; pathogen colonization; metabolomics;
Charles Kaufman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: ckkaufman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding and modifying the mechanisms controlling the onset of melanoma cancer by integrating zebrafish models and human disease
Key words
melanoma, cancer initiation, epigenetics, molecular genetics, neural crest, zebrafish, cancer models
Andreas Kautt, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kautt@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
In the Kautt Lab, we combine a genomics-centered approach with molecular experiments, behavioral assays, and fieldwork to elucidate both the evolutionary and molecular mechanisms underlying organismal adaptation and diversification, with a focus on animal behavior.
Key words
Evolution, Genomics, Behavior, Adaptation, Speciation
Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ekefalog@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Key words
cellular signaling, tissue injury, inflammation, fibrosis, kidney disease
Peggy Kendall, MD
Virginia Minnich Distinguished Professor
- Email: peggy.kendall@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
The role of B lymphocytes in autoimmune disease
Key words
Adam Kepecs, PhD
Rita Levi-Montalcini Professor of Biomedical Sciences and BJC Investigator
- Email: akepecs@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Neurobiology of cognition, decision-making and applications to biological psychiatry. Brain-body interactions
Key words
Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD
Professor
- Email: kerschensteinerd@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Visual system neuroscience and vision restoration
Key words
physiology, imaging, behavior, genetic and viral engineering, human neuroscience, vision, repair, mathematical modeling
Dineo Khabele, MD
Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor & Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Email: khabeled@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
clinical and translational research in gynecologic oncology, with a focus on ovarian cancer
Key words
Albert Kim, MD, PhD
August A. Busch, Jr. Professor
- Email: alberthkim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic changes that drive malignant behavior in brain tumors
Key words
brain tumors, glioblastoma, meningioma, neural stem cells