Faculty
Daniel Link, MD
Alan and Edith Wolff Professor of Medicine
- Email: dlink@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Regulation of normal and malignant hematopoiesis
Key words
Leukemia, clonal hematopoiesis, stem cells, niche, ribosome, cancer metabolism, neutrophils, genomics
Polina Lishko, PhD
Professor and BJC Investigator
- Email: lishko@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The role of bioactive lipid signaling and bioelectricity in the physiology of the inverted epithelia of the brain and retina. Physiology and pathophysiology of steroid signaling in reproduction, aging and neurodegeneration.
Key words
Lei Liu, PhD
Professor
- Email: lei.liu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Focused on the analysis of high dimensional omics (epigenetics and microbiome) data, subgroup identification, medical cost data, and joint models of multi-outcome data
Key words
Biostatistics, data science, machine learning, precision medicine, omics study, biomedical data mining
Qin Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: qinliu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The biology of itch
Key words
somatosensation, itch, primary sensory neurons, G protein-coupled receptors
Ta-Chiang Liu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: ta-chiang.liu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Understanding how host genetics and environmental factors interact to shape gut metabolism leading to inflammation
Key words
Irfan Lodhi, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: ilodhi@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Role of lipid metabolism in obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases
Key words
Adipose tissue, brown fat, diabetes, obesity, lipid metabolism, peroxisomes, mitochondria
Timothy Lohman, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biophysics
- Email: lohman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Mechanisms of DNA helicases/translocases and SSB proteins
Key words
DNA recombination, DNA replication, fluorescence, molecular motors, single molecules, thermodynamics
Gregory Longmore, MD
Professor
- Email: glongmore@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Cell Motility and Cancer Metastasis
Key words
cell motility, cancer metastasis, cell adhesion, signal transduction
Carolina Lopez, PhD
Professor and BJC Investigator
- Email: clopezzalaquett@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Research summary
The Lopez Lab studies how viruses interact with the body and how defective viruses influence the development of diseases in humans
Key words
virus, respiratory syncytial virus, Sendai virus, innate immunity, antiviral immunity
Jonathan Losos, PhD
William H Danforth Distinquished Professor
- Email: losos@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
I study how species adapt to their environment.
Key words
ecology, evolution, adaptation, lizard, reptile