Faculty
Max Wattenberg, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: wattenberg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Research summary
We are focused on exploiting features of the tumor microenvironment for cancer therapy. Specifically, we study stromal - tumor cell interactions in pancreatic cancer with the goal of defining clinically relevant cancer biology.
Key words
pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy, myeloid cells, tumor microenvironment, CRISPR screening
Jason Weber, PhD
Professor
- Email: jweber@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Tumor suppressor and oncogene networks in cancer biology
Key words
Breast cancer, lung cancer, tumor suppressors, oncogenes, microfluidics, RNA editing, metastasis
Conrad Weihl, MD, PhD
Gabe Weil Professor
- Email: weihlc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The interplay between the ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy pathways in skeletal muscle and neurodegenerative disorders
Key words
protein production and clearance, proteasome, skeletal muscle, inclusion body, autophagy
Gary Weil, MD
Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor
- Email: gary.j.weil@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Research on the biology of filarial nematode parasites
Key words
gene expression, epidemiology, functional genomics, parasitology
Katherine Weilbaecher, MD
Professor
- Email: kweilbae@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms through which tumor cells metastasize to bone
Key words
cancer, bone biology, integrin biology, metastasis
Timothy Wencewicz, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: wencewicz@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Antibiotic drug discovery
Key words
Muriah Wheelock, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mdwheelock@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Elucidating the biological pathways underlying cognition, emotion, and behavior, determining developmental deviations and degenerative processes in these pathways
Key words
Sean Whelan, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology
- Email: spjwhelan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The Whelan laboratory studies the biology of negative-strand (NS) RNA viruses, divided between two major areas of focus: viral gene expression and viral-host cell interactions.
Key words
Michael White, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mawhite@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
My lab seeks to understand how DNA sequence determines its regulatory function. We combine functional genomic technologies with deep learning models to answer this question.
Key words
computational biology, gene regulation, genomics, deep learning, technology development
Adam Wilcox, PhD
Professor
- Email: a.wilcox@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
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