Faculty
Ru Zhang, PhD
Assistant Member
- Email: rzhang33@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understand how photosynthesis and photosynthetic cells respond to high temperatures and what factors limit heat acclimation by using both green algae and land plants as models
Key words
Photosynthesis, heat stress, green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, C4 plant Setaria viridis
Rui Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: zhangrui@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Cryo-EM study of native macromolecular complexes related to microtubule and cilia
Key words
Ting Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: zting@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
We use a multidisciplinary discovery pipeline that consists of next generation sequencing, bacterial genetics, host genetics and metabolomics to characterize how infection-stimulated bile components regulate intestinal functions
Key words
Metabolite, Bacterial pathogen, host pathogen interaction
Xuehua Zhong, PhD
Professor
- Email: xuehuazhong@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Epigenetic regulation of plant traits and environmental adaptation
Key words
Epigenetics, DNA methylation, Histone modification, gene silencing
Chao Zhou, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: chaozhou@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Developing novel optical imaging technologies for biomedical applications including cancer research and tissue engineering
Key words
Biophotonics, medical instrumentation, imaging sciences, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and microscopy (OCM) and optogenetic pacing
Ofer Zimmerman, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: zimmero@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Human susceptibility to infectious diseases, virology, primary immunodeficiency disorders.
Key words
Gregory Zipfel, MD
Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery
- Email: zipfelg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Mechanisms and novel therapeutics for cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cerebral vasospasm
Key words
cerebral amyloid angiopathy, vascular dementia, Alzheimer`s disease, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischemia, cerebral blood flow
Paul Zolkind, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: pzolkind@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Key words
Charles Zorumski, MD
Samuel B. Guze Professor and Head
- Email: zorumskc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission
Key words
synapse biology, ion channel, glutamate, GABA