Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: gmlanza@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Noninvasive molecular imaging and drug delivery research
Key words
imaging, molecular imaging, ultrasound, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, drug delivery
Michele LeRoux, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mleroux@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We study how bacterial defend themselves from their viral predators, bacteriophage.
Key words
bacteria, phage, bacteriophage, virus
Daisy Leung, PhD
Professor
- Email: dwleung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Defining molecular mechanisms at the host-pathogen interface
Key words
Petra Levin, PhD
George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor
- Email: plevin@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Bacterial growth and antibiotic susceptibility
Key words
Bacterial, growth size, antibiotics, tolerance, antibiotic resistance, systems biology, cytoskeleton, biochemistry, microbiology, microscopy
Matthew Lew, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: mdlew@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Developing novel optical imaging technologies for studying biomolecular activities at the nanoscale
Key words
super-resolution microscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy, optimal imaging system design, nanoscale sensing
Jr-Shin Li, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jsli@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Control and optimization of large-scale complex systems with applications ranging from quantum mechanics and neuroscience to bioinformatics
Key words
computational mathematics, control theory, optimization, dynamical systems, MRI, NMR, neuroscience
Weikai Li, PhD
Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Email: weikai@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Membrane protein structure and function
Key words
structure biology, enzymology, membrane proteins, molecular medicine, mass spectrometry, cardiovascular biology, immunology, hematology
Xiaowei Li, PHD
Assistant Professor
- Email: xiaoweili@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
The Li laboratory is dedicated to developing biomaterial platforms for regenerative medicine, specifically focusing on applications in angiogenesis, vascularization, stem cell engineering, and tissue regeneration.
Key words
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine
Christopher Lingle, PhD
Professor
- Email: clingle@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Structure-function studies of Slo family K+ channels
Key words
ion channel, protein structure, neurobiology, physiology, cell signaling
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