Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
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
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
Jinbin Xu, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jinbinxu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson's disease, central nervous disorders, postmortem biomarker validation and characterization, in vivo positron emission tomography, in vitro quantitative autoradiography
Key words
Imaging, biomarkers, cancer, neuroscience, PET, quantitative autoradiography, pharmaceuticals, biological assays, human brain function and disease
Lan Yang, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: lyang25@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We develop various light-wave based technologies, such as novel sensors, spectroscopy and imaging systems, for biological and medical applications.
Key words
nanotechnology, photonics, material physics, biosensing, spectroscopy, imaging
Jason Yi, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jasonyi@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Understanding the mechanisms of nervous system construction and dysfunction.
Key words
Yan Yu, PhD
Art Krieg Professor
- Email: yuy1@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Key words
Hani Zaher, PhD
Professor
- Email: hzaher@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Mechanism of translational fidelity and its impact on cellular fitness and codon evolution
Key words
Translation, Ribosome, RNA, Fidelity, peptide-bond formation, pre-steady state kinetics, translational regulation
Mohamed Zayed, MD,PhD
Professor
- Email: zayedm@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
The mechanisms that influence arterial collateral formation and peripheral arterial atheroprogression in the setting of diabetes
Key words
Fuzhong Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: fzhang29@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Synthetic biology for advanced biofuels, biomaterials, and chemicals.
Key words
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering, regulatory systems, biomaterials