Cancer Biology
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
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
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
Andrew Young, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: alyoung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Key words
Cancer, Clonal Hematopoiesis, Leukemia, Aging, Stem Cell Biology, Genomics
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
Jin Zhang, PhD, MPHS
Associate Professor
- Email: jin.zhang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Deep learning; AI; Multi-omics; Translational cancer research; Cancer; Genomics; Imaging
Key words
RNA-seq, WGS, genomics, sequencing, deep learning, machine learning, artificial intelligence, AI, bioinformatics, computational biology, algorithm, multi-omics, cancer, HPV, radiation, PET, MRI, image
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