Computational and Systems Biology
Dimitrios Mathios, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mathios@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Development of liquid biopsy approaches for brain tumors
Key words
liquid biopsy, cfDNA, genetics, epigenetics
Michael Meers, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: meers@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding the molecular determinants of cellular diversity
Key words
Chromatin, Transcription Factors, Epigenomics, Cell fate, Single-cell
Robi Mitra, PhD
Alvin Goldfarb Professor of Computational Biology
- Email: rmitra@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Technology development for functional genomics and systems biology
Key words
functional genomics, systems biology, technology development, bioinformatics
Makedonka Mitreva, PhD
Professor
- Email: mmitreva@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Next-generation experimental, multi-omic and computational approaches to empower the study of infectious diseases and the human microbiome
Key words
Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Helminth Genomics, Human Metagenomics
Shankar Mukherji, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: smukherji@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Systems and synthetic cell biology: quantitative analysis of cellular organization
Key words
Natalie Niemi, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: niemi@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Understanding how mitochondria are built, regulated, and maintained
Key words
mitochondria, phosphorylation, metabolism, signaling, kinase, phosphatase
Miranda Orr, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: orr.m@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Key words
Hysell Oviedo, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: hysell@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
My research program aims to understand the neural circuits that underlie vocal communication processing and investigate how these circuits are disrupted in neuropsychiatric disorders.
Key words
Auditory System, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Mouse Models, Communication Processing, Development
Dave Pagliarini, PhD
Hugo F. and Ina C. Urbauer Professor
- Email: pagliarini@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
We seek to understand the cellular and biochemical underpinnings of mitochondrial dysfunction in human diseases. Our work integrates large-scale methodologies with traditional biochemistry and cell biology to investigate the modulation, adaptation, and basic metabolic function of mitochondria.
Key words
Mitochondria, Protein biochemistry, Genetic screening, Metabolism, Biosynthesis, Orphan protein function, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Kinases and phosphates, Metabolic disease, Systems biochemistry