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Jennifer Duncan, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: duncan_j@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
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Research summary
Transgenerational impact of nutrition on metabolism and mitochondrial function.
Key words
diabetes, lipid metabolism, metabolic programming, mitochondria, epigenetics
Victoria Fernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: fernandezv@wustl.edu
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Research summary
Understanding the genetic and molecular causes of Alzheimer Disease and related dementias so as to provide palliative treatments to the affected population
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Carl Frieden, PhD
Professor
- Email: friedenc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Protein structure/function relationships
Key words
apoE lipoproteins,, intrinsically disordered proteins, amyloid-beta, Alzheimer’s Disease, bacterial infection, curli proteins
Gayle Fritz, PhD
Professor Emeritus
- Email: gjfritz@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
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Research summary
Analysis of archeological plant remains; evolution of agricultural societies; subsistence and cultural change
Key words
plant biology, ecology, paleoethnobotany, archaeology, agricultural origins
Mathieu Garand, PhD
Instructor
- Email: garand@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
My research investigates neonatal immune responses after surgery and their connection to congenital heart disease. Clinical trial to study immune responses in pediatric pulmonary valve transplant recipients, both living and cryopreserved.
Key words
congenital heart disease, viral infection, immune responses, transcriptomic, biomarkers, immunophenotyping
John Heuser, MD
Professor
- Email: jheuser@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Electron microscopy of cells and molecules
Key words
cell membrane, cytoskeleton, endocytosis, electron microscopy, extracellular matrix
Andrew Huang, MD, MPH
Professor
- Email: huangandrew@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Corneal epithelial wound healing, neovascularization and stromal dystrophies
Key words
amyloid, epithelial cells, protein folding, siRNA, stem cells, vision
Reyka Jayasinghe, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: reyka@wustl.edu
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General
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Emma Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: emma.c.johnson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Using statistical and population genomics approaches to better understand the genetic architecture of complex traits, with a focus on substance use disorders.
Key words
behavioral genetics; genomics; statistical genetics; evolutionary genetics; population genetics; substance use disorders; cannabis; schizophrenia; complex traits; psychiatric disorders
Allan Larson, PhD
Professor
- Email: larson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Molecular population genetics and phylogenetics of amphibians and reptiles
Key words
DNA, evolution, genome analysis, population biology, systematics