Molecular Cell Biology
Jae-Sung Kim, PhD
Professor
- Email: kjaesung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Mitochondria and autophagy in ischemic liver injury and liver aging
Key words
mitochondria, liver, fatty liver disease
Jinkyung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jinkyung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We study auditory coding and processing using in vivo methods such as two-photon imaging, optogenetics, inner ear drug/gene delivery, and hearing physiology recording.
Key words
Sensory research, Auditory research, Auditory circuit, In vivo two-photon imaging, Optogenetics, Electrophysiology, Drug delivery, Hearing loss, Ototoxicity, Ear
Jonathan Kipnis, PhD
BJC Investigator & Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor
- Email: kipnis@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
We study complex interactions between the immune and nervous systems in health and disease
Key words
Neuroimmunology; neuroscience; immunology; lymphatics; behavior; Alzheimer’s disease; neurodegeneration; glia; microglia; blood-brain barrier (BBB); meninges
Alexander Knights, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: aknights@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
We are fundamentally interested in the complex cellular and molecular interactions that take place during joint homeostasis and disease.
Key words
Osteoarthritis, Immunology, Crosstalk, Fibrosis, Inflammation
Stephen Kerry Kornfeld, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: kornfeld@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
organismal aging; zinc homeostasis and roles of zinc during cell differentiation.
Key words
aging, metals, zinc, development, sperm activation, signal transduction, homeostasis
Paul Kotzbauer, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: kotzbauerp@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Parkinson`s disease and related disorders
Key words
lipid metabolism, mouse models, neurodegeneration, pathogenesis, phospholipase A2, Parkinson disease
John Krais, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: krais@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Our laboratory focuses on the fundamental issues of DNA repair and how they relate to cancer initiation, progression, and therapy responses.
Key words
DNA repair, DNA replication
Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: kreiseld@WUSTL.EDU
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Key words
Kristen Kroll, PhD
Professor
- Email: kkroll@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of neural development and its dysregulation to cause neurodevelopmental disorders
Key words
human pluripotent stem cell, autism, neuron, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral organoid, epigenetic regulation, transcriptional regulation, neurobiology, embryonic stem cell, neural stem cell, transcription, gene regulatory network, chromatin, embryo
Kory Lavine, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: klavine@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Identify signaling pathways that mediate cardiac tissue repair/regeneration and heart failure pathogenesis.
Key words
heart failure, heart development, macrophages, innate immunity