Molecular Cell Biology

Jorge Di Paola, MD
Professor/Division Chief
- Email: dipaolaj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
The genetics of bleeding and thrombotic disorders and mechanisms of platelet activation
Key words

Siyuan Ding, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: siyuan.ding@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding how rotavirus (RV), an important enteric viral pathogen, interacts with the host innate immune system in the small intestine
Key words


Abhinav Diwan, MD, FACC, FAHA
Charlie W. Shaeffer, MD, Professor
- Email: adiwan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Transcriptional regulation of lysosome machinery under stress
Key words
Lysosomes, Ischemia-reperfusion, cell death, autophagy, transcriptional regulation, metabolism


Sergej Djuranovic, PhD
Professor
- Email: sergej.djuranovic@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of translational control
Key words
biochemistry, miRNA, RNA, Ribosome, translation, gene expression, translational control, cancer, malaria

Tamara Doering, MD, PhD
Alumni Endowed Professor
- Email: doering@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Biology and pathogenesis of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans
Key words
biochemistry, biosynthetic pathways, cell biology, eukaryotic pathogen, gene regulation, genomic variants, glycobiology, host-pathogen interactions, microbial pathogenesis, pathogenic fungi, sterol transport, yeast

Gerald Dorn, II, MD
Philip & Sima K Needleman Professor
- Email: gdorn@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Cellular, Molecular, And Genetic Studies Of Cardiac Hypertrophy And Heart Failure
Key words
cell death, cell signaling, genetic epidemiology, heart failure

Susan Dutcher, PhD
Professor
- Email: dutcher@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Key words
centrioles, cilia, signal transduction, cytoskeleton,

Gabor Egervari, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: gabor@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
We aim to understand how metabolism influences epigenetics, gene expression and behavior, particularly in the context of substance use disorders and neurodegeneration
Key words
Metabolism, epigenetics, alcohol, addiction, neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s