Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Victor Davila-Roman, MD
Professor
- Email: vdavila@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Noninvasive characterization of heart function in patients with high blood pressure
Key words
imaging, hypertrophy, myocardial bloodflow

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


Li Ding, PhD
David English Smith Distinguished Professor
- Email: lding@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Cancer Proteogenomics and Cancer Models
Key words

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

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

Joseph Dougherty, PhD
Professor
- Email: jdougherty@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Human Psychiatric Genetics, Mouse Models, Cell Type Specific Gene Expression Profiling, Translation, Astrocytes.
Key words
autism, gene expression profiling, genetics, genomics, mouse models, neurobiology, astrocytes, translation regulation


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,

John Edwards, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jredwards@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
We develop new computational and experimental approaches to understand the roles of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in neurodevelopment and cancer
Key words
bioinformatics, cancer, cancer genomics, epigenetics, epigenomics, neurodevelopment, transcriptional regulation