Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Aimee James, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
- Email: aimeejames@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Cancer prevention and control, health disparities and community-based research
Key words
Ali Javaheri, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ali.javaheri@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Key words
Sheng Chih Jin, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jin810@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
We use human genetic, functional genomic, and bioinformatic approaches to understand the consequence of genetic variants underlying diseases
Key words
Functional genomics, bioinformatics, human genetics, data science, rare diseases, structural variation
Aaron Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: anjohnson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of skeletal and cardiac muscle development and disease
Key words
muscle, congenital disease, organogenesis, gene discovery
Andrew Kau, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: akau@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Microbial community-immune interactions in airway diseases and urogenital tract
Key words
microbiota; microbiome; mucosal immunity; asthma; allergy; atopy; urinary tract infection; pathogen colonization; metabolomics;
Charles Kaufman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: ckkaufman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding and modifying the mechanisms controlling the onset of melanoma cancer by integrating zebrafish models and human disease
Key words
melanoma, cancer initiation, epigenetics, molecular genetics, neural crest, zebrafish, cancer models
Andreas Kautt, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kautt@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
In the Kautt Lab, we combine a genomics-centered approach with molecular experiments, behavioral assays, and fieldwork to elucidate both the evolutionary and molecular mechanisms underlying organismal adaptation and diversification, with a focus on animal behavior.
Key words
Evolution, Genomics, Behavior, Adaptation, Speciation
Elizabeth Kellogg, PhD
Member
- Email: ekellogg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Identifying deep similarities among plants as apparently disparate as rice, wheat, maize, and the other cereals
Key words
plant evolution; evo-devo; genomics; phylogeny
Dineo Khabele, MD
Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor & Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Email: khabeled@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
clinical and translational research in gynecologic oncology, with a focus on ovarian cancer
Key words
Albert Kim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: alberthkim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic changes that drive malignant behavior in brain tumors
Key words
brain tumors, glioblastoma, meningioma, neural stem cells