Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Deborah Veis, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: dveis@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
The bone microenvironment for cancer and infection
Key words
bone biology, osteoclast, cancer, metastasis, osteoporosis, microenvironment, osteoblast, osteomyelitis, infection
David Wang, PhD
Professor
- Email: davewang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Discovery and Characterization of Novel Viruses
Key words
microbial pathogenesis, functional genomics, virology, genome analysis, computational biology
Timothy Wencewicz, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: wencewicz@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Antibiotic drug discovery
Key words
Sean Whelan, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology
- Email: spjwhelan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The Whelan laboratory studies the biology of negative-strand (NS) RNA viruses, divided between two major areas of focus: viral gene expression and viral-host cell interactions.
Key words
Meng Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mengwu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
We investigate the interplay among the microbiota, stromal cells, and the immune system through the integration of microbiology and immunology with systems biology.
Key words
Microbiota, Microbiome, Immune system, Stromal cells, Vaccines, Germinal Centers
Kristine Wylie, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: kwylie@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Host-microbe dynamics during pregnancy
Key words
virome, microbiome, pregnancy, papillomavirus, herpesvirus
Wayne Yokoyama, MD
Sam J. Levin and Audrey Loew Levin Professor
- Email: yokoyama@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Host innate immune responses to tumors and pathogens
Key words
cancer, immunology, innate immunity, NK cells, tumor biology, virology
Fuzhong Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: fzhang29@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Synthetic biology for advanced biofuels, biomaterials, and chemicals.
Key words
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering, regulatory systems, biomaterials
Ting Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: zting@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
We use a multidisciplinary discovery pipeline that consists of next generation sequencing, bacterial genetics, host genetics and metabolomics to characterize how infection-stimulated bile components regulate intestinal functions
Key words
Metabolite, Bacterial pathogen, host pathogen interaction
Ofer Zimmerman, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: zimmero@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Human susceptibility to infectious diseases, virology, primary immunodeficiency disorders.
Key words