Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Yin Cao, ScD, MPH
Associate Professor
- Email: yin.cao@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Novel genetic, microbial, and lifestyle risk factors for lung and gastrointestinal cancers leveraging large-scale clinical and population-based cohorts with deep genomic and phenotypic data
Key words
Systems and translational cancer epidemiology, microbiome, inflammation and immune-metabolic networks
Michael Caparon, PhD
Professor
- Email: caparon@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Genetics and virulence of the pathogenetic streptococci
Key words
bacteriology, gene expression, inflammation, microbial pathogenesis, toxin
Douglas Chalker, PhD
Professor
- Email: dchalker@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic regulation of developmentally programmed DNA rearrangements of Tetrahymena
Key words
chromatin structure, development, DNA, genome rearrangements, RNA interference, transcription
Matthew Ciorba, MD
Associate Professor
- Email: mciorba@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Research summary
Tryptophan metabolism and probiotic bacteria as modifiers of intestinal cancer and inflammation
Key words
tryptophan metabolism, intestinal inflammation, colitis associated cancer, colon cancer, mucositis, tryptophan, crohn, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, radiation enteritis
Marco Colonna, MD
Robert Rock Belliveau MD Professor
- Email: mcolonna@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Neurosciences
Research summary
Innate immune responses in infections, autoimmunity and tumors
Key words
immunology, inflammation, dendritic cells, lymphocytes, receptors, virus, gut, mucosa
David Curiel, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: dcuriel@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
To address the central mandate of gene therapy we engineer adenovirus tropism to allow the achievement of effective gene delivery
Key words
Adenovirus, virotherapy, virus, cancer, gene therapy, vaccine
Yifan Dai, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: dyifan@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
My lab aims to establish the fundamental principles of intracellular physical chemistry and electrochemical functions of macromolecular complexes, and design synthetic proteins as therapeutics for condensate-dependent diseases.
Key words
molecular biology; physical chemistry; biochemistry; biophysics; synthetic biology; electrochemistry; phase transition; condensates
Gautam Dantas, PhD
Professor
- Email: dantas@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
(1) Dynamics, ecology, and evolution of antibiotic resistance, (2) Engineering enhanced probiotics to treat GI disorders, (3) Engineering microbial biofuel catalysts
Key words
anibiotic resistance, synthetic biology, bioenergy, human microbiome, metagenomics, microbial ecology and biodiversity
Michael Diamond, MD, PhD
Herbert S. Gasser Professor
- Email: mdiamond@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Research summary
Innate and Adaptive Host Immunity to Viral Infections
Key words
virology, microbial pathogenesis, immunology
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