Neurosciences
Lawrence Snyder, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: larry@eye-hand.wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Information processing in the cerebral cortex
Key words
behavior, cognition, computational biology, eye-hand coordination, neurophysiology, systems neuroscience
Sheng-Kwei Song, PhD
Professor
- Email: ssong@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Imaging CNS function and pathology
Key words
diffusion, imaging, multiple sclerosis, retinal degeneration, spinal cord, White matter injury
Paul Stein, PhD
Professor
- Email: stein@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Sensorimotor integration; spinal cord neural networks; turtle hindlimb motor output
Key words
behavior, central pattern generators, neurobiology, physiology, spinal cord
Jennifer Strahle, MD
Associate Professor
- Email: strahlej@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
To understand and develop treatments for cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorders during development, including neonatal post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
Key words
Chad Sylvester, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: chad.sylvester@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Characterizing functional brain network development in children with and without anxiety disorders, with the long-term goal of using this information to devise novel, mechanism-based treatments for pediatric anxiety disorders.
Key words
Paul Taghert, PhD
Professor
- Email: taghertp@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Circadian physiology and behavior
Key words
circadian rhythm, neuropeptide, GPCR, 2nd messengers, Drosophila
Rui Tang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ruit@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Cancer-Stroma interactions in metastasis
Key words
cancer metastasis; tumor microenvironment, cancer immunology, CRISPR screen, quantitative biology
Gaia Tavoni, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: gaia.tavoni@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Applying concepts and methods from statistical physics and mathematics to the study of the brain
Key words
theoretical and computational neuroscience, statistical physics
Eric Thompson, MD
Professor
- Email: t.eric@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
The mission of the Thompson Lab is to discover and target molecular drivers of leptomeningeal dissemination of malignant pediatric brain tumors and develop peptide vaccines targeting CMV antigens expressed in brain tumors.
Key words
pediatric brain tumor, medulloblastoma, vaccine, immunotherapy, leptomeningeal dissemination
Tychele Turner, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: tychele@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Neurosciences
Research summary
Discovery and characterization of genetic etiological factors involved in neurodevelopmental disorders
Key words
genomics, genetics, autism, neurodevelopmental disorders, complex disease, noncoding, enhancers, whole-genome sequencing, whole-exome sequencing, single-nucleotide variation, insertions/deletions, copy number variation, structural variation