Neurosciences
James Walsh, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: walsh.j@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The Walsh lab is interested in how the immune system is involved in both normal and pathological processes in the eye, exploring the contribution of both local immune cells and systemic immunity on ocular functioning.
Key words
Autoimmunity, CD4 T cell biology, Uveitis, CNS border immunology, Translational Research
Jennifer Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: wjennifer@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
We study how the major microtubule organizing center of animal cells, the centrosome, is formed and regulated to enable cell division and signaling
Key words
Centrosomes, cilia, microtubules, cytoskeleton, organelles, subcellular organization, cell dynamics, mitosis, cell cycle, cell biology, biochemistry
Shuo Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: shuowang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding the neural mechanisms and neural computations underlying cognition and social behavior
Key words
Mark Warchol, PhD
Professor
- Email: mwarchol@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Mechanisms of development, injury and repair in the vertebrate auditory system
Key words
hearing, vestibular, sensory, development, regeneration, macrophage, microglia
Conrad Weihl, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: weihlc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
The interplay between the ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy pathways in skeletal muscle and neurodegenerative disorders
Key words
protein production and clearance, proteasome, skeletal muscle, inclusion body, autophagy
Muriah Wheelock, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: mdwheelock@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Elucidating the biological pathways underlying cognition, emotion, and behavior, determining developmental deviations and degenerative processes in these pathways
Key words
Philip Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: prwillia@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Strategies to improve outcomes of nervous system injury and disease, regeneration and preservation
Key words
Jon Willie, MD, PhD, FAANS
Associate Professor
- Email: jontwillie@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Characterizing the function of brain circuits that control memory and arousal in normal and disease states
Key words
memory, attention, arousal, sleep, narcolepsy, post-traumatic stress disorder, epilepsy, movement disorders, deep brain stimulation, brain mapping, brain circuits
Dean Wong, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: dfwong@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Key words
Michael Wong, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: wong_m@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Mechanisms of epileptogenesis and seizure-induced brain injury
Key words
epilepsy, glia, imaging, multi-photon microscopy, neurophysiology