Neurosciences
Guoyan Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: gzhao@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understand the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration through integrated genomic and network inference approaches.
Key words
computational biology, neurogenomics, transcription regulation, neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson disease
Chao Zhou, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: chaozhou@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Developing novel optical imaging technologies for biomedical applications including cancer research and tissue engineering
Key words
Biophotonics, medical instrumentation, imaging sciences, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and microscopy (OCM) and optogenetic pacing
Gregory Zipfel, MD
Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery
- Email: zipfelg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Mechanisms and novel therapeutics for cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cerebral vasospasm
Key words
cerebral amyloid angiopathy, vascular dementia, Alzheimer`s disease, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischemia, cerebral blood flow
Charles Zorumski, MD
Samuel B. Guze Professor and Head
- Email: zorumskc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission
Key words
synapse biology, ion channel, glutamate, GABA