Programs
Richard Cote, MD
Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology and Immunology
- Email: rcote@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Pathways of tumor progression and response to therapy, particularly in bladder and prostate cancer, cancer metastasis research through analysis of lymph node and bone marrow occult metastases
Key words
Douglas Covey, PhD
Professor
- Email: dcovey@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Medicinal chemistry of steroids
Key words
cholesterol, ion channel, medicinal chemistry, neurobiology, pharmacology, steroids
Kevin Cox Jr, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: coxkevin@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Our research centers around studying spatial biology, or the spatial organization of genes, in plant systems. We investigate this through two research areas; plant-microbe interactions and duckweed biology.
Key words
plant biology; transcriptomics; spatial biology; imaging; molecular biology
Meaghan Creed, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: meaghan.creed@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Leveraging synaptic physiology to treat addiction and affective symptoms of pain
Key words
electrophysiology, deep brain stimulation, dopamine, basal ganglia, reward and aversion, addiction, genetics, pharmacology, optogenetics, pain
Sharon Cresci, MD
Associate Professor
- Email: scresci@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Genetic variation in the variable response to pharmacologic treatment (i.e. Pharmacogenomics) of cardiovascular disease; specifically individuals with both diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease.
Key words
cardiovascular disease, diabetes melitus, genotype, genetic variation
Clair Crewe, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: clair.crewe@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Understanding extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated signaling during homeostatic and pathologic metabolic regulation
Key words
Erika Crouch, PhD, MD
Professor
- Email: crouch@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Structure and function of surfactant protein D (SP-D)
Key words
biochemistry, carbohydrate, gene expression, immunology, lipids
Carlos Cruchaga, PhD
Barbara Burton & Reuben Morriss III Professor
- Email: cruchagac@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
The goal of my lab is to understand the biology of neurodegeneration by using high-dimensional omic data and functional genomic approaches.
Key words
Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer, genetics, genomics, proteomics, system biology, molecular phenotyping, functional genomics
Jianmin Cui, PhD
Professor on the Spencer T. Olin Endowment
- Email: jcui@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Molecular basis of bioelectricity and related diseases in nervous and cardiovascular systems; ion channel function and modulation; discovery of drugs that target ion channels
Key words
allosteric regulation, calcium, drug mechanisms, epilepsy, ion channel, structure-function analysis
Joseph Culver, PhD
Sherwood Moore Professor
- Email: culverj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Non-invasive optical measurements for both functional- and molecular- biological imaging
Key words