Programs
Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ekefalog@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Key words
cellular signaling, tissue injury, inflammation, fibrosis, kidney disease
Peggy L. Kendall, MD
Virginia Minnich Distinguished Professor
- Email: peggy.kendall@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
The role of B lymphocytes in autoimmune disease
Key words
Adam Kepecs, PhD
Rita Levi-Montalcini Professor of Biomedical Sciences and BJC Investigator
- Email: akepecs@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Neurobiology of cognition, decision-making and applications to biological psychiatry. Brain-body interactions
Key words
Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD
Professor
- Email: kerschensteinerd@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Visual system neuroscience and vision restoration
Key words
physiology, imaging, behavior, genetic and viral engineering, human neuroscience, vision, repair, mathematical modeling
Dineo Khabele, MD
Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor & Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Email: khabeled@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
clinical and translational research in gynecologic oncology, with a focus on ovarian cancer
Key words
Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD
August A. Busch, Jr. Professor
- Email: alberthkim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic changes that drive malignant behavior in brain tumors
Key words
brain tumors, glioblastoma, meningioma, neural stem cells
Alfred H.J. Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: akim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Identifying the role of cytokines in glomerular injury
Key words
B cell, podocytes, renal imaging, cytokines, systemic lupus erythematosus, biomarkers
Jae-Sung Kim, PhD
Professor
- Email: kjaesung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Mitochondria and autophagy in ischemic injury in fatty livers
Key words
mitochondria, liver, fatty liver disease, ischemia, surgery
Jinkyung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jinkyung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We study auditory coding and processing using in vivo methods such as two-photon imaging, optogenetics, inner ear drug/gene delivery, and hearing physiology recording.
Key words
Sensory research, Auditory research, Auditory circuit, In vivo two-photon imaging, Optogenetics, Electrophysiology, Drug delivery, Hearing loss, Ototoxicity, Ear
Miriam Kim, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: miriamykim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
My goal is to understand how CAR T cells interact with their immune environment, and to manipulate these interactions to improve outcomes of treatment.
Key words
CAR T cells, HSCs, cell therapy, gene therapy, cancer
