Programs
Alessandro Vindigni, PhD
Professor
- Email: avindigni@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
DNA replication and repair, and the roles of these pathways on cancer initiation, progression and response to chemotherapy and immunotherapy
Key words
genome stability, DNA repair, DNA replication, chemotherapy response, cancer etiology
Jessica Wagenseil, DSc
Professor
- Email: jessica.wagenseil@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Cardiovascular mechanics, how the heart and blood vessels respond to mechanical forces
Key words
biomechanics, artery, elastin, matrix
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
Matthew Walter, MD
Professor
- Email: mjwalter@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Genetics and genomics of blood cancer: mutation discovery and mouse models
Key words
cancer, functional genomics, gene expression profiling, hematopoiesis, stem cells, tumor biology
Xiaoxiao Wan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: wanx@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
Pathogenesis and therapeutics in tissue-specific autoimmunity
Key words
Autoimmunity Neoantigens Tolerance Diabetes T cells Dendritic cells Macrophages
David Wang, PhD
Robert C. Packman Professor
- Email: davewang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Discovery and Characterization of Novel Viruses
Key words
microbial pathogenesis, functional genomics, virology, genome analysis, computational biology
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
Qian Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: w.qian@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
We use mouse genetics to study signaling networks that control eye development and homeostasis
Key words
lens, lacrimal gland, signaling, FGF, mTOR
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
Ting Wang, PhD
Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics
- Email: twang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Epigenome evolution and epigenetic determinants of cell fate
Key words
DNA methylation, transposable elements, epigenomics, evolution, genomics, systems biology