Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ram Dixit, PhD
Professor and Biology Department Chair
- Email: ramdixit@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of cytoskeleton organization and function
Key words
cytoskeleton, molecular motors, cell morphogenesis, cell wall biogenesis, plant biology
Tamara Doering, MD, PhD
Alumni Endowed Professor
- Email: doering@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Biology and pathogenesis of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans
Key words
biochemistry, biosynthetic pathways, cell biology, eukaryotic pathogen, gene regulation, genomic variants, glycobiology, host-pathogen interactions, microbial pathogenesis, pathogenic fungi, sterol transport, yeast
Susan Dutcher, PhD
Professor
- Email: dutcher@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Key words
centrioles, cilia, signal transduction, cytoskeleton,
Christine Edwards, PhD
Assistant Scientist
- Email: edwards.c@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Using genetic approaches to understand the evolutionary and ecological causes and consequences of rarity in endangered plant species
Key words
Mario Feldman, PhD
Professor
- Email: mariofeldman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Pathogenesis of multidrug resistant bacteria and biogenesis of bacterial vesicles in the human gut
Key words
David Fike, PhD
Glassberg/Greensfelder Distinguished Professor and Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences Department Chair
- Email: dfike@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
Microbial biogeochemistry and metabolic stable isotopic (C/N/S) fractionation
Key words
microbial biogeochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry, microbial mats, carbon cycling, sulfur cycling, Earth history
James Fleckenstein, MD
Professor
- Email: jfleckenstein@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Molecular investigation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)
Key words
enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; microbial pathogenesis; vaccine development; diarrheal disease
Malia Gehan, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Key words
Guy Genin, PhD
Harold & Kathleen Faught Professor
- Email: genin@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Interfaces and adhesions in physiology and nature
Key words
mechanics, physics, interfaces, adhesion, mechanobiology, strain mapping, viscoelasticity
Jeffrey Gordon, MD
Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor
- Email: jgordon@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Research summary
Role of the human gut microbiome in health and disease, notably childhood undernutrition and obesity
Key words
Gut microbiome; systems biology; postnatal development; childhood malnutrition; global health; gnotobiotic animal models; metabolic regulation; food webs; gut-brain axis; gut barrier/immune function; microbiome-targeted therapeutics