2009 Potential Mentors for Summer Scholars in Biology and Biomedical Research

Lab Status
Name
Department
Current Research, Keywords Lab Website
       
 
David Beebe

Ophthalmology

eye development, cataracts, tissue-specific gene knockouts http://ophthalmology.wustl.edu/faculty/beebe/index.html
 
Yehuda Ben-Shahar
Biology behavioral genetics; Drosophila; genetics; Gene regulation; ion channels; molecular genetics; neurobiology http://biology4.wustl.edu/faculty/ben-shahar/
 
Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi
Int Med - Endocrinology

pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 DM and prediabetes: Vitamin D deficiency and tissue glucocorticoid excess

http://dbbs.wustl.edu/dbbs/website.nsf
 
Jim Cheverud
Anatomy and Neurobiology obesity, diabetes, bone structure http://thalamus.wustl.edu/cheverudlab/
 
Nicholas Davidson
Int Med - Gastroenterology RNA protein interactions, Cancer, lipid metabolism http://gastro.wustl.edu/faculty/davidson.html
 
Alan Doctor
Pediatrics erythrocyte, nitric oxide, oxidative stress, membrane protein, vascular physiology, redox signaling http://research.peds.wustl.edu/labs/doctor_allan/Home/tabid/726/Default.aspx
 
Susan Dutcher
Genetics cytoskeleton; cell cycle; obesity; centrioles; cilia http://www.genetics.wustl.edu/sdlab/
 
Stephen Duntley
Neurology epilepsy, sleep disorders, clinical research http://wuphysicians.wustl.edu/physician2.aspx?PhysNum=1250
 
Matthew Goldsmith
Pediatrics and Genetics development; genetics; growth and maturation; regeneration; zebrafish http://research.peds.wustl.edu/labs/goldsmith_matthew_i/Home/tabid/154/Default.aspx
 
Elizabeth Haswell
Biology gravitropism; mechanotransduction; mechanosensitive ion channels; molecular genetics; organelle morphology http://biology4.wustl.edu/faculty/haswell/
 
Scott Hultgren
Molecular Microbiology UTI pathogenesis, microbial genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry http://hultgren.wustl.edu/public/
 
Joe Jez
Biology metalloenzymes, renewable energy catalysis, biomimetic oxidations. http://www.biology.wustl.edu/faculty/FacultyPage.php?IDProf=60
 
Greg Lanza
Int Med - Cardiovascular nanomedicine, drug and gene delivery, Medical Imaging, phage display ligand development nanotechnology http://www.siteman.wustl.edu/DoctorProfile.aspx?memid=1465&Type=Research
 

Daniel Link

Int Med - Bone Marrow Transplant Leukemia, stem cells http://hematology.im.wustl.edu/faculty/link/linkBio.html
 
Joshua Maurer
Chemistry neurobiology; ion channel; biochemistry; biophysics; biosensors http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~maurer
 
Audrey McAlinden
Orthopaedic Surgery Connective tissue biology, cartilage development, stem cell
differentiation, transcription, pre-mRNA alternative splicing,
osteoarthritis, mouse models, tissue engineering/regeneration.
http://orthoresearch.wustl.edu/Laboratories/McAlinden/Overview.aspx
 
Liviu Mirica
Chemistry Role of transition metal ions in Alzheimer's diseases, oxygen-activating http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/faculty/mirica
 
Audrey Odom
Pediatrics Pathobiology research in malaria, antiparasitic agents http://research.peds.wustl.edu/labs/odom_a/Home/tabid/799/Default.aspx
 
Ken Olsen
Biology evolution, plants, population genetics, adaptation, crop domestication http://biology4.wustl.edu/olsen/index.htm
 
Rohit Pappu
Biomedical Engineering Alzheimer’s disease; biophysics; mathematical modeling; thermodynamics http://lima.wustl.edu/
 
Deborah Rubin
Int Med - Gastroenterology development; differentiation; cancer; apoptosis http://gastro.wustl.edu/faculty/rubin.html
 

Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert

Biomedical Engineering drug delivery, spinal cord injury, tissue engineering http://labs.seas.wustl.edu/bme/sakiyama/
 
Phyllis Stein
Int Med -Cardiovascular heart rate variability, cardiovascular risk, sleep apnea,
ambulatory ECG analysis
http://cardiology.wustl.edu/details.aspx?NavID=592
 
Gina M. Story
Anesthesiology Pain sensation, dorsal root ganglia, http://elysium.wustl.edu/rglab/Story%20research.htm
 
Sandeep Tripathy
Int Med-Gastroenterology Natural killer,flow cytometry, PCR, and basic cell culture Brief synopsis
 
Jason Woods
Radiology MRI, hyperpolarized glass http://physics.wustl.edu/Research/GroupWebSites/Conradi/Personnel/index.php?c=JW
 
Younan Xia
Biomedical Engineering nanomedicine, tissue engineering http://www.nanocages.com