Faculty
Ghazaleh Ashrafi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-273-1870
- Email: ghazaleh@wustl.edu
The Ashrafi lab uses genetic, biochemical, and quantitative optical imaging techniques to study metabolic regulation of neurotransmission.
Kendall Blumer, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-1668
- Email: kblumer@wustl.edu
The Blumer lab currently studies signal transduction mechanisms that cause uveal melanoma, a highly aggressive and deadly cancer, with the ultimate goal of discovering avenues leading to effective therapy for this currently untreatable cancer.
Chun-Kan Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-273-2787
- Email: chun-kan@wustl.edu
The Chen lab utilizes multi-omic and high-throughput screening approaches to systematically investigate the regulation and function of circRNA in cells and develop novel circRNA technologies for translational applications.
Clair Crewe, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-3240
- Email: clair.crewe@wustl.edu
The Crewe lab uses transgenic mouse lines, cell culture and biochemistry to understand extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated signaling during homeostatic and pathologic metabolic regulation.
Pan-Yue Deng, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-5518
- Email: pydeng@wustl.edu
Lai Kuan Dionne, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-273-7929
- Email: dionnel@wustl.edu
Inter-organellar interactions between midbody, centrosome, and primary cilium in health and disease.
Sergej Djuranovic, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-9706
- Email: sergej.djuranovic@wustl.edu
The Djuranovic Lab uses different biochemical, molecular biology and genetics techniques to investigate the process of gene expression regulation at the level of mRNA translation.
Dennis Goldfarb, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-273-3991
- Email: d.goldfarb@wustl.edu
The Goldfarb Lab is focused on computational mass spectrometry and proteomics with the goal of achieving comprehensive protein identification and quantification in complex biological samples.
Subhadra Gunawardana, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
- Phone: 314-747-8501
- Email: subhadra.gunawardana@wustl.edu
Novel techniques for correcting type-1 diabetes without insulin, utilizing the beneficial effects of healthy adipose tissue: Subcutaneous transplantation of embryonic brown adipose tissue (BAT) has proven effective in reversing type 1 diabetes in mice, independent of insulin.
Xue-Yan He, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-5296
- Email: xueyanh@wustl.edu
The He Lab is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the mechanisms responsible for colorectal tumor progression, with a specific focus on Stress and its influence on the Tumor Microenvironment.