Neurogenetics & Transcriptomics

James (Pat) McAllister, PhD
Professor, WashU Neurosurgery
- Phone: 314-747-8773
- Email: mcallisterjp@wustl.edu
Improving clinical treatments for hydrocephalus

Helen McNeill, PhD
BJC Investigator, Larry J. Shapiro and Carol-Ann Uetake-Shapiro Professor, WashU Developmental Biology
- Phone: 314-273-3050
- Email: mcneillh@wustl.edu
Understanding how Fat cadherins and the Hippo pathway regulate growth and patterning

Jeffrey Millman, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-3268
- Email: jmillman@wustl.edu
Large-scale culture of human stem cells in reactors, producing billions of cells in small clusters

Rob Mitra, PhD
Alvin Goldfarb Professor of Computational Biology, WashU Genetics
- Phone: 314-362-2751
- Email: rmitra@wustl.edu
Technology development for functional genomics and systems biology

Jeanne Nerbonne, PhD
Alumni Endowed Professor of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, WashU Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-2624
- Email: jnerbonne@wustl.edu
Mechanisms contributing to the physiological regulation and the pathophysiological remodeling of membrane excitability in the cardiovascular and nervous systems

Colin Nichols, PhD
Carl Cori Professor, WashU Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-6630
- Email: cnichols@wustl.edu
Biology of ion channels, with emphasis on the molecular basis of potassium channel activity, and the role of potassium channels in physiology and disease

Cynthia Ortinau, MD
Assistant Professor, WashU Pediatrics
- Phone: 314-273-6002
- Email: ortinau_c@wustl.edu
Neurological and neurodevelopmental consequences of congenital heart disease (CHD)

Marco Pignatelli, MD
Assistant Professor, WashU Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-273-3733
- Email: marco.pignatelli@wustl.edu
Molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms of affective disorders

Elizabeth Pollina, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Developmental Biology
- Phone: 314-273-2985
- Email: pollina@wustl.edu
Molecular Mechanisms of Nervous System Longevity and Rejuvenation

Cyril Pottier, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-747-2601
- Email: cpottier@wustl.edu
Identifying genetic risk factors and modifiers of early onset Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

Maria Remedi, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Medicine
- Phone: 314-747-0437
- Email: mremedi@wustl.edu
Understanding the Role of Potassium Channels in Physiology and Disease: Diabetes, Cardiovascular and Brain pathologies

Joshua Rubin, MD, PhD
Professor, WashU Pediatrics
- Phone: 314-454-6018
- Email: rubin_j@wustl.edu
Biology and treatment of pediatric brain tumors

Naresha Saligrama, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-273-8540
- Email: nareshas@wustl.edu
Neuroimmune interactions in health and neurological disorders

Ikbal Sencan-Egilmez, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Radiology
- Phone: 314-273-5458
- Email: ikbal@wustl.edu
Development and use of advanced optical microscopy solutions for preclinical imaging studies in brain and beyond

James Skeath, PhD
Professor, WashU Genetics
- Phone: 314-362-0535
- Email: jskeath@wustl.edu
Genetic analysis of neural and muscular development in the Drosophila embryo

Paul Taghert, PhD
Professor, WashU Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-362-3645
- Email: taghertp@wustl.edu
Circadian neurobiology and developmental neurobiology

Liu Lin Thio, MD, PhD
Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-454-6120
- Email: thiol@wustl.edu
Glycine receptors in the central nervous system

Michael Wong, MD, PhD
Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Professor of Pediatric Neurology, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-362-8713
- Email: wong_m@wustl.edu
Cellular mechanisms of epileptogenesis and seizure-induced brain injury

Jason Yi, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-273-1664
- Email: jasonyi@wustl.edu
Protein turnover in the nervous system: ubiquitin ligase UBE3A

Guoyan Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Genetics and WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-273-9045
- Email: gzhao@wustl.edu
Transcriptional Regulation and Neurological Disease

Gregory Zipfel, MD
Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor and Chair, WashU Neurosurgery
- Phone: 314-747-8871
- Email: zipfelg@wustl.edu
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage