Pluripotent and Adult Tissue Stem Cells
Gaia Tavoni, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Email: gaia.tavoni@wustl.edu
The Tavoni lab develops theories and models to understand how information is represented and processed in neuronal networks. Areas of focus in the lab include information-theoretic analyses of different forms of plasticity, including adult neurogenesis, and their role in efficient coding.
Thorold Theunissen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology; co-Director Human Cells, Tissues, and Organoids Core
- Email: t.theunissen@wustl.edu
The Theunissen lab investigates the molecular mechanisms regulating distinct pluripotent stem cell states and their applications in regenerative medicine.
Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD
Samuel E. Schechter Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Department of Medicine
- Email: urano@wustl.edu
The Urano lab studies the molecular mechanisms of Wolfram Syndrome and investigates potential therapies.
Leyao Wang, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology
- Email: leyao.wang@wustl.edu
Dr. Leyao Wang's research focuses on lung microbiota and their role in lung inflammation and asthma. One of the lab's current direction is to establish a lung organoid system so that they can use this model to investigate the interactions between microbes and epithelium.
Ting Wang, PhD
Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor, Genetics
- Email: twang@genetics.wustl.edu
The Wang lab focuses on understanding genetic and epigenetic factors that determine cell fate, including cell fate decision in normal development and differentiation, abnormal cell fate choice in cancer, and how specific cell types evolve.