Predoctoral
David Zhang
2018 – present
- Phone: 314-362-6214
- Email: davidzhang@wustl.edu
Laboratory of Stacey Rentschler
MD, PhD Candidate
Recent publications:
Chamber-specific transcriptional responses in atrial fibrillation. JCI Insight. 2020 Sep 17;5(18):e135319.
E-wave Asymmetry Elucidates Diastolic Ventricular Stiffness-Relaxation Coupling: Model-based Prediction with In-vivo Validation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2020 Nov 13.
Astrid Rodriguez-Velez
2019 – present
- Phone: 314-755-6621
- Email: arodriguez-velez@wustl.edu
Laboratory of Babak Razani
PhD Candidate, Molecular Cell Biology
Recent publications:
p62/ SQSTM1 and Selective Autophagy in Cardiometabolic Diseases. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2019 Aug 20;31(6):458-471.
High-protein diets increase cardiovascular risk by activating macrophage mTOR to suppress mitophagy. Nat Metab. 2020 Jan;2(1):110-125.
Jared Elenbaas
2020 – present
- Phone: 616-914-1032
- Email: jelenbaas@wustl.edu
Laboratory of Nathan Stitziel
MD, PhD Candidate
Recent publication:
Jung, I. H., Elenbaas, J. S., Alisio, A., Santana, K., Young, E. P., Kang, C. J., Kachroo, P., Lavine, K., Razani, B., Mecham, R. P. & Stitziel, N. SVEP1 is a human coronary artery disease locus that promotes atherosclerosis. Science translational medicine. 13, 586, eabe0357.
Kendall Burks
2021 – present
Laboratory of Nathan Stitziel
MD, PhD Candidate
Recent publications:
A pex1 missense mutation improves peroxisome function in a subset of Arabidopsis pex6 mutants without restoring PEX5 recycling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Apr 3;115(14):E3163-E3172.
Commonalities of cardiac rupture (left ventricular free wall or ventricular septum or papillary muscle) during acute myocardial infarction secondary to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 1;115(1):125-40.
Postdoctoral
Shuchi Guo, PhD
2020 – present
- Phone: 314-362-0000
- Email: shuchi.guo@wustl.edu
Laboratory of Kory Lavine
Recent publications:
Impact of paroxetine on proximal β-adrenergic receptor signaling. Cell Signal. 2017 Oct;38:127-133.
Chemokine Receptor 2-targeted Molecular Imaging in Pulmonary Fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jul 16.
Andrew L Lopez III, PhD
2021 – present
- Phone: 314-935-1296
- Email: landrew@wustl.edu
Laboratory of Chao Zhou
Recent publications:
Dynamic Imaging of Mouse Embryos and Cardiac Development in Static Culture. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2206:129-141.
Embryonic Mouse Cardiodynamic OCT Imaging. J Biophotonics. 2020 Nov;13(11):e202000223.
Second harmonic generation microscopy of early embryonic mouse hearts. Biomed Opt Express. 2019 May 21;10(6):2898-2908.