Key Faculty & Specific Research Interests
Liang Shan, PhD
Associate Professor in Medicine and of Pathology & Immunology
- Phone: 314-747-0050
- Email: liang.shan@wustl.edu
The Shan lab uses in vitro, ex vivo, and humanized mouse models to study basic immunobiology of HIV infection and develops immunotherapeutic strategies towards an HIV cure; HIV-1 infection and host immune responses
Jonathan H. Sheehan, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-273-8368
- Email: jonathan.sheehan@wustl.edu
Dr. Sheehan specializes in personalized structural biology, with a special focus on the molecular basis of disease mechanisms.
Chen Shen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-273-3387
- Email: shenc@wustl.edu
Dr. Shen studies the structural mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions with an emphasis on the signaling involving NOD-like receptors and other pattern recognition receptors. The ultimate goal is to provide the molecular basis for the development of therapeutics targeting various infectious diseases.
Eva-Maria Strauch, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Email: evas@wustl.edu
The main focus of Dr. Strauch’s research is on how to diagnose, prevent and treat viral infections with the aim to generate new antivirals and candidates for vaccination through protein design.
Larissa B. Thackray, PhD
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-747-7976
- Email: lthackray@wustl.edu
Dr. Thackray specializes in basic research on RNA viruses with a specific focus on the role of the microbiome in host immunity and pathogenic outcome following systemic virus infection. She also uses model systems to characterize therapeutics and vaccines against emerging pandemic viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.