Louis Woodhams

Pronouns: He/him/his

Professor of Practice

Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Phone
314-935-6057
Office
Jubel Hall, Room 103B

louis.woodhams@wustl.edu

Education

PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, 2022
MSME, Washington University in St. Louis, 2017
BSME, University of Missouri - St. Louis, 2015
BA, University of Miami, 2001

Expertise

Uses computational methods to study and model the mechanics and dynamics of cells and cell appendages

In the News

Wagenseil, Woodhams win Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards

Jessica Wagenseil and Louis Woodhams were among nine WashU recipients.

10.30.2023

This image shows the microtissues from Nate Huebsch’s lab that are stained for cell nuclei (blue), sarcomeric alpha-actinic (red) and Myosin Binding Protein C (MYBPC3; green). Mutations in MYBPC3 cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. These sarcomere structures are disrupted by chemical blebbistatin. (Huebsch lab)

Virtual drug quiets noise in images of heart tissue

Research in labs of Nate Huebsch, Guy Genin creates software to enable experiments for learning how electrical and mechanical heart functions relate.

09.11.2023

To study the movement of cilia, Louis Woodhams and Phil Bayly’s team built a model that was an approximation of the structure of the flagellar axoneme, the bundle of microtubules that make up the central core of a cilium. This video shows animation of a seven-filament system with parameters. (Louis Woodhams)

Push, pull or swirl: The many movements of cilia

Research team develops model to explain how cilia beat.

08.19.2022

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