Erik Herzog, PhD

Medical School Department Biology
Research Program Mechanisms of Cancer Biology Program
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Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Biology, Neuroscience Program, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 1994 - 1998: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC

Education

  • 1994: PhD, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

The molecules, cells and systems underlying daily rhythms in physiology and behavior. My lab discovered cellular signals that synchronize these daily rhythms among cells. We are actively pursuing the possibility that these signals are disrupted in pediatric brain cancers and whether there are of times of day when these cells are most sensitive to chemotherapy.

Research Publications

Daily locomotor activity declines with tumor growth and disease progression in glioblastoma.
Authors:

Gonzalez-Aponte MF, Salvatore SV, Damato AR, one or more additional authors omitted Herzog ED

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JCI Insight • 2026

The inferred functional connectome underlying circadian synchronization in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus.
Authors:

Nikhil KL, Singhal B, Granados-Fuentes D, one or more additional authors omitted Herzog ED

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Proc Natl Acad Sci USA • 2025

Daily glucocorticoids promote glioblastoma growth and circadian synchrony to the host.
Authors:

Gonzalez-Aponte MF, Damato AR, Simon T, one or more additional authors omitted Herzog ED

Journal & Year:

Cancer Cell • 2025

Daily glucocorticoids promote glioblastoma growth and circadian synchrony to the host.
Authors:

Gonzalez-Aponte MF, Damato AR, Simon T, one or more additional authors omitted Herzog ED

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bioRxiv • 2024

Circadian regulation of MGMT expression and promoter methylation underlies daily rhythms in TMZ sensitivity in glioblastoma.
Authors:

Gonzalez-Aponte MF, Damato AR, Trebucq LL, one or more additional authors omitted Herzog ED

Journal & Year:

J Neurooncol • 2024