Current research
Our research is highly diverse and includes topics ranging from embryogenesis, cell reprogramming and organogenesis to aging and stem cell engineering.
Our ongoing and future work will focus on new and emerging areas of developmental biology, such as epigenetics and genomics.
Model systems
We house one of the largest zebrafish facilities in the world. Along with zebrafish (D. rerio), we study several other model systems, including the fruit fly (D. melanogaster), nematode (C. elegans) and mouse (M. musculus), as well as tissue culture systems and embryonic stem cells.
Latest news
Stacy Rentschler’s New Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Rentschler’s Lab on their recent publication! Engineered tissue geometry and Plakophilin-2 regulate electrophysiology of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes Simmons DW, Malayath G, Schuftan DR, Guo J, Oguntuyo K, Ramahdita G, Sun Y, Jordan SD, Munsell MK, Kandalaft B, Pear M, Rentschler SL, Huebsch N. APL Bioeng. 2024 Mar 11;8(1):016118. PMID: 38476404
Douglas Covey’s New Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! A unified total synthesis route to 18-trideuterated and/or 19-trideuterated testosterone, androstenedione and progesterone Qian M, Covey DF. Steroids. 2024 May;205:109391. PMID: 38437943
Thor Theunissen’s New Publication
Congratulations to Thor Theunissen’s Lab on their recent publication! Generation of 3D Trophoblast Organoids from Human Naïve Pluripotent Stem Cells Karvas RM, Theunissen TW. Methods Mol Biol. 2024;2767:85-103. PMID: 37402094