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
Ji-Sun Kwon has won the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award for Best Poster Presentation at the 2024 DRSCB Retreat
Congratulations to Ji-Sun Kwon, Graduate Student in Yoo Lab, on winning the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award for Best Poster Presentation at the 2024 DRSCB Retreat
Plus Chiu and Kentaro Mori have won the Viktor Hamburger Awards for Best Oral Presentations at the 2024 DRSCB Retreat
Congratulations to Plus Chiu, DevBio student in Tsai Lab, and Kentaro Mori PhD., Postdoc Researcher in Imai Lab, on winning the Viktor Hamburger Awards for Best Student and Best Postdoc Oral Presentation, respectively, at the 2024 DRSCB Retreat
Chase Weinholtz has received the Tom Thach Award
Chase Weinholtz, a graduate student from the Mokalled lab, received the Tom Thach Award for his platform presentation at the Neuroscience Retreat.