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
Lila Solnica-Krezel received the Nusslein-Volhard Award
Congratulations to Dr. Lilianna Solnica-Krezel! Lila Solnica-Krezel, the Alan A and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor and Head of Developmental Biology, received the Nusslein-Volhard Award at the 2019 International Zebrafish Society meeting! The Nusslein-Volhard Award is from the European Society for Fish Models in Biology and Medicine (EuFishBioMed).
Andrea Scharf has received the Viktor Hamburger Award
Congratulations to Andrea Scharf, Staff Scientist in Dr. Kerry Kornfeld’s Lab! Andrea received the Viktor Hamburger Award for Best Postdoc Oral Presentation for her talk entitled “How to get old in a population - a systems approach to aging”.
Wookyung Kim has received the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award
Congratulations to Wookyung Kim, Postdoc in Dr. Andrew Yoo’s Lab! Wookyung received the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award for Best Postdoc Poster Presentation for her poster entitled “Epigenetic mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration in patient-derived neurons of Huntington's Disease ”.