Congratulations to Dr. DiAntonio’s Lab on their recent publication! SARM1 Inhibition Maintains Axonal Integrity After Rat Sciatic Nerve Transection and Repair Sachar R, Lee TY, DiAntonio A, Dy CJ, Wever J, Milbrandt J, Brogan DM. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Nov;50(11):1402.e1-1402.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2024.12.009. Epub 2025 Jan 29. PMID: 39895440
Congratulations to Dr. Yoo’s Lab on their recent publication! Genetic dissection of Huntington’s disease modification by variation at RRM2B Lee K, Shin B, Kim M, Lee SW, Oh YM, Kim KH, Jiang A, Ko K, Gillis T, Lucente D, Lee R, Kwak S, Lee JM, Wheeler VC, Yoo AS, Gusella JF, MacDonald ME, Seong IS. […]
Congratulations to Dr. Tsai’s Lab on their recent publication! A Knock-in Zebrafish Reporter Line for Live Visualization of Endogenous Olig2 Protein Dynamics. Chang CT, Kawanishi T, Nandagopal S, Megason SG, Tsai TY. Zebrafish. 2025 Sep 24. doi: 10.1177/15458547251376166. PMID: 40991403
Congratulations to Dr. Ornitz’s Lab on their recent publication! Easily adaptable Fiji macro for mean linear intercept measurement of peripheral respiratory airspace. Patlin B, Yin Y, Li L, Ornitz DM. Dev Dyn. 2025 Sep 12. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.70078. PMID: 40937540
Congratulations to Dr. Groves’s Lab on their recent publication! Control of sensory cell differentiation in the inner ear by extracellular signals and transcriptional regulators. Nelson JC, Hosamani IV, Groves AK. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2025;165:1-44. doi: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2025.03.002. Epub 2025 Apr 3. PMID: 40973228
Congratulations to Dr. Imai’s Lab on their recent publication! Aging reduces motivation through decreased Bdnf expression in the ventral tegmental area. Lei HC, Parker KE, Kuo CC, Yuede CM, McCall JG, Imai SI. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Sep 16. doi: 10.1038/s41380-025-03253-0. PMID: 40954279
Congratulations to Dr. Theunissen’s Lab on their recent publication! Raising the bar for human post-implantation embryo models Kong X, Theunissen T. Cell Stem Cell, Volume 32, Issue 10, P1479-1481, October 2, 2025
Congratulations to Julianna Determan! Julianna Determan, B.S., Graduate Student, Department of Developmental Biology, has received a four-year fellowship award from the NIH/NIMH for her project entitled “Investigating the function of the autism spectrum disorder risk genes RFX3 and RFX4 during human cortical development”.
Congratulations to Dr. Andy Groves! Andy Groves, PhD, Professor and Head of Developmental Biology, has received a one-year grant award from the Hearing Health Foundation for his project entitled “Reprogramming and Gene Delivery Working Group”.
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio! Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD, Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology, has received the WashU Medicine Dean’s Medal for Excellence in Innovation & Commercialization.