Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio! Aaron DiAntonio, Ph.D., Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a three year $1,231,636 award contribution from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke beginning June 2024, for his project entitled “Regulation of axonal degeneration by the DLK kinase”
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio! Aaron DiAntonio, Ph.D., Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a two-year $929,948 grant award from the Department of the Army-USAMRAA beginning May 1, 2024 for his project entitled “Targeting TDP-43 mitochondrial mislocalization in ALS”.
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio! Aaron DiAntonio, Ph.D., Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology, and Dr. Jeffrey Milbrandt, (Genetics) have received a five-year $3,747,618 grant award from the NIH/ NINDS beginning April 1, 2024 for their project entitled “The role of SARM1 in neuroinflammation-mediated axonal damage”.
Congratulations to Dr. Thor Theunissen! Thorold Theunissen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a five-year R35 $2,729,025 grant award from the NIH/ NIGMS beginning June 1, 2024 for his project entitled “Resolving epigenetic instability during pluripotent state transitions: a roadmap for exploiting the biomedical potential of dynamic human stem cell states”.
Congratulations to Aaron Johnson, PhD., Associate Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology and his lab on their research on the effects of brain inflammation on muscle function! From the article publish by the Washington University School of Medicine:“The study pinpoints potential targets for preventing or treating muscle weakness related to brain inflammation. The researchers […]
Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a three year $300,000 grant award from the Klingenstein (Esther A. & Joseph) Fund beginning July 1, 2024 for her project entitled “Activity-dependent genome integrity in nervous system plasticity and disease”.
Congratulations to Dr. Kroll’s Lab on their recent publication! Defining cis-regulatory elements and transcription factors that control human cortical interneuron development Chapman G, Determan J, Jetter H, Kaushik K, Prakasam R, Kroll KL. iScience. 2024 May 11;27(6):109967. PMID: 38827400
Congratulations to Dr. Solnica-Krezel’s Lab on their recent publication! Loss of function of FAM177A1, a Golgi complex localized protein, causes a novel neurodevelopmental disorder Kohler JN, Legro NR, Baldridge D, Shin J, Bowman A, Ugur B, Jackstadt MM, Shriver LP, Patti GJ, Zhang B, Feng W, McAdow AR, Goddard P, Ungar RA, Jensen T, Smith […]
Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! Ergosterol promotes aggregation of natamycin in the yeast plasma membrane Szomek M, Akkerman V, Lauritsen L, Walther HL, Juhl AD, Thaysen K, Egebjerg JM, Covey DF, Lehmann M, Wessig P, Foster AJ, Poolman B, Werner S, Schneider G, Müller P, Wüstner D. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2024 […]
Congratulations to Dr. Thor Theunissen! Thorold Theunissen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a four-year $500,000 grant award from the Edward J. Mallinckrodt Foundation beginning October 1, 2024 for his project entitled “A stem-cell-based model system of human embryo implantation and its pathologies”