Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, and Sarah Ackerman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology & Immunology, have received a one-year grant award from The Hope Center starting March 1, 2026, for their project entitled “Activity-Dependent Genome Control Mechanisms in Astrocyte Longevity.”
Dave Ornitz, MD, PhD, Alumni Endowed Professor in Developmental Biology, has received the Henry Gray Scientific Achievement Award from the American Association for Anatomy. This is their highest scientific honor that recognizes “unique and meritorious contributions to and achievements in anatomical sciences by a distinguished AAA member.”
Mayssa Mokalled, PhD, Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, has been named as a recipient of a 2026 Dean’s Impact Award! The 2026 Dean’s Impact Awards recognize faculty who demonstrate focused excellence through sustained commitment to their professional calling.
Congratulations to Dr. Theunissen’s Lab on their recent publication! Exiting the ground state: the broad spectrum of cell fates accessible from naïve human pluripotent stem cells Park, K., Yin, R., and T.W. Theunissen (2026). Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 83, 23.
Congratulations to Dr. Solnica-Krezel’s Lab on their recent publication! Temporal regulation of endoderm convergence and extension by the BMP activity gradient through mesoderm-dependent and independent mechanisms. Chang CT, Tsai T, Solnica-Krezel L. Cells Dev. 2025 Dec;184:204021. doi: 10.1016/j.cdev.2025.204021. Epub 2025 Mar 14. PMID: 40090551
Congratulations to Dr. Kornfeld’s Lab on their recent publication! How to measure, analyze, and interpret age-related changes in Caenorhabditis elegans: lessons for mechanistic and evolutionary theories of aging. Kocsisova Z, Egan BM, Scharf A, Anderson X, Pohl F, Anderson A, Kornfeld K. Mech Ageing Dev. 2025 Dec 29:112146. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2025.112146. PMID: 41475685
Congratulations to Dr. Imai’s Lab on their recent publication! Human plasma-derived eNAMPT-containing extracellular vesicles promote NAD-biosynthesis and thermogenesis in mice Yoshioka K, Sugimoto T, Oyabu M, Ito N, Kodama A, Kamei Y, Imai SI. NPJ Aging. 2025 Nov 24. doi: 10.1038/s41514-025-00297-y. PMID: 41285826
Congratulations to Dr. Ornitz and Dr. McNeill’s Labs on their recent publication! Gastric hypoplasia in mice lacking fibroblast growth factor 9 Mills JC, Thanintorn N, Yin Y, McNeill H, Ornitz DM, Willet SG. Dev Dyn. 2025 Nov;254(11):1221-1229. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.70000. Epub 2025 Mar 1. PMID: 40022597
Congratulations to Dr. Ornitz’s Lab on their recent publication! Effects of anesthetic agents on the evaluation of systolic and diastolic function in mice Matsiukevich D, Ornitz DM, Kovacs A. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2025 Nov 18;12:1707937. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1707937. eCollection 2025. PMID: 41341292
Congratulations to Dr. Theunissen’s Lab on their recent publication! Primate embryo model leaps across developmental boundaries Kong X, Theunissen TW. Nature. 2025 Dec 3. doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-03729-7. PMID: 41339586