Congratulations to Mini Yuan! Mini Yuan, Pre Doc trainee in Dr. Andrew Yoo’s Lab, has been selected to receive the 2023 Irving Boime Graduate Student Fellowship Award! This fellowship is made possible by scientific discoveries by Professor Boime and his trainees that extend longevity of proteins in vivo and led to development of Elonva, a […]
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yoo! Andrew Yoo, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology has been awarded a three-year $1,440,000 award beginning November 5, 2023 for his project entitled “Using 3D direct re-programming of neurons to model and potentially treat AD” by Eisai CO., LTD.
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yoo! Andrew Yoo, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology has been awarded a two-year award beginning October 1, 2023 for his project entitled “Dissecting Alzheimer’s disease phenotypes in directly reprogrammed patient-derived neurons” by the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund
Congratulations to Aaron Anderson! Aaron Anderson, graduate student in Dr. Kerry Kornfeld’s lab, has been awarded a three-year $81,000 F31 NRSA Fellowship beginning August 1, 2023
Congratulations to Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, former Chair of the Department of Developmental Biology! Dr. Gordon has won the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. Gordon is being honored for spearheading the discovery and understanding of the human microbiome, the vast collection of microbes that live in and on the body […]
Congratulations to Dr. Tony Tsai! Tony Tsai, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, has been named a 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. Click here to see the 2023 Class of Pew Scholars
Congratulations to Dr. Stacey Rentschler! The ASCI is an honor society of physician-scientists founded in 1908, now the Society is home to over 3,000 members active across academic medicine and industry.
Congratulations to Dr. Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Alan A and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor and Head of Developmental Biology, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy has announced the members elected in 2023. The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is both an honorary society that recognizes and celebrates the excellence […]
Congratulations to Adelita Mendoza, Postdoc Research Associate in Dr. Kerry Kornfeld’s Lab, has been selected to receive an Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award on March 20, 2023 from the Washington University Postdoc Society during the 18th Annual Postdoc Symposium. Dr. Mendoza was nominated by twelve of her mentees and colleagues.
Congratulations to Brian Lananna, Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Shin Imai’s Lab! Brian Lananna, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar, has received a three-year $215,478 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the NIH/NIA beginning January 1, 2023 for his project entitled “Investigating a role for eNAMPT-containing extracellular vesicles in mitigating age-and Alzheimer Disease-related cognitive decline”.