Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine The Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine invites applications at the level of assistant professor on the tenure track. We are seeking outstanding colleagues with an interest in any area of developmental biology, including the genetic and epigenetic […]
Congratulations to Dr. Kerry Kornfeld! Kerry Kornfeld, MD, PhD, Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a one-year, $205,000 grant award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Aging, starting September 30, 2021 for his project entitled “Control of reproductive aging by germline stem cells”.
Congratulations to Dr. Geoffrey Goodhill! Geoffrey J Goodhill, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a two-year, $674,000 grant award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, starting September 1, 2021 for his project entitled “ Revealing neural circuits underlying zebrafish behavior using mesoscopic light field microscopy
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yoo! Dr. Andrew Yoo, Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, has been selected to serve as a member of the Molecular Neurogenetics Study Section, Center for Scientific Review starting August 2 and ending on June 30, 2025. Members for this committee are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement […]
Congratulations to Dr. Bo Zhang! Bo Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a five-year, $1,890,000 R35 Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, beginning August 1, 2021, for his project entitled Transcriptional regulation of domesticated transposable elements-derived promoters […]
Congratulations to Dr. Nerbonne’s Lab on their recent publication! Modulation of the effects of Class-Ib antiarrhythmics on cardiac NaV1.5-encoded channels by accessory NaVβ subunits. Zhu W, Wang W, Angsutararux P, Mellor RL, Isom LL, Nerbonne JM, Silva JR. JCI Insight. 2021 Jun 22:143092.
Congratulations to Dr. David Ornitz’s Lab on their recent publication! Deletion of Fibroblast growth factor 9 globally and in skeletal muscle results in enlarged tuberosities at sites of deltoid tendon attachments. Leek CC, Soulas JM, Bhattacharya I, Ganji E, Locke RC, Smith MC, Bhavsar JD, Polson SW, Ornitz DM, Killian ML. Dev Dyn. 2021 Jun […]
Congratulations to Dr. Theunissen’s Lab on their recent publication! Probing the signaling requirements for naive human pluripotency by high-throughput chemical screening. Khan SA, Park KM, Fischer LA, Dong C, Lungjangwa T, Jimenez M, Casalena D, Chew B, Dietmann S, Auld DS, Jaenisch R, Theunissen TW. Cell Rep. 2021 Jun 15;35(11):109233.
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yoo! Andrew Yoo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology has received a one-year $75,000 grant award from Hereditary Disease Foundation starting 8/1/2021 for his project entitled “Modifying resilience to neurodegeneration in Huntington’s disease patient-derived neurons”.
Congratulations to Dr. Mayssa Mokalled! Mayssa Mokalled, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology, received the 2021 Junior Faculty Award from the Zebrafish Disease Models Society.