Congratulations to Dr. Thor Theunissen! Thor Theunissen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a five-year grant award from the NIH beginning September 1, 2025 for his project entitled “Modeling Human Throphoblast Differentiation and Function Using Pluripotent Stem Cells”.
Congratulations to Dr. Kris Kroll! Kristen Kroll, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a gift from the Sunderland Family Research Fund in support of her research efforts on ZNF292-related biology.
Congratulations to Dr. Ornitz’s Lab on their recent publication! Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Right Ventricular Performance in Neonatal Murine Hypoxia Woo KV, Levy PT, Weinheimer CJ, Hauck AL, Hamvas A, Ornitz DM, Kovacs A, Singh GK. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2025 Aug 19;12(8):316. doi: 10.3390/jcdd12080316. PMID: 40863382
Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! Novel Neuroactive Steroid Analogs and Voltage-Dependent Blockers of Cav3.2 Currents, B372 and YX23, are Effective Anti-Nociceptives with Diminished Sedative Properties in Intact Female Mice Volvovitz B, Miah R, Park K, Kim JH, Vargas R, Xu Y, Qian M, Covey DF, Todorovic SM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Biomolecules. 2025 […]
Congratulations to Dr. Kornfeld’s Lab on their recent publication! Environmental NaCl affects Caenorhabditis elegans development and aging Pohl F, Egan BM, Schneider DL, Mosley MC, Garcia MA, Hou S, Chiu CH, Kornfeld K. Genetics. 2025 Aug 18:iyaf139. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyaf139. PMID: 40820329
Congratulations to Dr. Kornfeld’s Lab on their recent publication! Notch signaling in germ line stem cells controls reproductive aging in Caenorhabditis elegans Kocsisova Z, Bagatelas ED, Santiago-Borges J, Lei HC, Egan BM, Mosley MC, Anderson AM, Schneider DL, Schedl T, Kornfeld K. PNAS Nexus. 2025 Aug 26;4(8):pgaf220. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf220. eCollection 2025 Aug. PMID: 40874029
Congratulations to all of the labs on their recent publication! Manifold roles of CCR7 chemokine GPCR in differentiation of human trophoblast into extravillous and syncytiotrophoblast lineages Yoon EJ, Beltcheva M, Ali SS, Fu S, Yang A, Dong C, Zemke JE, Karvas RM, Chang CT, Fischer LA, Gontarz P, Zhang B, Dietmann S, Theunissen TW, Solnica-Krezel […]
Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, has been named a 2025 Vallee Scholar
Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! Electrophysiological Characterization of Sex-Dependent Hypnosis by an Endogenous Neuroactive Steroid Epipregnanolone Timic Stamenic T, Coulter I, Covey DF, Todorovic SM. Biomolecules. 2025 Jul 17;15(7):1033. doi: 10.3390/biom15071033. PMID: 40723904
Congratulations to Dr. Kroll’s Lab on their recent publication! A survey of hypothalamic phenotypes identifies molecular and behavioral consequences of MYT1L haploinsufficiency in male and female mice Maloney SE, McCullough KB, Chaturvedi SM, Selmanovic D, Chase R, Chen J, Wu S, Granadillo JL, Kroll KL, Dougherty JD. Horm Behav. 2025 Jul 28;174:105796. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105796. Online […]