Elizabeth Pollina’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Pollina’s Lab on their recent publication!  YTHDC1 cooperates with the THO complex to prevent RNA-damage-induced DNA breaks Tsao N, Lombardi PM, Park A, Olabode J, Rodell R, Sun H, Padmanaban S, Brickner JR, Tsai MS, Pollina EA, Chen CK, Mosammaparast N. Mol Cell. 2025 Mar 20;85(6):1085-1100.e9.PMID: 40037355

Douglas Covey’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! New directions in neurosteroid therapeutics in neuropsychiatry Zorumski CF, Covey DF, Izumi Y, Evers AS, Maguire JL, Mennerick SJ. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2025 Mar 22;172:106119. PMID: 40127877

Helen McNeill, Ph.D., has been elected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science

Congratulations to Dr. Helen McNeill! “Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues.” McNeill, the Larry J. Shapiro and Carol-Ann Uetake-Shapiro Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology at WashU Medicine, is recognized for […]

Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D., has been named as a winner of the 2025 MIND Prize

Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Pollina honored for innovations in neuroscience MIND Prize funds research into neurodegenerative diseases Elizabeth Pollina, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2025 MIND Prize from the Pershing Square Foundation. The MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize […]

Kristen Kroll’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Kroll’s Lab on their recent publication! Lifespan in rodents with MYT1L heterozygous mutation. Schreiber A, Swift RG, Wilson L, Kroll KL, Dougherty JD, Maloney SE. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 10;15(1):4998. PMID: 39930023

Thor Theunissen’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Theunissen’s Lab on their recent publication! Tracking and mitigating imprint erasure during induction of naive human pluripotency at single-cell resolution. Fischer LA, Meyer B, Reyes M, Zemke JE, Harrison JK, Park KM, Wang T, Jüppner H, Dietmann S, Theunissen TW. Stem Cell Reports. 2025 Feb 8:102419. PMID: 39952244

Kristen Kroll’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Kroll’s Lab on their recent publication! Autism- and intellectual disability-associated MYT1L mutation alters human cortical interneuron differentiation, maturation, and physiology. Prakasam R, Determan J, Chapman G, Narasimhan M, Shen R, Saleh M, Kaushik K, Gontarz P, Meganathan K, Hakim B, Zhang B, Huettner JE, Kroll KL. Stem Cell Reports. 2025 Feb 15:102421. […]

Douglas Covey’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! Phosphorylation of CRYAB induces a condensatopathy to worsen post-myocardial infarction left ventricular remodeling Islam M, Rawnsley DR, Ma X, Navid W, Zhao C, Guan X, Foroughi L, Murphy JT, Navid H, Weinheimer CJ, Kovacs A, Nigro J, Diwan A, Chang RP, Kumari M, Young ME, Razani […]

David Ornitz and Helen McNeill’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Ornitz’ and Dr. McNeill’s Labs on their recent publication! Gastric hypoplasia in mice lacking fibroblast growth factor 9 – PubMed Mills JC, Thanintorn N, Yin Y, McNeill H, Ornitz DM, Willet SG. Dev Dyn. 2025 Mar 1. PMID: 38602479

Aaron DiAntonio’s New Publication

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Congratulations to Dr. DiAntonio’s Lab on their recent publication! SARM1 Inhibition Maintains Axonal Integrity After Rat Sciatic Nerve Transection and Repair Sachar R, Lee TY, DiAntonio A, Dy CJ, Wever J, Milbrandt J, Brogan DM. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Jan 29:S0363-5023(24)00617-8. PMID: 39895440