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Scientists generate early stem cells that form human placenta Such cells aid efforts to understand miscarriage, preterm birth, other pregnancy complications   To read more, click here

We are delighted to announce that Geoffrey Goodhill, Ph.D., will be joining Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis on January 1, 2021, to be dually appointed as Professor in the departments of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience. In his interdisciplinary research Dr. Goodhill combines mathematical and experimental approaches to investigate the computational principles underlying […]

Margot Williams, Ph.D., a former Postdoctoral Fellow in Lila Solnica-Krezel's laboratory, received the IZFS 2020 Chi-Bin Chien Award. Margot is currently an Assistant Professor in the Center for Precision Environmental Health and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine. Her outstanding research contributions and dedication to the zebrafish field truly […]

Congratulations to Mitsukuni Yoshida! Mitsukuni Yoshida, a MSTP student in Dr. Shin Imai’s laboratory in the Neuroscience Program, has received the 2020 Needleman Prize! The Needleman Prize is presented to a graduating student who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in the field of Pharmacology.

Congratulations to Kel Vin Woo, MD, PhD! Kel Vin Wo, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. David Ornitz’s Lab, has received a $100,000 ENTELLIGENCE Young Investigator Program Award through Actelion Pharmaceuticals for his project entitled “Endothelial Drug Targets for Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension”.