Department News

Congratulations to Shilpa Padmanaban! Shilpa Padmanaban,  Postdoc Research Associate in Dr. Elizabeth Pollina’s Lab, has been selected as a 2025 W.M. Keck Postdoctoral Fellow

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 […]

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 […]

Congratulations to Wyndham Ferris! Wyndham Ferris, Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Tony Tsai’s Lab, has received the 2024 Covey Graduate Student Fellowship Award

Congratulations to Nicholas Dietrich! Nicholas Dietrich, former Pre Doc trainee in Dr. Kerry Kornfeld’s Lab, has been selected to receive the 2024 Irving Boime Publication Award!

Congratulations to Yuxiao Xu and Billy Liu! Yuxiao Xu, Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Mayssa Mokalled’s Lab, and Billy Liu, Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Kerry Kornfeld’s Lab, have been selected to receive the 2024 Irving Boime Graduate Student Fellowship Award! This fellowship is made possible by scientific discoveries by Professor Boime and his trainees […]

Congratulations to Jake Adelman! Jake Adelman, Staff Scientist in Dr. Liz Pollina’s Lab, has received the 2024 Aaron DiAntonio Staff/Senior Scientist Scholarship Award.

Congratulations to Gareth Chapman, Shilpa Padmanaban, and Hui Zhang! The Department of Developmental Biology 2024 Postdoctoral Fellow Seed of Independence Grant has been awarded to Gareth Chapman (Kroll Lab), Shilpa Padmanaban (Pollina Lab), and Hui Zhang (McNeill Lab)

Congratulations to Ji-Sun Kwon, Graduate Student in Yoo Lab, on winning the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award for Best Poster Presentation at the 2024 DRSCB Retreat

Congratulations to Plus Chiu, DevBio student in Tsai Lab, and Kentaro Mori PhD., Postdoc Researcher in Imai Lab, on winning the Viktor Hamburger Awards for Best Student and Best Postdoc Oral Presentation, respectively, at the 2024 DRSCB Retreat