Dr. Elizabeth Pollina has received a three-year grant award from the Klingenstein Fund
Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a three year $300,000 grant award from the Klingenstein (Esther A. & Joseph) Fund beginning July 1, 2024 for her project entitled “Activity-dependent genome integrity in nervous system plasticity and disease”.
Dr. Thor Theunissen has received a four-year grant award from the Edward J. Mallinckrodt Foundation
Congratulations to Dr. Thor Theunissen! Thorold Theunissen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a four-year $500,000 grant award from the Edward J. Mallinckrodt Foundation beginning October 1, 2024 for his project entitled “A stem-cell-based model system of human embryo implantation and its pathologies”
Dr. Shin Imai has received a five-year grant award from the NIH/ Aging Institute
Congratulations to Dr. Shin Imai! Dr. Shin Imai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a five-year $3,069,167 grant award from the NIH/Aging Institute beginning June 1, 2024 for his project entitled“The intertissue communication between the hypothalamus and adipose tissue for mammalian aging and longevity control”
Dana Shaw, Ph.D., has received a two-year K99 Award from the NIH/NINDS
Congratulations to Dana Shaw! Dana Shaw, Ph.D ., Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mokalled Lab, has received a two-year $206,452 K99 Award from the NIH/NINDS beginning May 1, 2024 for her project entitled “Immune regulation of spinal cord regeneration”
Dr. Sam Morris has received a five-year grant award from the NIH/ NIGMS
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Morris! Sam Morris, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics, has received a five-year $1,951,525 grant award from the NIH/ NIGMS beginning March 5th, 2024 for her project entitled “Decoding the Molecular Mechanisms Governing Regulation and Reprogramming of Cellular Identity”.
Dr. Liz Pollina has received an 18-month grant award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Liz Pollina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, has received an 18-month $100,000 grant award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative beginning March 1, 2024 for her project entitled “Transcriptional and epigenetic encoding of sleep loss”.
Dr. Sam Morris has received a four-year grant award from the NIH/ NIDDK
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Morris! Sam Morris, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics, has received a four-year $2,013,440 grant award from the NIH/ NIDDK beginning March 15th, 2024 for her project entitled “Decoding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Reprogramming to Functional Hepatic and Intestinal Cell Types”
Aaron Johnson has received a one-year grant from the Musculoskeletal Research Center
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Johnson! Aaron Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a one-year $40,000 grant award from the Musculoskeletal Research Center beginning April 1, 2024 for his project entitled “Mechanisms of systemic muscle repair”.
Vishnu Saraswathy, PhD., and Yuxiao Xu named 2024 Hope Center Award Winners
Congratulations to Vishnu Saraswathy and Yuxiao Xu! Vishnu Saraswathy, Posdoc in Mayssa Mokalled’s Lab, and Yuxiao Xu, Graduate Research Assistant in Mayssa Mokalled’s Lab, have been named as two of the 2024 Hope Center Awards winners
Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon has been awarded the 2024 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science from Northwestern University
Congratulations to Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, former Chair of the Department of Developmental Biology! Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, Dr. Robert Glaser Distinguished University Professor and director of the Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology at Washington University School of Medicine, has been awarded the 2024 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science […]