Mayssa Mokalled received the 2021 Junior Faculty Award from the Zebrafish Disease Models Society
Congratulations to Dr. Mayssa Mokalled! Mayssa Mokalled, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology, received the 2021 Junior Faculty Award from the Zebrafish Disease Models Society.
Dr. Lila Solnica-Krezel will receive the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award
Congratulations to Dr. Solnica Krezel! Lila Solnica-Krezel, PhD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Developmental Biology at the School of Medicine, will receive the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. To read more, click here
Dr. Aaron DiAntonio will receive the 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio! Aaron DiAntonio, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology, who together with Jeff Milbrandt, the James S. McDonnell Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics will receive the 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. To read more, click here
Dr. Andrew Yoo has received a two-year grant award from Cure Alzheimer’s fund
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yoo! Andrew Yoo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology has received a two-year $345,000 grant award from Cure Alzheimer’s fund starting 4/1/2021 for his project entitled “Neuronal subtype-specific modeling of Alzheimer’s Disease by direct neuronal reprogramming of patient fibroblasts”.
Dr. Lila Solnica-Krezel has received a five-year R35 MIRA competing renewal
Congratulations to Dr. Lila Solnica-Krezel! Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Ph.D., Alan A. and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a five-year $3,366,170 R35 MIRA competing renewal grant award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, starting May 1, 2021 for her project entitled “Inductive and Morphogenetic Processes Shaping […]
Dr. Gordon has received the 2021 Kober Medal
Congratulations to Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, former Chair of the Department of Developmental Biology! Dr. Gordon has received the 2021 Kober Medal, one of the highest awards in academic medicine. Given by the Association of American Physicians, the honor recognizes Gordon’s extraordinary contributions to the field of gut microbiome research. Click here to read more
Dr. Samantha Morris has been promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Samantha Morris has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with granting of tenure in the Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics. Congratulations, Dr. Morris!
Dr. Angela Bowman has been promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Angela Bowman, Executive Director of the Center of Regenerative Medicine has been promoted to Associate Professor on the Research track in the Department of Developmental Biology. Congratulations, Dr. Bowman!
Dr. Kristen Kroll has been promoted to Professor
Dr. Kristen Kroll has been promoted to the rank of Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology. Congratulations, Dr. Kroll!
Dr. Tony Tsai has received a three-year, $747,000 grant award
Congratulations to Dr. Tony Tsai! Tony Yu-Chen Tsai, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology has received a three-year, $747,000 grant award from the National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development starting February 1, 2021 for his project entitled “ Mechanism Shaping the Adhesion Landscape During Spinal […]