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 […]
Dr. Farshid Guilak has received an award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
Congratulations to Farshid Guilak, PhD., Mildred B Simon Research Professor of Orthopardic Surgery and Co-Director of the Center of Regenerative Medicine Washington University School of Medicine researchers, including Farshid Guilak, PhD, (left) and Christine T. N. Pham, MD, have received an award of up to $31 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health […]
Ena Haseljic has received the 2023 Tanaka Graduate Student Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Ena Haseljic! Ena Haseljic, Pre Doc Trainee in Dr. Liz Pollna’s Lab, has received the 2023 Tanaka Graduate Student Fellowship Award
Kentaro Mori, Komal Kaushik, and Blerta Stringa have been awarded the 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow Seed of Independence Grant
Congratulations to Kentaro Mori, Komal Kaushik, and Blerta Stringa! The Department of Developmental Biology 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow Seed of Independence Grant has been awarded to Kentaro Mori (Imai Lab), Komal Kaushik (Kroll Lab), and Blerta Stringa (Solnica-Krezel Lab)
Dr. Liz Pollina has been awarded a one-year award from the Longer Life Foundation
Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Liz Pollina, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology has been awarded a one-year $50,000 award beginning October 1, 2023 for her project entitled “Neuronal Activity-Dependent DNA Repair in Healthy Aging”, from the Longer Life Foundation
Kenji Kamimoto, PhD., has been awarded a one-year award by the Sumitomo Foundation in Japan
Congratulations to Kenji Kamimoto! Kenji Kamimoto, Senior Scientist in Dr. Samantha Morris’ Lab, was awarded a one-year $15,485 award starting in November 2023 entitled “Simulation analysis of cell fate control during vertebrate development using gene networks” by the Sumitomo Foundation in Japan
Dr. Geoffrey Goodhill has received a $1M gift to support his research
Congratulations to Dr. Geoffrey Goodhill! Geoffrey Goodhill, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology has received a $1M gift to support his research for Autism “Richard a. Bilgard Fun for Autism Research”