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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.

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

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

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”.

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 […]

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