Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! Ergosterol promotes aggregation of natamycin in the yeast plasma membrane Szomek M, Akkerman V, Lauritsen L, Walther HL, Juhl AD, Thaysen K, Egebjerg JM, Covey DF, Lehmann M, Wessig P, Foster AJ, Poolman B, Werner S, Schneider G, Müller P, Wüstner D. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2024 […]
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”
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”
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”
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”.
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”.
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”
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”.
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
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 […]