Congratulations to Dr. Mokalled’s Lab on their recent publication! VMS-Fish: A Comprehensive Application for Zebrafish Husbandry Management. Muraleedharan Saraswathy V, Mokalled MH. Zebrafish. 2025 Apr;22(2):59-63. PMID: 40195949
Congratulations to Dr. Solnica-Krezel’s Lab on their recent publication! Cell expansion for notochord mechanics and endochondral bone lengthening in zebrafish depends on the 5′-inositol phosphatase Inppl1a. Voigt B, Frazier K, Yazdi D, Klein J, Gontarz P, Zhang B, Sepich DS, Mo J, Smeeton J, Solnica-Krezel L, Gray RS. Curr Biol. 2025 Apr 7:S0960-9822(25)00307-0. PMID: 40209709
Congratulations to Dr. Kroll’s Lab on their recent publication! Requirements for the neurodevelopmental disorder-associated gene ZNF292 in human cortical interneuron development and function. Kaushik K, Chapman G, Prakasam R, Batool F, Saleh M, Determan J, Huettner JE, Kroll KL. Cell Rep. 2025 Apr 20;44(5):115597. PMID: 40257863
Congratulations to Shilpa Padmanaban! Shilpa Padmanaban, Postdoc Research Associate in Dr. Elizabeth Pollina’s Lab, has been selected as a 2025 W.M. Keck Postdoctoral Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Solnica-Krezel’s and Dr. Tsai’s Labs on their recent publication! Temporal regulation of endoderm convergence and extension by the BMP activity gradient through mesoderm-dependent and independent mechanisms Chang CT, Tsai T, Solnica-Krezel L. Cells Dev. 2025 Mar 14:204021. PMID: 40090551
Congratulations to Dr. Pollina’s Lab on their recent publication! YTHDC1 cooperates with the THO complex to prevent RNA-damage-induced DNA breaks Tsao N, Lombardi PM, Park A, Olabode J, Rodell R, Sun H, Padmanaban S, Brickner JR, Tsai MS, Pollina EA, Chen CK, Mosammaparast N. Mol Cell. 2025 Mar 20;85(6):1085-1100.e9.PMID: 40037355
Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! New directions in neurosteroid therapeutics in neuropsychiatry Zorumski CF, Covey DF, Izumi Y, Evers AS, Maguire JL, Mennerick SJ. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2025 Mar 22;172:106119. PMID: 40127877
Congratulations to Dr. Helen McNeill! “Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues.” McNeill, the Larry J. Shapiro and Carol-Ann Uetake-Shapiro Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology at WashU Medicine, is recognized for […]
Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Pollina honored for innovations in neuroscience MIND Prize funds research into neurodegenerative diseases Elizabeth Pollina, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2025 MIND Prize from the Pershing Square Foundation. The MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize […]
Congratulations to Dr. Kroll’s Lab on their recent publication! Lifespan in rodents with MYT1L heterozygous mutation. Schreiber A, Swift RG, Wilson L, Kroll KL, Dougherty JD, Maloney SE. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 10;15(1):4998. PMID: 39930023