Vertebrate Development
The following 19 faculty members are pursuing research related to this topic.
Bell, Graeme I - ProfessorGenetics of diabetes and other metabolic disorders; development and regeneration of insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells
Dobyns, William B - ProfessorDevelopmental Neurogenetics, especially human brain development and the molecular genetics of brain malformations.
Greene, Geoffrey L - ProfessorSteroid hormone regulation of gene networks in reproductive tissues and cancers. Structure and function of nuclear receptors.
Ho, Robert K - ProfessorPattern formation and early development in the simple vertebrate zebrafish.
Imamoto, Akira - Associate ProfessorMouse models of human syndromes affecting morphogenesis, patterning, and cell fate during craniofacial and cardiovascular development.
Kee, Barbara L - Associate ProfessorTranscriptional regulation of lymphocyte development.
Lahn, Bruce - ProfessorEpigenetic Mechanisms of Cell Fate Restriction in Stem Cell Differentiation.
Macleod, Kay F - Assistant ProfessorRegulation of cell cycle checkpoints and cell death in response to oxidative stress and DNA damage.
McNally, Elizabeth - ProfessorGenetics of heart and muscle development and disease in humans and mice.
Millen, Kathleen - Associate ProfessorGenetic analysis vertebrate CNS development and the genetic basis of mental retardation and autism
Nobrega, Marcelo A - Assistant ProfessorGenetics of heart development and congenital heart diseases. Genetic engineering of mouse models of human diseases. Genomic organization and gene regulatory architecture. Vertebrate comparative genomics.
Popko, Brian - ProfessorMouse models in the study of neurological disorders.
Prince, Victoria - ProfessorMolecular, cellular, and comparative study of embryonic patterning along the anterior-posterior axis using zebrafish and other teleosts.
Ragsdale, Clifton - Associate ProfessorMolecular and cellular mechanisms of brain development
Sharma, Kamal - Associate ProfessorRole of transcription factors in determination of neuronal identity in relation to motor circuits in the vertebrate spinal cord.
Singh, Harinder - ProfessorGene regulatory networks and the specification of cell fates in the immune system. Genetic engineering of stem cells.
Skapek, Stephen - Associate ProfessorFunctional analysis of cancer suppressing genes.
Storb, Ursula - ProfessorImmunoglobulin gene expression; somatic hypermutation; regulation and functions of DNA methylation and chromatin modifications in development and transcription.
Svensson, Eric - Associate ProfessorDevelopmental biology of the cardiovascular system with emphasis on the transcriptional regulation of cardiac development