DBTP Training Faculty
- Albertin, Caroline B.: Cephalopod development
- Arac-Ozkan, Demet: Neurons, synapse formation and validation by cell adhesion molecules: Adhesion GPCRs and Teneurins
- Carrillo, Robert: Molecules and mechanisms controlling neural wiring specificity
- Chen, Huanhuan: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine
- Eatock, Ruth A.: Vestibular inner ear: Development of mechanotrans- duction, synaptic transmission, and afferent encoding
- Echeverri, Karen: Regeneration of Axolotl and Nematostella
- Fehon, Richard: Regulation of epithelial polarity and proliferation during development
- Ferguson, Edwin: Developmental genetics of cell fate specification and stem cell maintenance in Drosophila
- Gardel, Margaret: Physical principles underlying force transmission of the cytoskeleton and how these biophysical properties regulate cellular
behaviors such as adhesion and migration - Gilad, Yoav: Understanding gene regulatory processes and elucidating the genetic architecture of human-specific traits including disease
- Gillis, J. Andrew: Development of sensory systems
- Glotzer, Michael: Molecular mechanisms controlling cytokinesis and tissue morphogenesis
- Hayne, Cassandra: tRNA splicing machinery linked to a neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease
- He, Chuan: The role of dynamic and reversible nucleic acid methylation in controlling gene expression
- Heckscher, Elizabeth (Ellie): Development and function of neural circuits in the motor system
- Horne-Badovinac, Sally: Molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling collective cell migration, ECM remodeling, and organ morphogenesis
- Kasthuri, Narayanan (Bobby): Neural development and neuronal connectivity overlarge volumes
- Kratsios, Paschalis: Molecular principles governing motor neuron diversity and motor circuit assembly
- Krishnan, Yamuna: Quantitative chemical maps of organelle lumens using the tools of bionanotechnology
- Kronforst, Marcus: Evolution and genetics of adaptation and speciation with butterflies as the primary model system
- Lee, Heng-Chi: Small RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation & genome surveillance
- Marlow, Heather A.: Genomics, Evolution, Regulatory Networks
- Morgan, Jennifer R.: Spinal cord injury and regeneration of the vertebrate central nervous system
- Moskowitz, Ivan: Molecular genetics of cardiovascular development and congenital heart disease
- Munro, Edwin: Actomyosin network dynamics and contractility; cell polarization; tissue morphogenesis; computational cell and developmental biology
- Ozkan, Engin: Protein-protein interactions and their molecular underpinnings that govern how neurons function
- Patel, Nipam: Pattern formation in model systems; how developmental pathways have been conserved or altered between various arthropods.
- Prince, Victoria: Regionalization of the primary body axis and collective cell migration in neural development, using zebrafish as a model
- Ragsdale, Cliff: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of brain development
- Rebay, Ilaria: Transcriptional regulatory circuitries in development and disease; Receptor tyrosine kinase signal transduction
- Rust, Michael: Investigations of small molecular networks including those underlying circadian clocks
- Schmidt-Ott, Urs: Developmental genetics and evolution of insects
- Shubin, Neil: Paleontology and developmental studies to identify mechanisms behind the evolutionary origin of new anatomical features and faunas
- Wu, Xiaoyang: Role of cytoskeletal dynamics in transmitting niche signals to regulate skin somatic stem cell activity and functions
- Zhang, Xiaochang: Fundamental mechanisms of brain development with the ultimate goal of diagnosing and treating neurological disorders
- Zhang, Zhuzhu: Human Genetics
- Zhou, Bin: Pediatrics