DBTP Training Faculty
- Prince, Victoria: Regionalization of the primary body axis and collective cell migration in neural development, using zebrafish as a model
- Horne-Badovinac, Sally: Molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling collective cell migration, ECM remodeling, and organ morphogenesis
- Carrillo, Robert: Molecules and mechanisms controlling neural wiring specificity
- Du, Wei: Cell cycle, tumor suppressor genes and developmental mechanisms
- 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
- Green, William: Cell biology of neurotransmitter receptors
- Grove, Elizabeth: Cellular and molecular mechanisms that control patterning, cell fate choice, and differentiation in the mammalian forebrain
- 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
- Ho, Robert: Pattern formation and early development in the simple vertebrate zebrafish
- Kasthuri, Narayanan (Bobby): Neural development and neuronal connectivity overlarge volumes
- Kee, Barbara: Transcriptional regulation of lymphocyte development
- Kovar, David: Biochemical mechanisms of actin filament assembly
- Kratsios, Paschalis: Molecular principles governing motor neuron diversity and motor circuit assembly
- 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
- Macleod, Kay: Regulation of cell cycle checkpoints and cell death in response to oxidative stress and DNA damage
- Malamy, Jocelyn: Molecular regulation of tissue regeneration (Arabidopsis, cnidarians)
- 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.
- Ragsdale, Cliff: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of brain development
- Rebay, Ilaria: Transcriptional regulatory circuitries in development and disease; Receptor tyrosine kinase signal transduction
- Reinitz, John: Evolution of cisregulatory sequences and the role of canalization
- Rust, Michael: Investigations of small molecular networks including those underlying circadian clocks
- Schmidt-Ott, Urs: Developmental genetics and evolution of insects
- Schwartz, Nancy: Transcriptional control of ECM expression during chondrogenesis and neurogenesis; regulation of sulfate activation; skeletal dysplasias
- Shubin, Neil: Paleontology and developmental studies to identify mechanisms behind the evolutionary origin of new anatomical features and faunas
- Wei, Wei: Development and function of the neural circuits in the retina
- Wu, Xiaoyang: Role of cytoskeletal dynamics in transmitting niche signals to regulate skin somatic stem cell activity and functions