Training Grants

DBTP Training Faculty

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