department of developmental biology

Irving Boime, PhD. Regulation of human placental and pituitary glycoprotein hormone genes.

Douglas F. Covey, PhD. Medicinal chemistry and pharmacology of steroids.

Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD. Regulation of synaptic strength during development.

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD. Gastrointestinal development, host microbial cross-talk in the gut ecosystem, protein N-myristoylation.
Gordon Laboratory Website: http://gordonlab.wustl.edu.

Gregory A. Grant, PhD. Mechanism of allsteric regulation in proteins.
Grant Laboratory Website: http://molecool.wustl.edu/GrantLab/

Shin-Ichiro Imai, MD, PhD. Molecular mechanism of mammalian aging and longevity.

Eugene M. Johnson, Jr. PhD. Biology of neurotrophic factors and mechanisms of neuronal programmed cell death.

Raphael Kopan, PhD. Notch signaling: mechanism and role in vertebrate development; hair follicle development as a model for vertebrate organisms.
Kopan Laboratory Website: http://molecool.wustl.edu/Kopan.html

Kerry Kornfeld, MD, PhD. Signal transduction during development.
Kornfeld Laboratory Website: under construction

Kristen L. Kroll, PhD. Cell fate determination during vertebrate embryonic development, focusing on neural plate formation.
Kroll Lab Website: http://molecool.wustl.edu/krolllab/index.html

Criag Micchelli, PhD.
Micchelli Laboratory Website: under construction

Jeanne M. Nerbonne, PhD. Regulation of membrane excitability, structure, function, and regulation of voltage-dependant ion channels.
Nerbonne Laboratory Website: http://molecool.wustl.edu/nerbonnelab/home.html

**David M. Ornitz, MD, PhD. Function of FGFs and FGF receptors during mouse organogenesis. Genes involved in the development and function of the vestibular system.
Ornitz Laboratory Website: http://molecool.wustl.edu/ornitzlab/home.htm.

John H. Russell, PhD. The role of Fas and IL-2 in models of multiple sclerosis and other forms of autoimmune and lymphoproliferative diseases.

**Interim Chair