Lineage and cell fate specification in the mammalian retina

Molecular genetics of metabolism and development

Mechanobiology of development

Development of Vertebrate Cardiovascular System

Molecular Regulation of Stem Cell and Germline Biology

Molecular basis of cellular quiescence

Cardiac repair and regeneration, wound healing, progenitors, fibroblasts

Craniofacial Development and Progenitor Biology

Using Genomics to Understand Seed Development

Cancer biology, stem/progenitor cells and metabolism

Neuronal development in Drosophila

Molecular Analysis of Plant-Microbe Interactions; Development of DNA-based Methods to Authenticate Botanicals

Genetic and molecular studies of DNA and histone methylation and their role in the control of gene expression.

Mechanisms of pre-mRNA splicing and processing; the role of chromatin modification in gene expression

Transcription factor networks and chromatin modifications involved in plant embryonic patterning and stem cell formation

Elucidating the mechanisms of cell fate determination

Biology education research; equity in undergraduate STEM education

Molecular Basis of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development

Heart development, stem cell biology

Computational methods to interpret genomic data

The Biology of Aging

Sensory axon and skin development in zebrafish

Developmental and evolutionary biology of mammals

We seek to understand the mechanisms that shape neuronal circuit function during embryonic development.

Transcriptional regulation of cell fate decisions underlying post-embryonic development in plants

Regulators of tissue infiltration and energy production

Investigating the links between cell polarity and cell division and specialization

Noncoding RNA in disease and development