This branch of genetics investigates how genes control embryonic development and cell differentiation. Using a variety of preclinical models, researchers study the mechanisms of how genes impact developmental processes, pattern formation and cellular differentiation that are related to human disease.
Faculty in this research group collaborate and work with students and trainees to break new ground in the broad field of developmental genetics. Current areas of study include:
- Bone development
- Bone disease states (e.g., Paget's disease)
- Craniofacial development (e.g., craniosynostosis)
- Differentiation therapy of cancer
- Globin gene expression
- MITF genes in eye development and melanoma
- Neighbor-specific gene expression during mouse embryonic development
- Role of cell competition in cancer development
Faculty
Swadesh Das, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Paul B. Fisher, M.Ph., Ph.D., FNAI
Professor
Rajan Gogna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Rita Shiang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Jolene Windle, Ph.D.
Professor and Eminent Scholar
