Faculty, fellows and students in the Department of Developmental Biology are working at the forefront of basic science research to understand the principals and molecular mechanisms that guide embryonic development, the differentiation of adult cell types, regeneration, and aging. This work is related to a number of human diseases, including cancer, diabetes and various degenerative diseases.

The Department is home to about 60 graduate students and 80 postdoctoral fellows. These people are the key to the Department's success as they take the research in new directions. We also have a superb administrative staff that keeps the Department running smoothly. The Department is amply equipped with modern equipment such as confocal and other types of microscopes, microarray facilities, robotics, and computer systems. We share our space and major equipment. Thus, students and postdocs from different groups are intermixed. This enhances interactions at all levels and guarantees equality in terms of access to all resources and equipment. More »