Announcing the Dev Bio 2024/25 Incoming Grad Class

We are very excited to announce our Dev Bio 2024/25 Incoming Grad Class!

Devon Harris in Margaret Fuller's lab successfully defended her thesis on March 5, 2024

Devon Harris in Margaret Fuller's lab successfully defended her thesis titled "HOW to switch from mitosis to meiosis: The role of an RNA binding protein complex in the transition from proliferation to differentiation" on March 5, 2024.

Tzu-Chiao Hung in David Kingsley's lab successfully defended her thesis titled "Boundary stacking enables cross-TAD enhancer-promoter interactions during limb development"

Tzu-Chiao Hung in David Kingsley's lab successfully defended her thesis titled "Boundary stacking enables cross-TAD enhancer-promoter interactions during limb development" on December 15, 2023.

Kei Yamaya in Anne Villeneuve’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled "Homologous recombination during C. elegans meiosis: Regulation of chromosome organization and DNA repair machinery"

Kei Yamaya in Anne Villeneuve’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Homologous recombination during C. elegans meiosis: Regulation of chromosome organization and DNA repair machinery” on June 16, 2023.

Trisha Chong in Lucy Shapiro’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled "Timing the process of cell differentiation during the Caulobacter cell cycle"

Trisha Chong in Lucy Shapiro’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Timing the process of cell differentiation during the Caulobacter cell cycle” on June 12, 2023.

Student Award for Excellence in Societal Citizenship: Sarah Stern

Sarah Stern, Developmental Biology

This award recognizes students who make exemplary contributions towards promoting social justice, diversity and inclusion, meaningful participation in civic life, and/or awareness of societal issues that impact our communities.

Awards for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion: Anne Villeneuve

Anne Villeneuve, Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Professor and Professor of Developmental Biology and of Genetics

This award recognized faculty and academic staff who make distinguished contributions towards enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion across Stanford School of Medicine and Biosciences.

Community College Outreach Program (CCOP)

The CCOP, established by the Department of Developmental Biology, offers scientific mentorship and provides a first-rate research opportunity to underrepresented and underserved community college students, shifting perspectives on who can be a scientist, said CCOP Director Megan Agajanian.

Ellen Bouchard in William Talbot's lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Myelination in the Central Nervous System is Fine-Tuned by an Antagonistic Interaction between Lysosomal Regulators”

Ellen Bouchard in William Talbot’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Myelination in the Central Nervous System is Fine-Tuned by an Antagonistic Interaction between Lysosomal Regulators” on May 5, 2023.

Heidi Chen in Gill Bejerano & David Kingsley's lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Whole-genome comparisons identify enhancers underlying repeated fin evolution in diverse fishes”

Heidi Chen in Gill Bejerano & David Kingsley's lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Whole-genome comparisons identify enhancers underlying repeated fin evolution in diverse fishes”.

John Vaughen in Tom Clandinin lab successfully defended his thesis titled “Sphingolipid Control of Neural Circuits by Glial Catabolism”

Mollie Friedlander Qian defended her thesis titled "Discovering new functions of the diabetes gene HNF1A in human pancreatic islets"

Mollie Friedlander Qian in Seung Kim’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Discovering new functions of the diabetes gene HNF1A in human pancreatic islets” on February 8, 2022.

Lauren Goins to join the Developmental Biology Faculty!

We are excited to welcome Dr. Lauren Goins to the department as an Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, starting in January 2023.

Wendy Wenderski defended her thesis titled "Neuron-specific chromatin remodeling in social behavior and memory"

Wendy Wenderski in Gerald Crabtree’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Neuron-specific chromatin remodeling in social behavior and memory” on February 8, 2022.

Rachel Grant defended her thesis titled "Genetic studies of human-chimpanzee divergence using stem cell fusions"

Rachel Grant in David Kingsley’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled “Genetic studies of human-chimpanzee divergence using stem cell fusions” on January 20, 2022.

Julia Wucherpfennig defended her thesis titled "How does nature evolve more stickles on sticklebacks?"

Julia Wucherpfennig in David Kingsley’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled “How does nature evolve more stickles on sticklebacks?” on January 18, 2022.

Giovanni Diaz defended his thesis titled "Mature Cochlear Hair Cell Transcriptional Diversity Revealed with Single-Cell RNA Sequencing"

Giovanni Diaz in Stefan Heller’s lab successfully defended his thesis titled “Mature Cochlear Hair Cell Transcriptional Diversity Revealed with Single-Cell RNA Sequencing” on August 20, 2021.

Stanford Dev Bio - Prospective Postdoc Preview

The Department of Developmental Biology at Stanford University is looking to build connections and solidarity with senior PhD candidates from a diversity of disciplines and backgrounds.

Professor Seung Kim Was Selected For the 2020-21 Stanford Biosciences “Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award”

Professor Seung Kim was awarded the 2020-21 Stanford Biosciences “Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award”at the School of Medicine Commencement on Saturday, June 12, 2021.

Erin Sanders defended her thesis titled "Adaptable stem cell differentiation in the adult Drosophila intestinal epithelium"

Erin Sanders in Lucy O’Brien’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled "Adaptable stem cell differentiation in the adult Drosophila intestinal epithelium” on May 24, 2021.

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