Developmental Biology

Ongoing research in developmental biology includes study of germ cell sex determination, the role of cell-molecular processes in tumor formation, the establishment of polarity in leaves, and invertebrate nervous system development.

Faculty Research Interests in Developmental Biology
Faculty member	Research Interest
Jonathan Allen Assistant Professor Ph.D., U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Marine invertebrate biology; life history evolution; larval ecology and the role of maternal effects in development
Eric L. Bradley Professor Ph.D., Univ. of California Santa Barbara	Biomedical Imaging; in vivo monitoring of cell-molecular processes in mammary tumor development. Mechanisms of reproductive inhibition; role of the endocrine system in maintaining reversible infertility.
Margaret Saha Professor Ph.D., University of Virginia	Developmental neurobiology; molecular genetics of cell determination and patterning in the developing vertebrate nervous system, particularly genes regulating brain and vascular development
Diane C. Shakes Professor Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University	Cell and developmental biology; the interplay between cell cycle progression and cell differentiation during C. elegans gametogenesis
Matthew Wawersik Associate Professor Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Cell and developmental biology; molecular genetic analysis of germ cell sex determination and germline stem cell establishment

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