Lab members

Katherine leads the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

Postdoc Developmental optogenetics with Patrick Müller at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society in Tübingen, Germany
Ph.D. Nodal-mediated germ layer patterning with Alexander F. Schier at Harvard University
B.S. C. elegans developmental genetics with David S. Fay at the University of Wyoming

Will is a research technician for the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

Three years of zebrafish husbandry experience at the National Institutes of Health with Charles River Laboratories
B.S. Marine Biology and Aquaculture at the Florida Institute of Technology

Allison is a post-baccalaureate fellow in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

B.S. Molecular and microbiology at the University of Wyoming
Undergraduate research Mutagenesis of C. elegans followed by the use of the sibling subtraction method (Joseph et al. 2018) to investigate developmental genetics in David S. Fay’s lab at the University of Wyoming

Leanne is a post-doctoral fellow in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

Ph.D. Biomedical polarimetry & biomechanics of musculoskeletal soft tissues (e.g. tendons & ligaments) with Spencer P. Lake at Washington University in St. Louis
M.Eng
Orthopaedic
(meniscal enthesis) tissue engineering with Lawrence J. Bonassar at Cornell University
B.S.
Biological Engineering at Cornell University

Selvaraj is a post-doctoral visiting fellow in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

Ph.D. in Genetic Engineering “Development of strategies for enhanced CRISPR-Cas9 targeted mutagenesis in zebrafish” at SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRM IST), Chennai, India.
M.Sc. in Genetics “Generation of novel morphological pattern by changes in cis and trans regulatory regions in Drosophila melanogaster-An overview” with Shyamala B. V at Developmental Genetics Lab, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India.
“Effect of Artificial sweeteners on inconstant gut microbiota and related physiological and behavioural changes in Drosophila melanogaster” with Krishna M. S at Stress Biology Lab, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India
B.Sc. (Chemistry, Botany, Zoology) “Antimicrobial activities of mannich bases of some fluorinated heterocycles derived from 1,2,4 – Triazoles and Arylfurans” with Alphonsus D’Souza and Agnes Sylvia D'Souza at St. Philomena’s College (Affiliated to University of Mysore), Mysuru, India.

UDS Alumni

Daria Lukasz

UDS postdoc 2022-2022
Currently: Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati
Catherine E. Rogers

UDS Postbac 2021 - 2023
Currently Ph.D. student in the Johns Hopkins University Graduate Partnership Program

Rogers Lab 2023