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The newest edition of the DRB quarterly newsletter has been released. Read about all things DRB from the recent DRB Friendsgiving event to how to submit questions for the alumni career panel. As always, if you have any exciting news or publicaitons for...

As the academic year begins anew, DRB is excited for the coming research of the following students as they have officially joined their thesis lab. Fasih Ahsan has joined Alex Soukas' lab. Felicia Wrantiz has joined Caroline Burns' lab. Chaim Chernoff has...

The work titled "A Transgenic System for Rapid Magnetic Enrichment of Rare Embryonic cells" was published in Zebrafish and can be found here. Sam, a G5 DRB student leader, performed the work in the Zon lab. The novel transgenic lines enable rapid cell...

Olivia from the Goessling lab successfuly digitally defended her thesis "Environmental and Genetic Pertubations During Development Shape Multi-Organ Health Outcomes." Along with her scholarship, Olivia has been a vital student leader in DRB, having served...

The work titled "In vitro characterization of the human segmentation clock" was published in Nature and can be found here. Margarete, the co-first author, is a G5 in the Pourquie lab. This work represents a significant milestone in the furthering of our...

The work titled "Genetic and Mechanical Regulation of Intestinal Smooth Muscle Development" was published in the September issue of Cell and can be found here. Tyler, the first author, is currently a Post-Doctoral fellow at the Gartner lab at UCSF. Second...

We had a great Meet-the-DRB to start the 2019-2020 academic calendar year. The event started with talks by Trista North, Andrew Lasar, and Bess Miller describing the DRB program and an introduction to our new Curriculum Fellow Mara Laslo. Then, an hour of...

Edwin Rosado-Olivieri from the Melton lab successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled " In vitro modeling of human B-cell differentiation, regeneration and function." Edwin's next research challenge will take place in New York, where he will join the...