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

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.

Teni Anbarchian in Roel Nusse’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled "Role of the Transcription Factor Tbx3 in Liver Development” on May 25, 2021.

Stanford has announced the winners of the 2020 Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel and Gores awards honoring faculty, students and staff.

Congratulation to Seung Kim. He has been elected to the Association of American Physicians.

Leslie Mateo in Alistair Boettiger’s lab successfully defended her thesis titled "Applying super-resolution microscopy to investigate the regulatory structure of the genome” on January 18, 2021.

Ian Heller in David Kingsley’s lab successfully defended his thesis titled “Responding to signals in the wound: insight from a mammalian Bmp5 injury element in zebrafish regeneration models” on December 9, 2020.

Garrett Roberts Kingman in David Kingsley’s lab successfully defended his thesis titled "The genetic basis of parallel and divergent evolution in threespine stickleback” on November 18, 2020.

Samuel Kimmey defended his thesis titled "Mapping Single Cell Protein & Biosynthesis Dynamics Across Human Embryonic & Adult Specification” on November 12, 2020.

Amanda Papakyrikos defended her thesis titled "Investigating the function of a mitochondrial phosphatase, PTPMT1, in Drosophila melanogaster” on August 12, 2020.

Wendy Wenderski, a DBIO graduate student in Dr. Gerald Crabtree Lab, has received the NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award.

On July 6, Krissie Tellez defended her thesis titled "Gluca-gone: Studies of glucagon secretion by human islets and alpha-like cells transplanted in a novel glucagon-null mouse".

Pancreatic alpha cells from people with diabetes release excess amounts of glucagon, a hormone important in blood sugar control, in a new Stanford-developed mouse model of transplanted human islets.

On May 7, 2020, Emily Kolenbrander successfully defended her here thesis, “Spatial and temporal constraints imposed on the Hedgehog pathway by the primary cilium”

On April 16, Kelsey Roberts defended her thesis titled "Mechanism of Smoothened Regulation by the Hedgehog Receptor Patched".

During this academic year, several Developmental Biology graduate students successfully defended their thesis: Ellen Rim and Michael Guernsey.

Huge congratulations to Roel Nusse and members of his laboratory, who are are being recognized for the identification of Wnts and the elucidation of the Wnt pathway and its key role in development, stem cells, and cancer. 

Stanford continues to take steps to respond to the spread of coronavirus, working to support the health and well-being of our community and our neighboring communities.

Weissman and Johns Hopkins’ Bert Vogelstein will share the 2019 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research for discoveries in stem cell and cancer biology.