Advancing the health and well-being of animals and people

Developmental Biology




Area of Interest
Biological interactions that take place between a mother and fetus during pregnancy genes and development; Equine medicine with emphasis on immunology, genetics, and reproduction

Canine genomics; genetics of adaptation and domestication

Neurology; Craniocervical junction abnormalities
Role of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) family in mammalian meiosis and recombination; RNA binding Argonauts in germline and other mammalian tissue stem cells; Genetics and development; Gamete biology, fertilization & reproductive tract
Equine immune system with specific interest in immunodeficiencies and developmental immunity of the foal; immunomodulatory therapies and response to vaccines; comparative animal model for human disease research
Transcriptional and cellular control of tissue morphogenesis; molecular and cellular events that direct the formation of tissues and organs during vertebrate embryogenesis; cell signaling; cellular behaviors and cell shape during development

Cancer cell biology
Animal models of inherited human disorders as a means to understand sex determination and differentiation at the molecular level; inherited disorders of the reproductive tract
Mouse genetics and functional genomics; genomic instability; genetic recombination; genetics of gametogenesis and development; use of ES cells to mutagenize the mouse genome
Biomedical mechanics; canine hip dysplasia; osteoarthritis; genetics linkage analysis