Training Faculty
The 22 training faculty are appointed in one of three Departments (Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, or Human Physiology) and one of four Institutes (Institute of Molecular Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology). The Institutes provide an interactive environment; they bring together researchers with common interests, run graduate programs, provide administrative support, and host annual retreats. Trainees are exposed to research in all the Institutes due to a rich tradition of collaboration, common training activities, the close proximity of most labs, and shared facilities. As such, the program fosters interdisciplinary training that bridges genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, computational biology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. This breadth complements the focused project-oriented training the students receive in their host labs, producing creative developmental biologists empowered to become leaders of their own research programs.
Kryn Stankunas and Chris Doe co-direct the program and it’s NIH training grant. Judith Eisen and Annie Zemper currently serve as additional executive committee members.
Training Faculty | Institute | Department | Research Areas |
Bruce Bowerman | IMB | Biology | 2, 3 |
Bill Cresko | IEE | Biology | 2, 4 |
Chris Doe | ION | Biology | 1, 2, 3 |
Judith Eisen * | ION | Biology | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Daniel Grimes | IMB | Biology | 2, 3, 5 |
Karen Guillemin | IMB | Biology | 2, 3, 5 |
Tory Herman * | IMB | Biology | 1, 2, 3 |
Adrianne Huxtable | ION | Human Physiology | 1, 5 |
Charles Kimmel * | ION | Biology | 1, 2, 4 |
Diana Libuda | IMB | Biology | 2, 3 |
Svetlana Maslakova | OIMB | Biology | 3, 4 |
Adam Miller | ION | Biology | 1, 2, 3 |
Cris Niell | ION | Biology | 1, 5 |
Patrick Phillips | IEE | Biology | 4 |
John Postlethwait * | ION | Biology | 2, 4 |
Annie Zemper | IMB | Biology | 2, 3, 5 |
Ken Prehoda | IMB | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 1, 3 |
Eric Selker | IMB | Biology | 2 |
Kryn Stankunas | IMB | Biology | 2, 5 |
Emily Sylwestrak | ION | Biology | 1, 2, 5 |
Monte Westerfield * | ION | Biology | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
George von Dassow | OIMB | Biology | 3, 4 |
(1) Developmental neurobiology
(2) Developmental genetics & gene expression
(3) Cellular dynamics of development (cell polarity / cytoskeletal regulation / protein trafficking)
(4) Evolution and development
(5) Mouse development & disease models
* As potential co-advisors only