Overview
The students in the Molecular and Developmental Biology Program at Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation and the University of Cincinnati are a diverse group. Over 40 students are enrolled in the program at any one time, and they have a variety of educational backgrounds, come from many different states and countries, and conduct their own research on a whole range of molecular and developmental biology topics.
To give you a feel for the variety of students involved in the program, and the kinds of research they are conducting, a representative sample of our current students have agreed to highlight their backgrounds and research interests. As you get to know each of them, you will also learn why they decided to pursue their scientific careers through the Molecular and Developmental Biology Program at Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation and the University of Cincinnati -- and that those reasons are as varied as their research interests.
| Name | Research Interest | Year Entered |
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| TJ Plageman | The role of two related transcription factors (Tbx5 and Tbx20) during embryonic heart development. | 2000 |
| Rajat Madan | Transcriptional regulation of the cytokine genes - IL-12 p40 and IL-10 | 2001 |
| Ni Song | Molecular dissection of early lens development in mouse | 2001 |
| Gabriel Ghiaur | Hematopoietic stem cell engraftment during both embryonic development as well as bone marrow transplantation. | 2001 |
| Dave Metzger | Role of fibroblast growth factors (FGF) in lung embryogenesis by identifying novel downstream targets of FGF signaling. | 2002 |
| Yoni Mahller | Generating therapeutic viruses as a novel anti-cancer approach | 2002 |
| Katherine Eaton | G-protein coupled receptors to determine their roles in stress regulation and anxiety behavior. | 2002 |
| Faisal Adhami | Characterizing two aspects of pathology in a mouse model of stroke. | 2003 |
| Elaine Shelton | The role of T-box transcription factors in heart valve development. | 2003 |
| Christopher Runyan | The role of Steel factor on germ cell survival and migration, and the mechanisms of death of ectopic and mismigratory germ cells. | 2003 |
| Shawna Hottinger | The role of phosphorylation in modification of wildtype alpha-B crystallin's cellular activities and in the etiology of the desmin-related myopathy. | 2004 |
| Kathy Schroer | The effects of GST gene polymorphisms and environmental exposures on the development of asthma, and the role of IL-13 in asthma and obesity. | 2004 |
| Gang Chen | Directional in vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cell towards respiratory alveolar epithelial cell. and transcriptional regulation during lung development and regeneration. | 2004 |
| Kristen Lipscomb | EVC and LBN in heart development and disease | 2004 |
| Emily Sites | | 2005 |
| Om Prakash | Heart development in zebrafish | 2005 |
| Manish Kumar | | 2005 |
For more information about the Molecular and Developmental Biology Program at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati, email mdbprog@cchmc.org or call 513-636-4545. You can also request an application packet online.
