Developmental Biology & Evolution of Development

Dr. H. Gert de Couet - the function and evolution of genetic networks responsible for the development and function of the cytoskeleton and neuro-muscular systems of animals.

Dr. Michael Hadfield - the chemosensory mechanisms of marine invertebrates; role of bacterial films in the metamorphasis of pelagic invertebrate larvae; signal-transduction mechanisms in these larvae.

Dr. Mark Martindale - the cellular and molecular formation of metameric body plans; the relationship between radially symmetrical and bilaterally symmetrical organisms; the role of the early cleavage program in the segregation of developmental potential in a wide variety of animals which share a mode of embryogenesis known as spiral cleavage.

Dr. Steven Robinow - genetic and hormonal regulation of nervous system development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, particularly how developmental signals such as hormones, nuclear receptors, trophic factors and synaptic contacts regulate gene expression to control nervous system development and function.