Developmental and Cell Biology Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Shi: Using super-resolution microscopy and chemical synthesis, Professor Shi devises advanced imaging techniques and multiomics methods to examine how cells power development across all scales. She investigates the ways cells organize proteins, RNA and DNA in space and time; the molecular mechanisms underpinning primary cilia’s regulation of Hedgehog signaling; and organization of single-cell multiomic data at the spatial scale.

Developmental and Cell Biology Assistant Professor Katherine Thompson-Peer: Professor Thompson-Peer researches the recovery of neurons after injury in vivo. In particular, Professor Thompson-Peer is interested in how dendrites, which are short branched extensions of nerve cells, regenerate following damage to the brain, stroke, and other kinds of neurodegeneration. A primary goal is creating a new framework to better understand the capacity of injured neurons to recover in young and aging animals.