[DEV2 Membership Roster] [DEV2 Meeting Rosters]

The Development-2 [DEV2] study section reviews applications covering a wide range of topics in developmental biology using diverse animal models. Cell biological, biochemical, genetic, imaging and molecular approaches to developmental problems at the level of cells, tissues, organs and the whole organism are appropriate. Emphasis is on pattern formation, stem cell biology, evolution, birth defects, and early embryonic development. Specific Areas covered by DEV2:

• Stem cell biology: totipotency and cell commitment.
• Early embryonic development: establishment and maintenance of cell polarity in eggs and embryos; tracing of cell lineage; cell migration; gastrulation; epithelial-mesenchymal transformation.
• Pattern formation: the process of cells establishing and refining boundaries and cellular identities that lead to morphological and biochemical patterns; the analysis of signal transduction pathways and signal integration during development.
• Regulatory networks: whole genome approaches to profile and analyze regulatory networks in development particularly in the context of pattern formation, birth defects, early embryonic development.
• Evolution of development: comparative development to understand conserved developmental processes and how they evolved.
• Birth defects: mechanism-based analyses of birth defects.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order:

Neurogenesis and Cell Fate [NCF] 
Skeletal Biology Development and Disease [SBDD]
Development-1 [DEV1]
Hematopoiesis [HP]
Molecular Genetics B [MGB]