Andrea Ross, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, spring 2001 - present
Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology, Emory University, 2000
B.S. in Biology,  Duke University, 1993

Current Projects:

1. Investigating potential roles of Mullerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS) during testis development.
2. To examine the roles of the bHLH transcription factor POD1 in gonad development;
3. Identification of genes involved in sex-specific vascular development in the gonads
 

Doug Coveney, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2002-present
PhD at The Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne, Australia 2002
BSc(hons) at the University of Melbourne, Australia, 1998

Current Projects:

1. To investigate the role of vascular development in structural patterning of testis cords.
2. To investigate the relationship between testicular vascular branching, myoid and steroidogenic cell lineages.
3. To investigate signaling pathways involved in coelomic vessel formation and branching.
 

Leo Anthony DiNapoli
4th year Ph.D. student
BS, 1997, Biology/Classical Studies, Duke University

Current Projects:

1. To investigate the effects of FGF9 on male testis formation.
2. To develop new technology for the manipulation of developing mouse gonads
3. Comparative study of temperature based sex determination in turtles
 

Yuna Kim
4th year Ph.D. student.
MS in Microbiology, 1995, Chungnam National University, South Korea.

Current Projects:

1.The molecular mechanism of male specific regulation of FGF9 during testis development.

Hao Tang
2nd year Ph.D. student
MS, 1999, Beijing Union Medical College
BS, 1996, Lanzhou University

Current Projects:

1. Investigating other sources of stem cells in testis development
 

Iordan Batchvarov, Technician
MS in Biology, 1993, Sofia University, Bulgaria

Last updated: August 4, 2003

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