Schilling Lab

Thomas F. Schilling, Ph.D.
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine
4109 Natural Sciences II
Irvine, CA 92697-2300

Office: 4109 Natural Sciences II Lab: NatSci II
Phone: (949) 824-2479 Phone: (949) 824-7203
FAX: (949) 824-4709



Our laboratory is generally interested in the early embryonic development of the vertebrate nervous system and skeleton. We study zebrafish, small teleost fish that have emerged as a powerful new genetic system for studying how genes control early development. The genetic mechanisms we are studying have important implications for human birth defects and cancers. Accordingly, our research is currently supported by the March of Dimes (1-FY01-198), the Pew Scholars Program (2615SC) and by the NIH (NS-41353 and DE-13828).










The Graduate Program and how to apply.

Schilling lab students are currently enrolled in either the Developmental Biology and Genetics (http://www.bio.uci.edu/academic/grad/mbgb_dev.html) or the Neurobiology (http://www.bio.uci.edu/academic/grad/mbgb_neu.html) tracks within our joint program in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biochemistry (http://www.bio.uci.edu/academic/grad/mbgb.html).