The McMenamin Lab
Our Research Questions
Our Research Questions
• What genetic and endocrine factors regulate the growth and mineralization of the vertebrate skeleton?
• What genetic and endocrine factors regulate the growth and mineralization of the vertebrate skeleton?
• How do appendages remember their shape and regrow that shape during regeneration?
• How do appendages remember their shape and regrow that shape during regeneration?
• Can changes in relative developmental timing cause congenital disease or create evolutionary novel phenotypes?
• Can changes in relative developmental timing cause congenital disease or create evolutionary novel phenotypes?
Our Mission
Our Mission
We are an ecosystem of scientists researching how vertebrates develop. We work towards answering fundamental questions about evolution and biomedicine using the powerful zebrafish model. We strive to create an environment where researchers at all career levels can do our best possible science, and to be an incubator and a platform from which successful careers are launched.
We are an ecosystem of scientists researching how vertebrates develop. We work towards answering fundamental questions about evolution and biomedicine using the powerful zebrafish model. We strive to create an environment where researchers at all career levels can do our best possible science, and to be an incubator and a platform from which successful careers are launched.
Our Commitment to Diversity
Our Commitment to Diversity
We understand that diversity in identities and lived experiences is essential to excellence. We recognize that trainees with different identities and backgrounds face specific challenges and biases, both unintentional and targeted. In our lab, we are committed to creating and continuously improving an inclusive, supportive environment for people of all racial identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, political, religious and non-religious beliefs and sexual and gender identities. We work to educate ourselves about identities different than our own, and to uplift those who continue to face structural discrimination, exclusion and bias.
We understand that diversity in identities and lived experiences is essential to excellence. We recognize that trainees with different identities and backgrounds face specific challenges and biases, both unintentional and targeted. In our lab, we are committed to creating and continuously improving an inclusive, supportive environment for people of all racial identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, political, religious and non-religious beliefs and sexual and gender identities. We work to educate ourselves about identities different than our own, and to uplift those who continue to face structural discrimination, exclusion and bias.
Our Lab Values
Our Lab Values
• Commitment: We are passionate about asking fundamental biological questions and producing the highest possible quality of research
• Commitment: We are passionate about asking fundamental biological questions and producing the highest possible quality of research
• Collaboration: Our work is inherently interdisciplinary, so we maintain excellent collaborative relationships within and outside of our lab
• Collaboration: Our work is inherently interdisciplinary, so we maintain excellent collaborative relationships within and outside of our lab
• Communication: Good communication is the lifeblood that sustains our lab, and communicating our results with the broader scientific community the ultimate goal of all our research
• Communication: Good communication is the lifeblood that sustains our lab, and communicating our results with the broader scientific community the ultimate goal of all our research
• respeCt: We respect ourselves, our lab mates, our environment and our broader communities
• respeCt: We respect ourselves, our lab mates, our environment and our broader communities
Our Support
Our Support
Our lab is currently supported through funding from the NIH (R35 MIRA Award), NSF (NSF CAREER Award), and the Smith Family Foundation (Smith Odyssey Award).
Our lab is currently supported through funding from the NIH (R35 MIRA Award), NSF (NSF CAREER Award), and the Smith Family Foundation (Smith Odyssey Award).
