• Congratulations to Evelyn Schwager for being awarded a German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Fellowship!

• Congratulations to Ana Roda for receiving a fellowship from the Harvard College Research Program (HCRP), and to Trieu Ton for both a HCRP fellowship and a MCZ Grants-in-Aid of Undergraduate Research!

• Welcome to our summer students Ana Roda, Trieu Ton and Gabi Walters!

Welcome to the Extavour lab. We are a collection of developmental biologists, molecular biologists, geneticists, cell biologists, zoologists, and evolutionary biologists. Our shared interest is in the evolution of the genetic mechanisms employed during early animal embryogenesis to specify cell fate, development and differentiation. We focus primarily on the evolution and development of reproductive systems, including both the germ line and the somatic components of the gonad.