S. Kerry Kornfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Developmental Biology
Co-Director, Graduate Program in Developmental Biology
Washington University School of Medicine

Lab Phone: 314-747-2004
FAX: 314-362-7058

Street Address: 4577 McKinley,
St. Louis, MO 63110
Campus Box: 8103
Lab Address: 3607 Cancer Research Building
Email: kornfeld@wustl.edu

The Kornfeld Laboratory provides training in genetics, cell biology and developmental biology. Trainees include undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Research in the Kornfeld Laboratory is focused in two areas.

The first is cell fate determination during animal development. This project includes analyzing zinc metabolism and homeostasis, since we discovered that zinc has important effects on signaling during development.

The second is aging, and these projects include investigating drugs that extend lifespan and mechanisms and consequences of aging in the reproductive system.