Department of Genetics Development and Cell Biology

Geetu Tuteja earns 2025 Bailey Award
The Bailey Award provides $50,000 per year for three years to support high-risk, high-reward research addressing emerging scientific challenges. Read More

January 15, 2025
Understanding how plants balance growth and survival
Hongqing Guo, assistant professor of genetics, development and cell biology, received a $1.8 million federal grant to study a gene that affects both how plants grow and how they respond to environmental threats. Read More

October 16, 2024
Building a DNA nanoparticle to be both carrier and medicine
A pair of Iowa State University geneticists are among the first research teams in the world to construct DNA nanoparticles that can express their own built-in genetic instructions. Read More

February 7, 2024
Research discovery could lead to treatment for cancer, obesity
Discovery of a "metabolic switch" could lead to effective treatments for childhood obesity and cancer. Read More

January 11, 2023
Changing course
Caitlin Gonzales ('23 genetics) is excited to share her love of science with future high school students. Read More

November 10, 2022
ISU lab aims to repair severed nerves, foster undergraduate research
Donald Sakaguchi, professor in the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, leads a research team that could help traumatic brain injury patients. Read More

September 27, 2022
Researchers test nanocarriers to deliver drugs to the brain
Donald Sakaguchi, Morrill Professor of genetics, development and cell biology, is part of this NSF-funded research team. Read More

September 20, 2022
ISU scientists receive federal grant to advance research on blood stem cells
A $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support this research for five years. Read More

March 16, 2022