SKEMA Laboratory Research - Skeletal Morphogenetics Analysis Laboratory

Details regarding funded projects:

Research Project	Primary Investigator(s)
Infigratinib as a Treatment for Syndromic Craniosynostosis Phenotypes	Co-PIs: Susan M. Perrine and Greg Holmes
Cellular Mechanisms of Mandibular Bone Growth	Co-PIs: Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Frederick R. Foster, Gang (Greg) Ning, Missy Hazen
Genetic, Tissue, and Anatomical interactions in mandibulofacial dysmorphogenesis	MPIs: Susan M. Perrine, Kazuhiko Kawasaki, and Ethylin Wang Jabs (contact PI)
Cartilage and bone of the lower jaw in development and disease	MPIs: Susan M. Perrine (contact PI), Kazuhiko Kawasaki, and Ethylin Wang Jabs
The chondrocranium in craniofacial development and disease	PI : Joan T. Richtsmeier
From skull shape to cell activity in coronal craniosynostosis	MPIs : Reuben Kraft and Patrick Drew
Craniosynostosis Network	MPIs : Ethylin Wang Jabs, Inga Peter, Joan T Richtsmeier
Midface and upper airway in craniosynostosis	Co-MPI : Ethylin Wang Jabs
Genetics of Craniofacial Variation and Human Origins	Co-PIs : Kenneth Weiss, Alan Walker, Joan Richtsmeier, Jim Cheverud, Jeff Rogers. Website for this project can be found at “Hominid Cranial Evolution Project”
Mouse models for Down Syndrome	PI : Roger H. Reeves
GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC VARIABILITY IN CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS	PI : Joan T. Richtsmeier
Genomic Approaches to Aneuploidy	PI : Roger H. Reeves
Phenogenetics of brain and skull Integration in craniosynostosis	PI : Joan T. Richtsmeier
Collaborative Research: Human Origins and the Molecular Genetic Basis of Craniofacial Evolution	Co-PIs : Kenneth Weiss, Alan Walker, Joan Richtsmeier, Jim Cheverud, Jeff Rogers. Website for this project can be found at hominid.psu.edu.