Blog Post
October 20, 2016
Hilde Mangold was born October 20, 1898. She was a German embryologist who was best known for her 1923 dissertation which was the foundation for her mentor, Hans Spemann's, 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the embryonic organizer.
Blog Post
May 16, 2016
The Supplemental Material team talks about networks in their latest podcast episode. Guest host Sara Cassidy joins Dave Mellert as they interview Jackson Laboratory Assistant Professor Steve Munger, Ph.D., about gene networks, social networks, computer networks and alumni networks.
Press Release
June 23, 2015
The Jackson Laboratory has appointed Steven Munger, Ph.D., to its research faculty as an assistant professor, after three years as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of JAX Professor Gary Churchill, Ph.D.
Conventional thinking has been that Down syndrome phenotypes are caused by over-expression of trisomy chr 21 genes. However, gene under-expression is also partly to blame.
Muscle stem cells grown on an artificial scaffold in an optimized medium demonstrate preserved quiescence in vitro and enhanced proliferation and differentiation potency in vivo.
The Search Magazine Article
June 16, 2016
Assistant Professor Steve Munger’s long road to embracing research has led to a life of open-ended questions.
Blog Post
February 03, 2016
Mice that are part of an aging study at JAX appear to have won the genetic lottery. They are thought to be the oldest mice currently living in the world.
An evolutionary model of reproductive fitness in which maternal antigens that are not genetically passed down to daughter progeny promote fetal tolerance for second-generation offspring sired by males with matched antigen specificity. Further, the role of NIMA and microchimeric maternal cells in pregnancy success may lead to improved assisted reproductive technologies and immune interventions for patients.
