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Michael A. Dyer, PhD

Member, St. Jude Faculty

Chair, Developmental Neurobiology Department

Co-Leader, Developmental Biology & Solid Tumor Program

Richard C. Shadyac Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Michael A. Dyer, PhD

Developmental Neurobiology

MS 324, Room D2039

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-2257(phone)

(901) 595-7641(fax)

Affiliations

Department of Developmental Neurobiology

Comprehensive Cancer Center

Developmental Biology and Solid Tumor Program

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Childhood Solid Tumor Network

Education

PhD – Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Honors & Awards

  • 2013  Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2013 Investigator
  • 2009  Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2009 Early Career Scientist Award
  • 2009  St. Jude Mentoring Award
  • 2008-2012  Research to Prevent Blindness Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award
  • 2008  ARVO Cogan Award
  • 2004-2008  Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences
  • 2004-2008  Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award
  • 2000-2002  Charles H. Revson Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
  • 2000  Mary Weston Trust Visiting Professorship, Nelson Mandela Medical School, Durban, South Africa
  • 1994-1995  Merit Fellowship, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests

  • Coordination of proliferation and differentiation during neurogenesis
  • Retinal disease and stem cell based therapies
  • Retinoblastoma and targeted chemotherapy
  • Pediatric solid malignancies
  • High throughput screening and drug discovery
  • Genomics and epigenomics of pediatric solid tumors

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