Darrell J Killian

Associate Professor and Chair

Department of Molecular Biology

14 East Cache La Poudre St

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

dkillian@coloradocollege.edu

Tel: 719.389.7395

I am interested in understanding how animal development is regulated at the genetic level. I have worked on several different aspects of animal development during my career, such as embryonic patterning, germline stem cell regulation, sex determination, and most recently, the regulation of nervous system development.

Through my research, I aim to further our understanding of important biological questions while simultaneously engaging and training undergraduate students in the lab.

I use Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans; a roundworm) as a model organism for research. There are many advantages to using C. elegans as a model for understanding nervous system development. For example, the worms transparent, which facilitates direct observation of neurons in a living animal. Importantly, many of the genes and genetic pathways that control worm development are also conserved in humans, such that the knowledge we gain about the worm often impacts our understanding of human biology as well.





Postdoctoral Fellow


Ph.D., Developmental Genetics


Research Technician


BA, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

University of Colorado - Boulder


New York University


Rockefeller University


Wesleyan University

2004-2008


1999-2004


1998-1999


1994-1998

Education and Training

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