Iain Shepherd
Associate Professor of Biology

B.Sc. with Honors, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, University of
London, UK and Associateship of the Royal College of Science, London, UK, 1990
Ph.D., University of Oxford, 1994

Programs: BDCB, GMB

E-mail: iain.shepherd@emory.edu

Shepherd Lab: http://biology.emory.edu/research/
Shepherd

Mailing Address :
Emory University
Department of Biology
O. Wayne Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322

Office: Room 1131, 404-727-2632
Lab: Room 1180, 404-727-2686

My lab studies the genetic basis of the development of the enteric nervous system (ENS) - the nervous system of the intestine. We use genetic, cell biological, and embryological experimental techniques in our studies. These studies are clinically important. Hirschsprung's disease is a pediatric ENS condition that affects 1 in 5000 live births – the cause of which is only partly understood.

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