David Ornitz, MD, PhD

Medical School Department Developmental Biology
Research Program Mechanisms of Cancer Biology Program
David Ornitz

Researcher Background

Training

  • 1988 - 1992: Postdoctoral Fellow, Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Education

  • 1987: PhD, Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • 1988: MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Fibroblast growth factors and the regulation of organogenesis in the mouse. Key words: Growth factors, fibroblast growth factors, FGFs, FGF receptors, skeletal development, brain development, lung development, heart development, pancreas development, stomach development, spleen development, signaling pathways, knockout mice, transgenic mice.

Research Publications

Multi-organ phenotypes in mice lacking latent TGFβ binding protein 2 (LTBP2).
Authors:

Bodmer NK, Knutsen RH, Roth RA, one or more additional authors omitted Ornitz DM

Journal & Year:

Dev Dyn • 2024

VEGF-B prevents excessive angiogenesis by inhibiting FGF2/FGFR1 pathway.
Authors:

Lee C, Chen R, Sun G, one or more additional authors omitted Ornitz DM, one or more additional authors omitted Li X

Journal & Year:

Signal Transduct Target Ther • 2023