Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Washington University in St. Louis Department of Developmental Biology is a 67-PI network with 97 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (46% of slots across 54 PIs; 54 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (27% of slots across 43 PIs; 43 labels), and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation as the leading topic (5% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are John C. Morris (79.1 weighted works; Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments). The clearest collaboration lines are John C. Morris and Carlos Cruchaga (103 shared works, weight 24.3). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 23.4, around Molecular Biology, Surgery, Infectious Diseases, led by David M. Ornitz, Jason C. Mills, Nicholas O. Davidson.