Report summary

Washington University in St. Louis Department of Developmental Biology in 2024-2026 reads as a 21-PI network with 4 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (38% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (22% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), and Retinal Development and Disorders as the leading topic (7% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is of concern for a 21-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Benjamin D. Humphreys (13.6 weighted works; Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Renal and related cancers). The strongest pairings are Alex S. Evers and Douglas F. Covey (4 shared works, weight 1.3); Brian S. Clark and Shiming Chen (2 shared works, weight 1.1). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 1.1, around Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology, led by Dzmitry Matsiukevich, David M. Ornitz, Spencer G. Willet.