Scientific Advisory Board
Leonard Zon, M.D. is a Professor of Hematology and Oncology at Harvard University’s Children’s Hospital and a member of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Zon is one of the country’s leading zebrafish researchers and uses the zebrafish as a model system for understanding vertebrate blood development and hematopoeitic disease.
Robert Tanguay, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at Oregon State University. The main focus of Dr. Tanguay’s laboratory is in understanding the mechanisms underlying developmental toxicity in response to chemical exposure. Dr. Tanguay is a leading developer of the zebrafish as a model for toxicological assays.
Roy G. Smith, Ph.D. is Professor and Director of the Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Smith was previously Vice President of Basic Research, Merck Research Laboratories. Dr. Smith is internationally known for his innovative drug discovery programs while at Merck and Company, and has expertise in all phases of drug discovery, from target discovery and high-throughput screening to design and implementation of clinical trials.
Alex Schier, Ph.D. is a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. He is a leading zebrafish researcher specializing in developmental biology, with emphasis on the neurocircuitry involved with regulation of sleep and sensing of harmful stimuli.
Thomas S. Scanlan, Ph.D. is a Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology and Director of the Program in Chemical Biology at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Scanlan is a leader in the field of hormone action and molecular endocrinology, and also has expertise in drug discovery and preclinical drug development.
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