Kenneth Irvine

Kenneth Irvine received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Williams College in 1985, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Stanford University in 1991. He trained in developmental biology as a graduate student with David Hogness, and as a post-doctoral fellow with Eric Wieschaus at Princeton University. He is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers University, where he has been on the faculty since 1995. He has a longstanding interest in how cells communicate with each to regulate patterning and growth during development. Earlier research from his lab focused on the Notch signaling pathway, especially the role that glycosylation plays in Notch signaling, which stemmed from his discovery of the Fringe genes. Current research in the lab focuses on the Fat and Hippo signaling pathways, their regulation, and their roles in morphogenesis and growth control during development, regeneration, and cancer.

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