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Mark Q. Martindale,
Director

    -- Relationships between radially symmetrical and bilaterally symmetrical organisms.
    -- The role of the early cleavage program in the segregation of developmental potential in a wide variety of animals which share a mode of embryogenesis known as spiral cleavage.

Michael G. Hadfield

    -- Settlement and metamorphosis of marine invertebrate larvae, emphasizing experimental analyses of metamorphic inducers and larval responses at the cellular level
    -- Chemosensory biology of marine invertebrates
    -- Demography, evolutionary and conservation biology of endemic Hawaiian tree snails, utilizing both field and laboratory studies
    -- Biofouling

Robert H. Richmond

    -- reproductive biology, larval ecology, conservation biology, ecotoxicology and evolutionary biology of tropical marine invertebrates, especially corals and related coral reef organisms
    --studies of coral spawning, focusing on fertilization mechanisms and barriers, hybridization and speciation events, recruitment of corals, and the effects of environmental quality on reproduction and recruitment success

Elaine Seaver

    -- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of metameric body plan formation in annelids


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