Timothy Schedl (born 1955 in
Iowa City, Iowa) is a professor of genetics at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Biography
Early life and education
Timothy Bruce Schedl was born in 1955 to University of Iowa chemistry professor Harold Schedl and professor of art Naomi Schedl. He has two brothers, Andrew Schedl and
Paul Schedl Paul Daniel Schedl (born November 7, 1947, in Iowa City, Iowa) is a Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University.
Schedl has made significant contributions to the field of the control of gene expression in developmental systems using t ...
. He received his degree from
Lawrence University in 1977.
Career
In 1990, he and his wife, Amy moved to St. Louis where he occupied the same position that he does now. The Schedl lab studies germline development of the soil nematode
C. elegans
''Caenorhabditis elegans'' () is a free-living transparent nematode about 1 mm in length that lives in temperate soil environments. It is the type species of its genus. The name is a blend of the Greek ''caeno-'' (recent), ''rhabditis'' (r ...
, and uses genetic, molecular, and cellular approaches to investigate germcell proliferation and entry into meiosis, progression through meiotic prophase, meiotic maturation and ovulation, and germline sex determination.
[The Schedl Lab]
Schedl has published 33 papers with various people in his lab and his field. One of his pictures also ended up as the cover of ''
Science''.
Marriage and children
He was married to his wife Amy in 1974, and now also has two children, Will and Maggie.
References
Schedl Lab; http://www.genetics.wustl.edu/tslab/
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1955 births
Living people
American geneticists
Washington University in St. Louis faculty
Lawrence Technological University alumni