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David R. McClay Jr.

Arthur S. Pearse Professor Emeritus of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708-1000
4102 French Science Center, Science Dr., Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Modulation of Cell Contact Behavior in a Re-arranging Epithelium during Gastrulation.

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·

Collaborative Research: EDGE FGT: In vivo and in vitro Tools for the Community of Echinoderm Researchers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2028

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 1980 - 2028

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2021

How Gene Regulatory Networks Connect to Development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by California Institute of Technology · 2009 - 2021

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Lightsheet Imaging System

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Illumina Hi-Seq 2000 Sequencing System

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2013

Mechanism of a novel cause of spina bifida

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

Live cell widefield fluorescence microscope with activation and bleaching lasers

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011

Germ Layer Specification

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2008

Neural Tube Defects

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2007

BMP signaling in mammalian neural tube development

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2004

Role of p38 in Patterning of Sea Urchin Embryos

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2004

Sea Urchin Developmental Biology Conference XIV

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Public Health Service · 2002 - 2003

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 2000

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 2000

Organization And Function Of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 1999

Organization And Function Of Cellular Structures

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 1999

Organization And Function Of Cellular Structure Cmb

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 1999

Cancer Center Core Support Grant

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1976 - 1998

Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1976 - 1998

Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Support Grant

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1976 - 1998

Confocal Microscope for the SRC

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1994 - 1996

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 1996

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 1996

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 1996

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 1996

Teratocarcinoma Cells - Cell Adhesion and Differentiation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1990 - 1995

Teratocarcinoma Cells--Cell Adhesion & Differentiation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1990 - 1995

Teratocarcinoma Cells-Cell Adhesion and Differentiation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1990 - 1995

Tetratocarcinoma Cells: Cell Adhesion and Differentiation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1990 - 1995

Teratocarcinoma Cells: Cell Adhesion and Differentiation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1990 - 1995

Extracellular Matrix Proteins and Differentiation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1988 - 1993

Extracellular Matrix Proteins and Differentiation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1988 - 1993

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1987 - 1991

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 1991

Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 1991

Ontogeny of the Basal Lamina of the Sea Urchin

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1988 - 1991

Genetics Post Doctoral Fellowship

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1987 - 1990

The Role of Cell Contacts During Sea Urchin Gastrulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1988 - 1989

Modulation of Cell Contact Behavior in a Rearranging Epithelium during Gastrulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1988 - 1989

Cell Surface Molecules in Embryonic Cell Adhesion

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1982 - 1988

External Relationships


  • Marine Lab, Quintay, Chile
  • SIMs Marine Lab, Sydney Australia
  • University of Paris Marine Lab, Villefranche, France
  • University of Virginia

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