Currently, Dr. Wert is a consultant for the NHLBI Molecular Atlas of Lung Development Program (LungMAP) Consortium, which is a cooperative research project tasked with building an integrated, open-access database to characterize the molecular anatomy of the later stages of lung development in both mice and humans. As co-chair and scientific domain lead for the ontology subcommittee, Dr. Wert has developed comprehensive anatomical ontologies for mouse and human lung maturation. She also assists with ongoing analysis of protein/gene expression in the lung during alveolar (airspace) development and maturation, especially with the interpretation of immunofluorescence assays utilizing cell-specific markers and confocal microscopy.