Cells in Development

Development of the embryo, cell fate determination, cell differentiation and morphogenesis, stem cell biology, temporal and spatial control of gene expression, neural development, development of perception and behavior.

Personnel

Developmental gene regulation via epigenetic modification of genome and chromatin structure

Developmental biology; The molecular and cellular basis of pattern formation in vertebrates

Biogenesis of microtubule-based organelles including cilia, organelle compartmentalization, intracellular pattern formation.

Brain Development and Function in Health and Diseases

Cellular biology; molecular genetics; regulation of cell division in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental neurobiology: molecular genetic mechanisms of vertebrate eye and forebrain development

Tissue replenishment from stem cells, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, germ cell tumor, stem cell self-renewal