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

Haini N. Cai

Associate Professor

Developmental gene regulation via epigenetic modification of genome and chromatin structure

Scott T. Dougan

Associate Professor

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

Jacek Gaertig

Professor

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

Daichi Kamiyama

Assistant Professor

Neuroscience; the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural circuit assembly

Edward T. Kipreos

Professor

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

James D. Lauderdale

James D. Lauderdale

Associate Professor

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

Douglas B. Menke

Adjunct Associate Professor

Developmental regulation of gene expression; evolution of vertebrate limb morphology

Cordula Schulz

Associate Professor, Associate Head of Cellular Biology

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

Ping Shen

Ping Shen

Professor

Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Genetics, Decisions and Motivated Responses to Reward and Stress in Drosophila

Judith H. Willis

Judith H. Willis

Professor Emerita

Annotation and expression of insect cuticular protein genes; their roles in construction of cuticle and the the life of insects.

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