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.
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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.
Neuroscience; the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural circuit assembly
Cellular biology; molecular genetics; regulation of cell division in Caenorhabditis elegans
Developmental neurobiology: molecular genetic mechanisms of vertebrate eye and forebrain development
Developmental regulation of gene expression; evolution of vertebrate limb morphology
Tissue replenishment from stem cells, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, germ cell tumor, stem cell self-renewal
Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Genetics, Decisions and Motivated Responses to Reward and Stress in Drosophila
Annotation and expression of insect cuticular protein genes; their roles in construction of cuticle and the the life of insects.