Faculty

Thomas Berleth

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The Arabidopsis embryo represents a simple, reproducible cellular pattern comprised of few basic tissues and prototypes of leaf- and root-like organs. These structures are generated in a suite of highly reproducible stages that imply tight control of orientation and frequency of cell division as well as cell morphology and differentiation. 
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Ashley E. Bruce

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Our goal is to understand how morphogenesis and embryonic tissue patterning are linked. We use cellular, molecular and embryological techniques to study these questions in the zebrafish embryo. 
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John Calarco

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We study how mRNA processing and post-transcriptional gene regulation influences the development, differentiation, and function of the nervous system. 
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Dorothea Godt

Analysis of molecular networks that drive cell shape changes, cell migration, and cell and tissue architecture during animal development. 
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Daphne Goring

My overall research interests are to understand how plant cells communicate through signal transduction pathways to regulate plant reproduction in the Brassicaceae family (Arabidopsis and related species). 
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Tony J.C. Harris

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We study how molecular circuits control and coordinate cell polarity, adhesion, cytoskeletal and membrane trafficking machinery to build and re-shape cells during animal development. 
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Shelley Lumba

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Our goal is to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying dormancy and germination in both non-parasitic and parasitic plants. We apply systems biology approaches to generate signalling networks during seed germination.  
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Peter McCourt

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The laboratory is focused on how hormones regulate developmental responses in higher plants. In particular, we use functional and chemical genomics approaches to dissect abscisic acid (ABA) and strigolactone signaling. 
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Heather McFarlane

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We ask and answer questions about the fundamental mechanisms by which plants sense their environment through the cell wall and how plants adjust their growth in response to these signals. 
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Jennifer A. Mitchell

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We study how stem cells maintain the ability to self-renew and differentiate to specialised cells. Our focus is on finding the on/off instructions in DNA that regulate genes required for stem cell function. 
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Sergey V. Plotnikov

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We are interested in understanding the mechanisms utilized by mammalian cells to sense and transduce physical inputs from the microenvironment and how cell migration is guided by the mechanical cues. 
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Maurice Ringuette

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Arneet Saltzman

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Understanding chromatin regulation during development using C. elegans as a model system. 
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Ulrich Tepass

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We study the mechanisms of cell polarity and cell adhesion of epithelial cells during animal development. Our work is relevant for several human diseases, in particular cancer and blindness. 
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Vincent Tropepe

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We study the molecular and cellular basis of neurogenesis in the brain and retina during development and in the context of regeneration. 
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Rudolf Winklbauer

We study the molecular and cellular mechanisms and the tissue mechanical basis of vertebrate gastrulation. 
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