Developmental Biology
Ongoing
research in developmental biology includes study of germ cell sex
determination, the role of cell-molecular processes in tumor
formation, the establishment of polarity in leaves, and invertebrate
nervous system development.
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Faculty Research Interests in Developmental Biology |
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Faculty member |
Research Interest |
| Jonathan Allen Assistant Professor Ph.D., U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Marine invertebrate biology; life history evolution; larval ecology and the role of maternal effects in development |
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Eric L.
Bradley |
Biomedical Imaging; in vivo monitoring of cell-molecular processes in mammary tumor development. Mechanisms of reproductive inhibition; role of the endocrine system in maintaining reversible infertility. |
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Eric Engstrom |
Plant development and evolution of developmental processes. Establishment of leaf polarity. |
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Margaret
Saha |
Developmental neurobiology; molecular genetics of cell determination and patterning in the developing vertebrate nervous system, particularly genes regulating brain and vascular development |
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Diane C. Shakes |
Cell and developmental biology; the interplay between cell cycle progression and cell differentiation during C. elegans gametogenesis |
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Matthew Wawersik |
Cell and developmental biology; molecular genetic analysis of germ cell sex determination and germline stem cell establishment |
