Research In Developmental Mechanisms

Faculty:

Bruce Bowerman. UO Institute of Molecular Biology. Nematode development; pattern formation in the early embryo.

Peter Cherbas. IU Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics. Cell biology in Drosophila.

Chris Doe. UO Institutes of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. Cell fate specification in the nervous systems of insects and vertebrates.

Joe Duffy. IU Program in Genetics. Evolution of signal transduction and pattern formation.

Judith Eisen. IU Institute of Neuroscience. Development of the vertebrate nervous system; dorsal-ventral patterning.

Richard Emlet. UO Institute of Marine Biology. Evolution, development, functional morphology, and biomechanics of invertebrates.

Mark Estelle. IU Program in Genetics. Molecular genetics of hormone action in Arabidopsis.

Thomas Kaufmann. IU Program in Genetics. Cytogenetics; developmental and molecular genetics
of Drosophila.

Charles Kimmel. UO Institute of Neuroscience. Development and evolution of vertebrate skeletal systems; the genetic control of developmental patterning.

John Postlethwait. UO Institute of Neuroscience. Vertebrate genomics; sex determination; the origin of evolutionary novelties.

Elizabeth Raff. IU Program in Genetics. Evolutionary developmental biology; evolution of the cytoskeleton.

Rudy Raff. IU Program in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior & Indiana Molecular Biology Institute. Evolution
of developmental processes and life histories.

Susan Strome. IU Program in Genetics. Analysis of germline development in the nematode C. elegans, with a focus on the roles of germ granules and regulators of chromatin structure.

Monte Westerfield. UO Institute of Neuroscience. Development of vertebrate nervous and muscle systems; mechanisms regulating the differentiation of neurons.

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