Sarah Cheesman
sec@uoregon.edu

University of Oregon
Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403 USA

IGERT Trainee from 1999-2003

Sarah received her Ph.D in December 2003


Dissertation title:
Dorsal Ventral Patterning of the Central Nervous System: Lessons from Flies and Fish

Presently a post doc with Karen Guillemin in the Institute of Molecular biology working on the role of indigenous microbes in the formation and function of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Publications

Cheesman SE and JS Eisen (2004) gsh1 demarcates hypothalamus and intermediate spinal cord in zebrafish. Gene Expr Paterns 5:107-12.

Cheesman SE, Layden MJ, Von Ohlen T, Doe CQ and JS Eisen (2004) Zebrafish and fly Nkx6 proteins have similar CNS expression patterns and regulate motoneruon formation. Development 131:5221-32.

In preparation:
Nkx6 proteins specify zebrafish primary motoneuron subtype identity by regulating late islet1 expression
Sarah E. Cheesman*, Sarah A. Hutchinson*,Laura A. Hale, Jason Boone and Judith S. Eisen