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F A C UL T Y & R E S E A R C H
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The
development of a complex, multicellular organism from a single-celled
fertilized egg is miraculous transformation that has been the subject
of intense study for over a hundred years. The Developmental Biology
research group approaches this topic from the standpoint of its
genetic control, and makes use of two well-studied experimental
organisms, the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and the
fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Specific aspects of development
that are being studied include the role of chromatin remodeling
in maintaining cell fate decisions, the signal transduction mechanisms
that control germline development, and the role of regulated protein
degradation in specific developmental events.
| R. Craig Albertson |
Craniofacial Development and Evolution; Quantitative Genetics; Geometric Morphometric Shape Analysis |
| John
M. Belote |
Role
of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway in Drosophila development |
| Katharine Lewis |
Specification and patterning of spinal cord interneurons; Formation of functional neuronal circuitry; Evolution of spinal cord patterning and function; Dorsal-ventral neural tube patterning; zebrafish development |
| Eleanor M. Maine |
Genetic regulation of development; cell-signaling; germline development; RNA silencing |
| Melissa Pepling |
Regulation of mouse oocyte development; Hormone signaling in oocyte differentiation. |
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faculty have research interests in a number of other exciting areas
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