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People in the Team :

Principal investigator:

  • Fax (310) 206-2008

 

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Graduate students:

 

  • Hadrien Demagny
  • Diego Ploper
  • Peggy Vorwald

     

    Technicians:

     

  • Jack Greenan
  • Renée Choi

     

     

    Main interest of the laboratory: Molecular Biology of Vertebrate Gastrulation


  • During early vertebrate development, coordinated movements of groups of cells lead to the formation of the three germ layers, the ectoderm, the mesoderm and the endoderm. This process is called gastrulation, and by the end of it the main regions of the embryo - head, trunk and tail - become determined. Our work is aimed at identifying the genetic mechanisms that direct the formation of the body plan in frog or mouse embryos.

     

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