De Robertis' Laboratory Home Page

 

People in the Team :

Principal investigator:

  • Office: 5-612A MRL

 

 

address :

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
5-748 MacDonald Research Laboratories (MRL)
675 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1662

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Graduate students:

 

  • Hadrien Demagny
  • Diego Ploper

     

    Undergraduate Students:

     

  • Tatsuya Araki
  • Brian Perez
  • Josh Hedtke

     

     

    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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    List of the team's Publications

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