Stanford Departments and Centers:
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Stem Cell Bio Regenerative Med
Person Title:
Professor
T32 affiliation:
Institutional Training Grant in Genome Science
Postgraduate Training Program in Epithelial Biology
Other
We study the genetic and molecular mechanisms that regulate proliferation and differentiation in adult stem cell lineages, using the Drosophila male germ line as a model. Our current work is focused on the switch from mitosis to meiosis and how the new gene expression program for cell type specific terminal differentiation is turned on. One emerging surprise is the potential role of alternative processing of nascent mRNAs in setting up the dramatic change in cell state
