Professor
Stanford Departments and Centers:
Developmental Biology
Genetics
OB/GYN, Gynecology and Obstetrics
Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
T32 affiliation:
Institutional Training Grant in Genome Science
Postgraduate Training Program in Epithelial Biology
Other
Research Interests:
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