Chan

Chan Lab

Welcome to Simon Chan's Lab, in the Department of Plant Biology at UC Davis.
We study chromosome inheritance during cell division using the small flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

Arabidopsis thaliana

Lab Members Current • Simon Chan • Ravi Maruthachalam • Joseph Ramahi • Pak Kwong • Christian Santa Maria • Ron Menorca • Alan Raetz, rotation student Chan:Alumni Lab meeting schedule Journal club schedule Join our lab

Research All organisms must pass an intact genome onto their progeny, so we are interested how chromosomes are faithfully inherited when cells divide. The centromere is the position on a chromosome where it attaches to the mitotic spindle, facilitating correct segregation. We study chromosome properties that specify centromere location and function. We have two major areas of study 1) The centromere-specific histone CENH3 2) Centromeric heterochromatin Learn more Publications

Resources • Protocols • Teaching • Links, including seminars • Facilities and Orders • Bioinformatics and Genome databases Contact Lab: Life Sciences LS1215 Office: Life Sciences LS1220 1 Shields Ave UC Davis Davis, CA 95616 Lab: (530) 754 9789 Office: (530) 754 9652 Fax: (530) 752 5410 e-mail: srchan { at } ucdavis dot edu