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The Christiaen lab will be part of the Department of Biology at New York University, starting september 2009.

Welcome!

Our long-term goal is to elucidate how gene regulatory networks (GRNs) control the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying developmental cell behavior during embryogenesis. To this aim, our lab will study the transcriptional control of cellular processes underlying precardiac mesoderm cell migration in ascidian embryos.

The transcription-migration interface. bilateral pairs of migrating trunk ventral cells (TVCs) overlaid on cell-specific transcription profiles.

Ascidian embryos provide an attractive model system to study these questions, thanks to their relative simplicity, ease of manipulations (see for example the beginner's guide the ascidian developmental biology) and extensive resources available through user-friendly web interfaces.

open positions

Lab manager/Technician
post-doctoral fellows
please send resume to Lionel Christiaen (lionelchristiaen at berkeley dot edu). Letters of reference, statement of research interests and long-term goals will be appreciated.