PROJECTS:
Hindbrain patterning
Evo-devo
Pancreas development

PROJECTS: Hindbrain Patterning

Oni Mapp - Graduate student, Committee on Developmental Biology
Sarah Wanner - Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Anna Griffith - Undergraduate Student, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy

Oni Mapp   

The facial branchiomotor neurons of the hindbrain undergo a characteristic migration from rhombomere 4 to rhombomere 6. Several genes have been implicated in this process, including components of the non-canonical Wnt PCP pathway. I am analyzing the function of one member of this pathway, Pk1b, and analyzing its interactions with other genes. I am also studying the cellular and cytoskeletal dynamics of the facial neurons during their migration, and the effects of Pk1b loss-of-function.

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