PROJECTS:
Hindbrain patterning
Evo-devo
Pancreas development

PROJECTS: Pancreas development

Mary Kinkel - Research Associate (Assistant Professor), Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Gokhan Dalgin - JDRF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Stefani Eames - Graduate student, Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
Ranjani Logaraj - Undergraduate Student, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Crystal Love - Graduate student, Committee on Developmental Biology

Stefani Eames   

The zebrafish has been established as a useful model of pancreatic development due to evolutionary conservation of genes that play vital roles in development of the mammalian pancreas. Although we are gaining a better understanding of zebrafish pancreas development, anatomy and histology, almost nothing is known about how beta-cells function in the zebrafish. My project focuses on establishing the zebrafish as a model of beta-cell function. I have generated novel transgenic lines as tools for studying the regulation of insulin secretion and blood glucose control in the adult zebrafish.

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