Thomas F. Schilling, Ph.D.
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- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Department of Developmental & Cell Biology
- Institution
- University of California, Irvine
- Address
- 4109 Natural Sciences II
- City, State, ZIP
- Irvine, CA 92697-2300
- Phone
- (949) 824-2479
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4557
- Research field
- Genetics
- Award year
- 2001
Research
Our laboratory uses genetics and molecular biology to study pattern formation in the early zebrafish embryo. The rapid development and simple anatomy of this teleost embryo, together with recently developed techniques for reverse genetics and a nearly complete genome sequence, make zebrafish a powerful molecular genetic system for studying the mechanisms of development. We focus on two areas: (i) neural crest specification and formation of the skeleton in the early embryo and (ii) long-range signals, morphogens, that pattern the anterior-posterior (A-P) axis of the nervous system. In both cases, we are interested in how gene functions translate into cell behaviours and the formation of tissues and organs.
Scholar Keywords
2001 Search Pew Scholars
- Chinfei Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
- Qing C. Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jeffery S. Cox, Ph.D.
- Patricia F. Ducy, Ph.D.
- Michael B. Eisen, Ph.D.
- Douglas J. Epstein, Ph.D.
- K. Christopher Garcia, Ph.D.
- Bruce L. Goode, Ph.D.
- Eva Harris, Ph.D.
- Gustavo W. Leone, Ph.D.
- A. Kimberley McAllister, Ph.D.
- Christopher G. Rongo, Ph.D.
- Yolanda Sanchez, Ph.D.
- Thomas F. Schilling, Ph.D.
- Myung K. Shin, Ph.D.
- P. Todd Stukenberg, Ph.D.
- Song Tan, Ph.D.
- Zhaohui Xu, Ph.D.
- Ebrahim Zandi, Ph.D.
- Gongyi Zhang, Ph.D.