Antonio J. Giraldez, Ph.D.

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Antonio J. Giraldez, Ph.D.
Antonio Giraldez
Title
Professor
Department
Genetics
Institution
Yale University
Address
333 Cedar Street, SHM Room I-142A
City, State, ZIP
New Haven, CT 06510-3206
Phone
(203) 535-8451
Email
[email protected]
Website
http://www.yale.edu/giraldezlab/Welcome.html
Research field
Developmental Biology
Award year
2008

Research

In our laboratory we use zebrafish as a model system to investigate the role of microRNAs during vertebrate development. We combine genetics, embryology, genomics, chemical and computational biology to address a central question in biology: how does a fertilized egg develop into a complex multicellular embryo. We have generated zebrafish embryos mutant in the microRNA processing machinery (Dicer). Dicer mutants lack all microRNAs and fail to undergo normal gastrulation, brain and muscle morphogenesis. We are using microarray analysis in dicer mutant embryos to identify tissue specific microRNA targets in neurons and muscle cells. Computational projects in the lab will analyze the regulatory motifs in microRNAs and 3-UTR elements of their targets to identify the gene networks controlled by microRNAs.

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