Department: Developmental Biology

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  Barres, Ben 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Neurobiology
  Member,  Bio-X
  Professor,  Developmental Biology
  Professor,  Neurology & Neurological Sciences
  
  Research Interest

  Our lab is interested in the neuronal-glial interactions that underlie the development and function of the mammlian central nervous system.
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  Beachy, Philip Arden
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Biochemistry
  Professor,  Developmental Biology
  
  Research Interest

  Function of Hedgehog proteins and other extracellular signals in morphogenesis (pattern formation), in injury repair and regeneration (pattern maintenance). We study how the distribution of such signals is regulated in tissues, how cells perceive and respond to distinct concentrations of signals, and how such signaling pathways arose in evolution. We also study the normal roles of such signals in stem-cell physiology and their abnormal roles in the formation and expansion of cancer stem cells.
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  Bejerano, Gill 
  Academic Appointments Assistant Professor,  Developmental Biology
  Assistant Professor,  Computer Science
  Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
  Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  Dr. Bejerano, co-discoverer of ultraconserved elements, studies the Human Genome. Through computation and experimentation we investigate the Systems Biology parts-list of many thousands genomic regions involved in gene transcription regulation during embryonic development. Major interests include (1) the origins and evolution of these regions, (2) how they encode their individual as well as combined roles, (3) their contribute to human disease, and (4) their contribute to species adaptation.