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News

May, 2013

Congratulations to Zhiyong and Ryan for their paper being accepted in Cell

April, 2013

Congratulations to Andrea and Jess for their review being accepted in Cell Adhesion & Migration

March, 2013

In an Op-Ed for PBS, Daniel and Dr. Giovanna Guerrero use a recent Puerto Rico Supreme Court ruling to discuss the use of pseudo-science to justify prejudice

March, 2013

Daniel discusses the impact of the budget sequester on medical research and society in an Op-Ed for Al Jazeera

February, 2013

Daniel will be giving a talk entitled "Darwin, Evolution, and 21st Century Biomedical Sciences: the importance of model organisms in research and discovery" at the 5th Annual Darwin Day Dinner on Saturday, February 16th, 2013

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Projects

We have established a system in the C. elegans nerve ring (the nematode brain) to study the question of synaptic specificity and circuit development. You can use the projects link above or descriptions below to learn more about the specific ways in which we are addressing these questions in C. elegans.

 

Development of arbors in C. elegans serotonergic neurons

cima-1 regulates synaptic maintenance in C. elegans

Synapse formation during embryogenesis

Thermotaxis circuit assembly

Glial cells direct circuit assembly

UNC-40/DCC specifies synaptic connections in AIY