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Cell Death

Organizations

Principal Investigators

One cell, mid-collapse

Blebbing membrane, karyorrhexis, contents in the field

Description

Introduction

Programmed cell death is a common feature of animal development. During development of the C. elegans hermaphrodite, programmed cell death (PCD) removes 131 cells from stereotyped positions in the cell lineage, mostly in neuronal lineages.

Overview

Themes

Methods

Results

Collaborators

Leadership

  • Marc Hammarlund, PhD

    Principal Investigator
    Yale School of Medicine

    Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience