De Robertis Laboratory
People in the Team :
Principal investigator:
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University of California, Los Angeles
Dept. of Biological Chemistry, BSRB 310
615 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1737
Map of our lab at UCLA
Secretary:
Lab Manager:
- Julia Monka
- Lab (310) 206-1401
Post Doctoral Positions:
- Nydia Tejeda Munoz
- Yagmur Azbazdar
- aazbazdar@mednet.ucla.edu
Undergraduate Students:
- Alex Dayrit
- dayritalex@g.ucla.edu
- Grace Binder
- gracebinder@g.ucla.edu
Main interest of the laboratory:
Molecular Biology of Vertebrate Gastrulation
During early vertebrate development, coordinated movements of
groups of cells lead to the formation of the three germ layers,
the ectoderm, the mesoderm and the endoderm. This process is called
gastrulation, and by the end of it the main regions of the embryo
– head, trunk and tail – become determined. Our work is aimed
at identifying the genetic mechanisms that direct the formation
of the body plan in frog or mouse embryos.
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Cuentos de Juventud, Evolucion y Desarrollo 
Recent lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUYqls5RiLA