{"id":269,"date":"2016-07-02T10:44:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T14:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/?page_id=269"},"modified":"2024-08-08T11:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:14:51","slug":"development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/research\/development\/","title":{"rendered":"Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laboratories in the department combine\u00a0cellular\u00a0and model organisms\u00a0(such as worms, flies, fish, frogs, and mice)\u00a0with state-of-the-art genetic, genomic and proteomic technologies to study fundamental aspects of Developmental Biology. These studies range from the analyses of chromatin dynamics and RNA regulation to the study of the cellular processes and microenvironment alterations that impact cell fate decisions during morphogenesis.<\/p>\n<p>Collectively, the fundamental insights gained from Developmental Biology studies are later translated to stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, and cancer through collaborative efforts within the rich environment of the Biochemistry &amp; Cell Biology Department and aim to propel advances in molecular medicine for human related disorders.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Faculty conducting research in these areas:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/profiles\/michael-blower\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2020\/07\/Blower_202-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Michael Blower<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor<br \/>\r\nDirector, Biochemistry &#038; Cell Biology Graduate Program<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-interest\">Mitosis, transcription, chromatin structure<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/profiles\/daniel-cifuentes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"145\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2016\/07\/danielSquare.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Daniel Cifuentes<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-interest\">RNA regulation, developmental biology, virology<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/profiles\/stephen-r-farmer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"142\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2016\/07\/farmerRetreat-284x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Stephen Farmer<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-interest\">Growth and differentiation of cells, adipose tissue biology<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/profiles\/mikel-garcia-marcos\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"133\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_6574.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Mikel Garcia-Marcos<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor of Biochemistry &#038; Cell Biology<br \/>\r\nProfessor of Biology<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-interest\">G protein signaling circuits in the molecular basis of disease<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/profiles\/alla-grishok\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2016\/07\/Grishok_Oval-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Alla Grishok<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-interest\">Gene regulation by RNA and chromatin<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/profiles\/nelson-lau\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2018\/11\/LauFace_2018newA2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Nelson C. Lau<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor<br \/>\r\nDirector, Genome Science Institute (GSI)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-interest\">Transposable element regulation, RNAi, regulatory RNAs, gene silencing<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/profiles\/vickery-trinkaus-randall\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2016\/07\/Trinkaus-Randall-Vickery-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Vickery Trinkaus-Randall<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-interest\">purinoreceptors, EGFR receptors, confocal imaging, wound repair, cell communication and migration<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/profiles\/bob-xaralabos-varelas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"128\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2016\/07\/Varelas_Bob-c-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Xaralabos (Bob) Varelas<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-interest\">Hippo-YAP\/TAZ Signaling, Lung Epithelial Biology, Cancer Biology, Tissue Regeneration and Fibrosis, Immune Cell Functions<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laboratories in the department combine\u00a0cellular\u00a0and model organisms\u00a0(such as worms, flies, fish, frogs, and mice)\u00a0with state-of-the-art genetic, genomic and proteomic technologies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1191,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18917,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions\/18917"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}