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USC Stem Cell Seminar: Joanna Wysocka, Stanford University

Speaker: Joanna Wysocka, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, and Development Biology/Stanford Univeristy

Talk Title: On peculiarities of being a human: Transcriptional regulation in human development and evolution

Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series

Abstract: While studies in model organisms have led to great progress in unveiling the conserved mechanisms of gene regulation, many aspects of development that are unique to humans and other primates remain unexplored, as are regulatory principles underlying emergence of human-specific traits. I will discuss some of our recent progress in understanding transcriptional mechanisms governing human development and evolution, such as those involving the activity of transposable elements in early embryogenesis or our recent quantitative analyses of cis-regulatory divergence in the human and chimpanzee neural crest, an embryonic cell population that is most relevant for evolution of human craniofacial form.

Host: Gage Crump

More Info: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events/details/?event_id=916788

Webcast: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/stem-cell-seminar

Location: Eli & Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Resch. (BCC) - First floor seminar room

WebCast Link: http://keckmedia.usc.edu/stem-cell-seminar

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell

Event Link: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events/details/?event_id=916788