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USC Stem Cell Seminar: Kim Cooper, University of California, San Diego

Speaker: Kim Cooper, University of California, San Diego

Talk Title: Shaping the limb during development and evolution

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

Abstract: Our work leverages the unique hindlimb structure of the lesser Egyptian jerboa to understand how genotype shapes phenotype and modulates developmental malleability. The jerboa is a desert-adapted bipedal rodent with disproportionately elongated hindlimbs, particularly the feet, fused metatarsals, five fingers and three toes, and an absence of intrinsic hindfoot muscles. We take an interdisciplinary approach to understand the cell behaviors and gene expression changes associated with each derived phenotype. We are moving toward approaches that will allow us to pinpoint gene regulatory control mechanisms that causally explain the remarkable diversity of limb shapes that arose from natural selection.

Host: Andy McMahon

More Info: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events

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

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