Biological Sciences Special Seminar - Blake Riggs, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University will present “Endoplasmic Reticulum dynamics during mitosis: a pathway for the generation of cellular diversity”
The goal of the proposed research is to define the pathway of inheritance involving cell fate determinants and identify novel targets involved in the their transport and partitioning using the model organism, Drosophilamelanogaster.
Dr. Riggs employs both genetic andinvivocytological approaches to investigate the role ofJagnon development and neural cell fate. In addition, the PI will work with undergraduate researchers to identify targets that interact withJagnby performing a dominant modifier-based screen of theDrosophilagenome towards control asymmetric ER partitioning during mitosis. The experiments set forth in this application will provide new insight into the larger issue of the generation of cell diversity and has the potential to openthe field to new models of asymmetric divisions.
Date: March 1, 2019
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Science B 135