Throughout the animal kingdom, the timing in embryonic development is maintained and strictly controlled. Each step in a developmental process will only achieve the desired effect if it occurs at the right moment and in the right place. Previous work of the PI of this group, and collaborators, provided the first molecular evidence for the existence of a molecular clock underlying somitogenesis in the chick embryo. Developmental biology traditionally considers that development has four general problems to solve: differentiation, morphogenesis, growth and reproduction. However, the discovery of the segmentation clock drew our attention to a fifth Developmental Biology issue: How is time controlled during embryonic development?
The study of this question is the long-term aim of our research group.

Research Interests:

Vertebrate segmentation / Somitogenesis / Segmentation Clock / Embryonic time control.

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