Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
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Finding clues about the process of cell plasticity
Using zebrafish as a model, the Duan group has discovered that a loop in the body’s mitochondria may allow cells to retreat up the path of differentiation.
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Undergraduates and Prospective Majors:
Contact the Program in Biology
734-763-7984
lsa-biology-advising@umich.edu
Graduate students:
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Events
Jun
15
MCDB Defense> Elucidating Phagophore Nucleation in the Autophagy Pathway of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Wayne Hawkins
2:00 PM
3040
Life Sciences Institute
Jun
16
MCDB Seminar> Barrier Breakdown: Claudin proteins restrict cancer invasion and metastasis
Junior West, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
12:00 PM
1010
Biological Sciences Building
Jun
22
MCDB Defense> Characterizing memory trace reactivation and biosynthetic changes during post-learning sleep in the hippocampus
Lijing Wang
10:30 AM
1010
Biological Sciences Building