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Artavanis-Tsakonas, Spyros |
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Harvard Medical School |
| Primary Field
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Cellular and Developmental Biology |
| Secondary Field
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Genetics |
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Artavanis-Tsakonas’s work provides insight into the mechanisms underlying cell communication, acquisition of cell fates, modulation of stem cells, and control of oncogenesis. |
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Research Interests
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Our laboratory is using molecular and developmental genetics to dissect biological complexity underlying gene crosstalk. Remarkably, metazoan development relies on a gene framework which is evolutionarily conserved but is flexible enough to allow evolutionary change. Flies and humans have unexpectedly similar genomes yet they sustain very distinct developmental programs.
Our fundamental goal is to gain insight into the way that genes integrate their action to guide development and consequent |
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