Seminars and Colloquia
Biology
Sculpting organ shape: morphogenesis of a tubular system in Drosophila
Thu, Jan 21, 2016,
04:00 PM to 05:00 PM
at Sir C.V. Raman Auditorium, LHC
Professor Helen Skaer
University of Cambridge, UK
The precise shapes and positions of organs in the body cavity underpin their physiological responsiveness and effective function. Taking the renal system in flies as a model, I will discuss the tissue interactions that occur during embryonic development, the signalling pathways that mediate these interactions and the cellular responses to them that together regulate the morphogenesis of a characteristically looped and precisely positioned tissue.
