User:Melissa Beers

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• Melissa Beers
• Wellesley College
• SCI 175
• 106 Central St.
• Wellesley, MA 02481
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I am a Instructor of Science Labs at Wellesley College.

Education

• 2006, PhD, Cornell University
• 1999, BS, University of New Hampshire

Research interests

1. ALS
2. Cell Polarity
3. Early Embryonic Development
4. C. elegans

Publications

1. Beers M and Kemphues K. Depletion of the co-chaperone CDC-37 reveals two modes of PAR-6 cortical association in C. elegans embryos. Development. 2006 Oct;133(19):3745-54. DOI:10.1242/dev.02544 |
2. Aceto D, Beers M, and Kemphues KJ. Interaction of PAR-6 with CDC-42 is required for maintenance but not establishment of PAR asymmetry in C. elegans. Dev Biol. 2006 Nov 15;299(2):386-97. DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.08.002 |

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