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I am a | I am a postdoc in the Laboratory of Lloyd Greene at Columbia University, having just finished my PhD in the lab. A wide spectrum of topics and problems interest me but my work lately has been centered around combinatorial transcription factor expression and its role on cell fate selection in neural differentiation. [[OpenWetWare]] caught my attention in a writeup on DIY, howebrew biology in New Scientist magazine. | ||
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Revision as of 00:13, 17 July 2010
I am a postdoc in the Laboratory of Lloyd Greene at Columbia University, having just finished my PhD in the lab. A wide spectrum of topics and problems interest me but my work lately has been centered around combinatorial transcription factor expression and its role on cell fate selection in neural differentiation. OpenWetWare caught my attention in a writeup on DIY, howebrew biology in New Scientist magazine.
Contact Info
- Laboratory of Lloyd Greene
- Columbia University - Department of Pharmacology
- New York, NY, USA
- Contact Information
Education
- 2010 PhD, Columbia University
- 2002 BS, Brandeis University - Biology
- 2002 BA, Brandeis University - Biochemistry
- 2000 Harvard University Medical School. Summer Fellowship in the Laboratory of T Keith Blackwell at the Center for Blood Research (now the Immune Disease Institute)
Awards
- Brian Hoffman Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies
- Graduated with High Honors in Biology for the undergraduate thesis "Posttranscriptional Analysis of Circadian Rhythms" in the laboratory of Michael Rosbash
Expertise
- molecular biology
- RNA/DNA/protein biochemistry
- cell culture and generation of stable cell lines
- dissection and primary cell culture
- animal surgery
- in utero electroporation of DNA into rat embryos
- pseudotype recombinant retrovirus production and purification
- histology
Research interests
- Neural Development
- Stem cell biology
- Cancer biology
- Genetic Engineering / Gene Therapy
- Bioengineering
- Biochemistry
- Bioinformatics
Publications
Biswas SC, Zhang Y, Iyirhiaro G, Willett RT, Rodriguez-Gonzalez Y, Cregan SP, Slack RS, Park DS, Greene LA. (2010) SERTAD1 Plays an Essential Role in Developmental and Pathological Neuron Death. J Neurosci 30(11):3973-3982
Malagelada C, Lopez-Toledano MA, Willett RT, Jin ZH, Shelanski ML, Greene LA. Role of RTP801 in Neural Stem Cell Maintenance and Differentiation. (in preparation)
Willett RT and Greene LA. Gata2 is Required for Neural Migration and Differentiation in the Superior Colliculus. (in preparation)
My Links
- I taught the class Neurobiology of Development and Disease at the Science Honors Program at Columbia University for 8 semesters.
