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Kathleen Christine Biology 221 Fordham Hall, CB# 0 Lab Phone: 962-2138 Lab Fax: |
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2nd Year IVB Trainee
3rd Year Graduate Student
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Ph.D. Project Description:
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Determination of the role of Castor, a zincc finger transcription factor, in Xenopus heart develpoment. | |
Principle Investigator: |
Dr. Frank Conlon | |
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Rotations: |
Dr. Ken Korach: Development of an in vitro cell culture system to assess the interaction between estrogen receptor and FGF4. | |
| Dr. Nobuyo Meada: Generation of a female embryonic stem cell line in order to determine the role for DNA insulator elements. | ||
| Dr. Kathleen Caron: Development of a high throughput screen to assess placental defects of mutant mouse models using Real Time RT-PCR. | ||
Familiar Techniques: |
whole mount in situ hybridization, morpholino injection, real time RT-PCR, westerns, immunohistochemistry | |
Other Techniques used in Laboratory: |
whole mount antibody staining | |
Undergraduate degree: |
B.S. in Chemistry (2001) from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
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Publications: |
Christine KS, MacFarlane AW 4th, Yang K, Stanley RJ. Cyclobutylpyrimidine dimer base flipping by DNA photolyase. J Biol Chem. 2002 Oct 11;277(41):38339-44. | |
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