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The mammalian skin epithelium is an ideal\u00a0model system to study fundamental questions\u00a0in stem cell and cancer biology.\u00a0Specialized stratified epithelia cover the body surface, where they\u00a0serve as barriers against the outside environment. These epithelia\u00a0rapidly turnover throughout life and are maintained by progenitors\u00a0that reside within the deepest basal layer. Our lab is broadly\u00a0interested in how stratified epithelia are established, maintained, and\u00a0disrupted in disease, with a particular emphasis on how oriented cell divisions contribute to normal growth and disease pathogenesis. We utilize both the mouse epidermis and oral\u00a0epithelia as model systems to study stratified epithelial\u00a0development, stem cells and cancer.<\/p>\n

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The mammalian skin epithelium is an ideal\u00a0model system to study fundamental questions\u00a0in stem cell and cancer biology.\u00a0Specialized stratified epithelia cover the body surface, where they\u00a0serve as barriers against the outside environment. These epithelia\u00a0rapidly turnover throughout life and are maintained by progenitors\u00a0that reside within the deepest basal layer. 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