Project Title: Sea Urchin Development

Project Description:

The Davidson laboratory studies the molecular biology of sea urchin development, particularly transcriptional regulation during early development. There are various projects available in this area. Usually, the specific project is determined after an interview with the prospective SURF student and the supervisor. Examples of projects in the past include: sequencing collections of cDNAs from activated sea urchin coelomocytes, engineering mutated control regions in reporter gene constructs, sequencing sea urchin homeodomain genes, designing and constructing an expression vector plasmoid.

Background Information:

Literature References:

Caltech Biology Annual Report 1994, pg. 33
Davidson, E.H. 1989. Lineage-specific gene expression and regulative capacities of the sea urchin embryo: A proposed mechanism. Development 105: 421-445

Requirements:

The research sponsor suggests you refer to the following for information on the project:

The sponsor requires that interested students meet the following requirements:

This opportunity is for:

Caltech students only

Research Sponsor

Sponsor: Eric Davidson and Andy Cameron
Division: Biology
Mail Code: 156-29
Phone: 8421
E-mail: acameron@mirsky.caltech.edu

For further information about the project, the student should contact: Andy Cameron