Home News & Events Dr. Tom Schilling and Dr. Qing Nie’s NSF Funded Research Could Lead to New Human Developmental Insights

Dr. Tom Schilling and Dr. Qing Nie’s NSF Funded Research Could Lead to New Human Developmental Insights

Developmental and Cell Biology Professor Thomas Schilling and Developmental and Cell Biology & Mathematics Professor Qing Nie have been awarded a new grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate the mechanisms that drive fate determination in neural crest cells. The five-year research project is entitled “Uncovering Roles of Cell Fate Decisions in Migrating Neural Crest Cells.” Professors Schilling and Nie will use a combination of experimental and mathematical approaches to address how the neural crest cells that give rise to much of the skull and nervous system acquire their identities as they migrate from their place of origin to their final destination in the body. The project’s results may lead to new insights into the causes of neural crest-related human congenital disabilities and cancers.


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