ZFIN Person: Major, Bob

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-061002-3

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-061002-3

Major, Bob

Email:	r.major@cellbio.duke.edu
URL:	http://www.cellbio.duke.edu/Faculty/Poss/PossLabWebsite/home.htm
Affiliation:
Address:	Department of Cell Biology Box 3709 Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710 USA
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Phone:	(919) 684-5607
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

B.S. Cellular & Molecular Biology, Rider University, 1999.
Ph.D. Cell & Developmental Biology, Rutgers University, 2006

PUBLICATIONS

Kikuchi, K., Holdway, J.E., Major, R.J., Blum, N., Dahn, R.D., Begemann, G., and Poss, K.D. (2011) Retinoic Acid production by endocardium and epicardium is an injury response essential for zebrafish heart regeneration. Developmental Cell. 20(3):397-404

Wills, A.A., Holdway, J.E., Major, R.J., and Poss, K.D. (2008) Regulated addition of new myocardial and epicardial cells fosters homeostatic cardiac growth and maintenance in adult zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 135(1):183-192

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Major, R.J. and Irvine, K.D. Localization and requirement for Myosin II at the dorsal-ventral compartment boundary of the Drosophila wing. Developmental Dynamics. Published Online: 29 Sep 2006.

Major, R.J. and Irvine, K.D. Influence of Notch on dorsal-ventral compartmentalization and actin organization in the Drosophila wing. Development 2005. 132: 3823-3833.