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Drummond, Iain
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
The zebrafish pronephros as a model of kidney development.
We are studying the zebrafish pronephros in order to answer questions concerning early patterning events affecting kidney development, epithelial cell differentiation, the generation of cell polarity, and the development of kidney vasculature. The zebrafish pronephric kidney provides a simplified model of nephron development and epithelial cell differentiation which is amenable to genetic analysis. By taking advantage of mutations affecting the pronephros, we are uncovering new aspects of kidney cell differentiation.
We are studying the zebrafish pronephros in order to answer questions concerning early patterning events affecting kidney development, epithelial cell differentiation, the generation of cell polarity, and the development of kidney vasculature. The zebrafish pronephric kidney provides a simplified model of nephron development and epithelial cell differentiation which is amenable to genetic analysis. By taking advantage of mutations affecting the pronephros, we are uncovering new aspects of kidney cell differentiation.
PUBLICATIONS
NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS