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lab profile
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James Sikes University of San Francisco
Department of Biology
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
USA
jsikes@usfca.edu
4154226367
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| PI: |
YES |
| Taxa Studied: |
Invertebrate Animals |
| Techniques Employed: |
Quantitative PCR (qPCR), Sanger Sequencing, Solexa (Illumina) Sequencing, Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, In Situ Hybridization, Antibody Staining, RNA interference(RNAi), Scanning Electron Microscopy, Epifluoresence Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy |
| Research Description: |
The Sikes Lab is broadly interested in understanding the postembryonic developmental processes of regeneration and asexual reproduction. Our research focuses on two groups of flatworms (planarians and acoels) that possess robust abilities to regenerate lost structures and to reproduce via fission and budding. We use a variety of molecular, phylogenetic, and developmental tools to better understand how these divergent invertebrates accomplish asexual reproduction and regeneration. |
| Lab Web Page: |
http://usf.usfca.edu/fac-staff/jsikes/ |
| Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
NO |
| Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
NO |
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