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Lab ImageCassandra Extavour

Harvard University
16 Divinity Avenue
BioLabs 4103
Cambridge, MA 2138
USA

extavour@oeb.harvard.edu
617-496-1935

PI: YES
Taxa Studied: Invertebrate Animals, Parhyale hawaiensis, Achaearanea tepidariorum, Gryllus bimaculatus, Oncopeltus fasciatus, Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila sechellia, Drosophila simulans, Marmorkrebs
Techniques Employed: Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, In Situ Hybridization, Antibody Staining, Sectioning for Histology, Sectioning for Electron Microscopy, Epifluoresence Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Time-Lapse Microscopy, Transgenesis, Other, RNA interference(RNAi), cell lineage analysis
Research Description: Evolution of Germ Cell Specification and Reproductive Systems Our lab is interested in the evolution of early embryonic development, with a focus on the germline and the evolution of the mechanisms that specify these cells during embryonic development. We use molecular genetic developmental analysis, histological analysis, and experimental embryology to study germ cells and gonad development in several different arthropod model systems. Our ultimate goal is to improve our understanding of which developmental mechanisms may have been basal to arthropods, and ultimately to metazoans, and how these mechanisms may have changed throughout evolution.
Lab Web Page: http://www.extavourlab.com
Willing to Host Undergraduates: YES
Actively Seeking Undergraduates: NO
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