lab profile
James Umen Donald Danforth Plant Science Center 975 Warson Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63132
USA
jumen@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1689
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PI: |
YES |
Taxa Studied: |
Other, Volvox carteri, Chlamydomonas reinhardti,i Volvocine algae |
Techniques Employed: |
Degenerate PCR, Quantitative PCR (qPCR), Microarrays, Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, Epifluoresence Microscopy, Transgenesis, Mutagenesis, RNA interference(RNAi) |
Research Description: |
Multicellularity, Evolution of Sex, Sex chromosomes, Green algae, Volvox, Chlamydomonas, Size control, Germ cells |
Lab Web Page: |
http://umenlab.org |
Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
YES |
Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
NO |
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