Mayu Inaba
Principal Investigator
Email: inaba@uchc.edu
Research interests; Asymmetric stem cell division, Gene regulation, Stem cell competition, Gene redundancy.
Samaneh Poursaeid
Postdoctoral researcher
Email:poursaeid@uchc.edu
Epigenetic processes regulate gene expression and maintain a specific cell fate through cell divisions. Drosophila male germline stem cells (GSCs) constantly divide asymmetrically to give rise to two daughter cells with distinct fates. My current research focuses on how expression of genes changes during asymmetric division of Drosophila germline stem cells.
Muhammed Burak Bener
Graduate Student
Email: bener@uchc.edu
1) My research project is focused on asymmetric cell division in Drosophila female germline stem cells. When stem cells divide, they generate one stem cell and one differentiating daughter cell. I am investigating intracellular cell-fate determining factors play a role in this asymmetry. 2) I am interested in microtubule behavior during germline stem cell divisions in Drosophila ovary.
Autumn Twillie
UConn Undergraduate Student
Email:autumn.twille@uconn.edu
I am working to visualize the localization and dynamics of the interaction of signaling molecules in vivo during niche-stem cell interaction in Drosophila testis.
Emma Kristine Beard
UConn Undergraduate Student
Email emma_kristine.beard@uconn.edu
My project is to investigate outcome of asymmetric histone inheritance in Drosophila male germline stem cells.
Romir Raj
UConn Undergraduate Student
Email:romir.raj@uconn.edu
Romir investigates the mechanism of homologous chromosome pairing and transvection in germline stem cells.