{"id":430,"date":"2019-10-22T11:01:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/?page_id=430"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:36:03","slug":"home-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-430\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-430-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-430-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-430-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-430-0-0-0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"image wp-image-2123  attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1920;max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"image wp-image-2123  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/10\/IMG_1339-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-430-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Our Mission<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Our research seeks to uncover the fundamental mechanisms that determine how cells adopt distinct fates in normal development, regeneration, and disease. To address these questions, we use the <em>Drosophila<\/em> gonad as a powerful model system to study cell fate transitions, tissue regeneration, and tumorigenesis in vivo.<\/p>\n<p>By combining <em>Drosophila<\/em> genetics with advanced imaging approaches, including immunofluorescence, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), OligoPaint-based chromatin imaging, and whole-mount live tissue imaging, we investigate cellular and molecular processes at exceptional spatial and temporal resolution. The simplicity of <em>Drosophila<\/em> tissue architecture, together with its extensive genetic toolkit, enables us to uncover previously unrecognized regulatory mechanisms with unprecedented precision.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research seeks to uncover the fundamental mechanisms that determine how cells adopt distinct fates in normal development, regeneration, and disease. 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