Welcome to the Harrison lab!
Research in the Harrison lab focuses on how information encoded in the genome is differentially interpreted during organismal development. Specifically, we study the molecular mechanisms regulating gene expression and how changes in gene expression can drive cell identity. Because these processes are highly conserved amongst metazoans, we leverage the wide number of tools available to study this regulation in the Drosophila embryo. Current research in the laboratory is primarily directed at understanding the function of proteins that act at the top of gene regulatory networks to elicit dramatic changes in cell fate.
In our lab, we believe that the most innovative science happens with a broad team and in a supportive environment.
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News
• Our collaboration with Peter Lewis’s lab using Drosophila to identify modifiers of oncoprotein expression is online at GENETICS!
• Congratulations to Yadwinder on a super successful preliminary exam!