Stem Cell and Developmental Biology

Stem Cell and Developmental Biology

stem cell biology • regeneration • disease modeling • pattern formation • differentiation • gametogenesis • morphogenesis • organ development • cell migration • cell-cell and cell-environment interactions • aging • cancer

Yadira Soto-Feliciano
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Yadira Soto-Feliciano

Assistant Professor of Biology

Yadira Soto-Feliciano studies chromatin and epigenetic regulation in normal development and cancer.

Uncovering the mysteries of methylation in plants

3 Questions: Kristin Knouse on the liver’s regenerative capabilities

Planarian eye transplants

How sea stars get their symmetry

A “tail” of two RNA regulatory systems

Shaping life

The proteins that package DNA to fit inside cells have another role: tuning gene expression

These worms’ stem cells are developmental shapeshifters