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Uncovering mechanisms controlling germline stem cell competition

Description: Project Narrative Due to evolution, numerous genes exist in very similar forms in other organisms, such as the fruit fly Drosophila. The fruit fly is an excellent genetic organism that has been used with great success to identify and characterize genes critical for basic biological processes. Our study is designed to eludicate how the conserved genes that cause cancer in humans regulate stem cell competition in Drosophila.

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Funding type: research

Funder scheme: R03

Start date: 2017-09-22

End date: 2021-08-31

Investigator: ERIKA A BACH

Institution: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Topic: Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ

Subfield: Cell Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Funded outputs count: 4

Funder award ID: R03HD090422

OpenAlex ID: G8142835847