Amanda Haage, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Project: Talin as a novel regulator of neural crest cell migration and differentiation
Mentor: Amanda Haage, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Location: Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, W262
Description: Our research focuses on how cells interpret and then respond to signals in their extracellular environment. Central to this are the receptors that span the membrane and the proteins they interaction with, like Talin. We use neural crest cell migration and differentiation as an important normal model for cells the move vast distances in development, paralleling the process of migratory cancer cells creating metastasis. REU students can expect to learn both neural crest stem cell and cancer cell culture, immunofluorescence, and other cell biology based techniques.
