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Wallingford
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John Wallingford
John Wallingford is currently
Assistant Professor at the Institute for Cellular and Molecular
Biology at the University of Texas, Austin. Prior to taking
up this position in 2003, Professor Wallingford held positions
as a postdoctoral fellow under Richard Harland at the University
of California, Berkeley from 1999 - 2003, while concurrently
a visiting research associate at Scott Fraser’s lab at the
California Institute of Technology. After completing his
bachelor’s degree in biology and biochemistry from Wesleyan
University, he went on to complete his doctorate in Biological
Sciences at the University of Texas, Austin.
Professor Wallingford’s current research uses a molecular approach in combination
with time lapse imaging to focus on the molecular and cellular basis of embryonic
morphogenesis, and in particular the mechanisms of neural tube closure and gastrulation
in Xenopus.
He is also interested in axis elongation in Xenopus and chordates, as well as calcium signaling in Xenopus during convergent extension. |
