Allen Distinguished Microscopy Seminar

Time-keeping mechanisms of embryonic cell cycles

Stefano Di Talia, Ph.D, Assistant Professor,
Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Sponsored By:
ORIED, CALS, COS, CVM, COE & Eastman Chemical University Engagement Fund

Abstract: Embryonic development requires the accurate regulation of biological events across multiple spatial and temporal scales. In this talk, I will discuss how the cell cycle is timed accurately during development of Drosophila embryos. I will focus on two separate problems: the synchronization of the early embryonic cell cycles through the rapid propagation of waves of Cdk1 activity and the mechanisms of regulation of the cell cycle during Drosophila gastrulation.