“Breaking News in Stem Cells†is the only lecture series that brings the top papers in the field to your desktop as they happen
This month, Eric N. Olson, PhD, will present his paper as published in the March 26, 2020 issue of Developmental Cell.
Hosted by:
Evan Snyder, MD, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics Program
Director for Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Sanford Children’s Health Research Center
Speaker
Eric N. Olson, PhD
Professor
Chair of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Olson’s lab studies muscle cells as a model for understanding how stem cells adopt specific fates and how programs of cell differentiation and morphogenesis are controlled during development.
There are three major muscle cell types—cardiac, skeletal, and smooth—which express distinct sets of genes controlled by different combinations of transcription factors and extracellular signals. The lab focuses on discovering novel transcription factors in these muscle-cell types that control development and remodeling in response to cardiovascular and neuromuscular diseases.