The Wikramanayake lab evolution of pattern formation

The Wikramanayake lab

evolution of pattern formation

University of Miami

Department of Biology

Contact information:

Lab Address: 208 Cox Science Center, Department of Biology, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124

Phone Number: (305) 284-1676

Fax Number: (305) 284-3039

The broad interest of our laboratory is to understand how an embryo develops from a fertilized egg. In particular, we are interested in elucidating the mechanisms by which developmental information that is maternally loaded into the egg is partitioned in a reproducible manner in the early embryo to initiate pattern formation. In addition, we are interested in deducing the evolutionary origins of these mechanisms, and in understanding how these mechanisms are modified during evolution to produce morphological diversity. Our work focuses heavily on the role that the Wnt signaling pathways have played in the evolution of pattern formation. You can read more about our current research projects by going to the projects page here.