Amy Sater (University of Houston, USA)
Speaker: Prof. Amy Sater (University of Houston, USA)
Talk: Xenopus: a Model System for Studies of Gene Regulation and Vertebrate Development
Time: Friday, 5th of September 2014, 15:30
Venue: Biotechnology Summer School 2014, OW Syrenka, Stegna
Category: Invited lecture during Biotechnology Summer School
Amy Sater, biographical note
Developmental biologist and Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston.
She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Texas before embarking upon postdoctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley. Her ongoing research interests include cell signaling and the molecular regulation of embryonic development in the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis. She has also been extensively involved in the development of genomics resources in Xenopus, contributing to genetic mapping and genome assembly in Xenopus tropicalis; she also served on the Xenopus Genome Steering Committee 2005-2013. Her current studies address the roles of microRNAs in the initiation of neural development, using a combination of genetic and biochemical approaches. She served as Instructor for the “Cell and Developmental Biology of Xenopus” course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from 2011-2014.