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Michael Robert Stark Physiology & Developmental Biology Email: michael_stark@byu.edu 555 WIDB Assistant Professor Dr. Stark is a member of the BYU Neuroscience Center. |
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Early events in vertebrate nervous system development, including aspects of cell-cell interaction, cell fate determination, gene regulation and function, and gene regulatory networks. |
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Articles Rhonda N.T. Lassiter, Stephanie B. Reynolds, Kristopher D. Marin, Tyler F. Mayo and Michael R. Stark*. "FGF signaling is essential for ophthalmic trigeminal placode cell delamination and differentiation." Developmental Dynamics. 238.5 (2009): 1073-82. <website> Stark, M.R. and Barrow, J.R. "Stem Cell Research: Science in the Fast Lane." Journal of Collegium Aesculapium. Summer, 2008 (2008): 34-39. Dude, C.M., Kuan, C.-Y.K., Bradshaw, J.R., Greene, N.D.E., Relaix, F., Stark, M.R. and Baker. C.V.H. "Activation of Pax3 target genes is necessary but not sufficient for neurogenesis in the ophthalmic trigeminal placode." Developmental Biology. e-pub ahead of print journal (2008). <website> Lassiter, R. N., Dude, C. M., Reynolds, S. B., Winters, N. I., Baker, C. V. and Stark, M. R. "Canonical Wnt signaling is required for ophthalmic trigeminal placode cell fate determination and maintenance." Developmental Biology. 308 (2007): 392-406. <website> Rodriguez RR, Seegmiller RE, Stark MR, Bridgewater LC. "A type XI collagen mutation leads to increased degradation of type II collagen in articular cartilage." Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 12.4 (2004): 314-20. Fuhrmann, S., Stark, M. R., and Heller, S. "Expression of Frizzled genes in the developing chick eye." Gene Expr Patterns. 3 (2003): 659-62. Linker, C., Lesbros, C., Stark, M. R., and Marcelle, C. "Intrinsic signals regulate the initial steps of myogenesis in vertebrates." Development. 130 (2003): 4797-807. Baker, C., Stark, M.R., and Bronner-Fraser, M. "Pax3-expressing trigeminal placode cells can localize to trunk neural crest sites but are committed to a cutaneous sensory neuron fate." Dev Biol. 249 (2002): 219-236. Van Raay, T. J., Wang, Y. K., Stark, M. R., Rasmussen, J. T., Francke, U., Vetter, M. L., and Rao, M. S. "frizzled 9 is expressed in neural precursor cells in the developing neural tube." Development Genes and Evolution. 211 (2001): 453-457. Stark, M.R., Biggs, J.J., Schoenwolf, G.C., and Rao, M.S. "Characterization of Avian Frizzled Genes in Cranial Placode Development." Mech. Dev. 93 (2000): 195-200. Stark, M.R., Rao, M.S., Schoenwolf, G.C., Yang, G., Smith, D., Mauch, T.J. "Frizzled-4 expression during chick kidney development." Mech Dev. 98 (2000): 121-125. Baker, C.V.H.*, Stark, M.R.*, Marcelle, C., and Bronner-Fraser, M. "Competence, specification and induction of Pax-3 in the trigeminal placode." Development. 126 (1999): 147-156. Darnell, D.K., Stark, M.R. and Schoenwolf, G.C. "Timing and cell interactions underlying neural induction in the chick embryo." Development. 126 (1999): 2505-2514. Books Van Raay, T.J., Lassiter, R.T. and Stark, M.R. "Electroporation Strategies for Genetic Manipulation and Cell Labeling." Methods in Molecular Biology, Neural Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols. Ed. Leslie P. Weiner. 2ndth ed. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, Apr. 2008. Vol. 438. Van Raay, T. and Stark, M.R. "Cell Labeling and Gene Misexpression by Electroporation." Methods in Molecular Biology. Ed. T.Zigova, P.R. Sandberg, and J.R. Sanchez-Ramos. Humana Press, 2002. Vol. 198. Baker, C.V.H., Groves, A.K., Stark, M.R., and Bronner-Fraser, M. "Induction of ectodermal placodes." Cell and Molecular Biology of the Ear. Ed. Lim and Stoeckert. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000. |
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| PDBio 220 Human Anatomy. Fall semester. PDBio 482 Developmental Biology. Winter semester. |