overview
Our research focuses on three areas:
(i) vertebrate
embryogenesis
- how do signals, non-coding RNAs, and chromatin influence the fate and
movement of cells?
(ii) sensory
neuron development and function
- how does an organism sense potentially harmful stimuli?
(iii) sleep
and wakefulness - what are the
genes and circuits that regulate sleep?
We mainly use zebrafish as a model system, because genetic and imaging
approaches can be combined to study complex behaviors and developmental
processes in a vertebrate.