Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Masters Program
Ph.D. 1983 (genetics), B.A. 1977 (biology/chemistry), Connecticut.

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Research Interests:

Molecular mechanisms underlying early development in Drosophila

Affiliations:

Genetics Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Fellowships/Honors:

Whitehead Fellowship for Junior Faculty in Biological Sciences, 1996; American Cancer Society Research Grant NP600, July 1987-1991; American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, November 1983-November 1985; PHS Genetics Training Grant, September 1978-September 1981.

Publications

• The zinc-finger protein Zelda is a key activator of the early zygotic genome in Drosophila.
  Nature
  Liang HL, Nien CY, Liu HY, Metzstein MM, Kirov N, Rushlow C
  
  

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