My lab studies the mechanisms of gastrulation and organogenesis during mouse development.
Elizabeth H. Lacy, PhD
Professor
Research Focus
Developmental biologist Elizabeth Lacy studies the mechanisms of gastrulation and organogenesis during mouse development.Education
PhD, California Institute of Technology- Office Phone: 212-639-7538
- Office Fax: 646-422-2062
- Lab Phone: 212-639-8661 / 8662
- Lab Fax: 646-422-2062
Lab Members
Emiri Hirokawa
Research Assistant
Yulan Hui
Sr Research Assistant
Claudia Munoz
Graduate Research Assistant
Mary Madabhushi
Graduate Student
Publications
- Kalantry S, Manning S, Haub O, Tomihara-Newberger C, Lee H-G, Fangman J, Disteche CM, Manova K, and Lacy E. (2001). Amnionless, an essential gene for mouse gastrulation, encodes a visceral endoderm-specific protein with an extracellular cysteine rich domain. Nature Genetics, 27:412-416.
- Strope S, Rivi R, Metzger T, Manova K, Lacy E. (2004) Mouse amnionless, which is required for primitive streak assembly, mediates cell-surface localization and endocytic function of cubilin on visceral endoderm and kidney proximal tubules. Development 131(19):4787-95.
