Bob Goldstein

Bob Goldstein

Generation of cell diversity in development

Telephone: (919) 843-8575 (Office);
(919) 843-8576 (Lab)

E-mail: bobg at unc.edu

Office: 616 Fordham Hall

Mailing Address:
CB# 3280, Coker Hall
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280

Associate Professor (Initial Appointment: 1999)
Ph.D., University of Texas (1992)
B.S., Union College (1988)

Publications | Curriculum Vitae

Synopsis

We are interested in understanding how cell diversity arises during development. We use primarily the nematode C. elegans, because it allows us to readily combine a large number of useful techniques, including techniques of cell biology, experimental embryology, forward and reverse genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and live imaging of cells and their cytoskeletal components.

Current work in the lab addresses several basic questions in cell and developmental biology -- how cells move to specific positions during development, how intercellular signals act to polarize cells, how the mitotic spindle is positioned in cells, and how such characteristics of early development can evolve.