Maria Barna
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Genetics
- Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology
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Adminstrative Contact Sergio Alcantara Administrative Support Email Tel Work 650-725-7657
Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- NIH Directors New Innovator Award, NIH (2011)
- Basil O'Connor Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes (2010)
- National Institutes of Child Health and Development Pediatric LRP, NIH (2009)
- UCSF Faculty Fellows Program, UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco (2007)
- Vincent du Vigneaud Award of Excellence for Graduate Research, Cornell University (2004)
- Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, New York University (1996, 1997)
Professional Education
| Ph.D.: | Cornell University, Weill Graduate School of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology (2007) |
| B.A.: | New York University, Anthropology (1998) |
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Our laboratory investigates how complex, elaborately patterned tissues form during vertebrate embryonic development. In particular we aim to add a new dimension to our understanding of how cells know where to go, when to move, and differentiate. We combine classical embryology with state-of-the-art biochemistry, imaging, and genomics. Major research areas include delineating the translational regulatory code of the mammalian genome and cutting-edge imaging of tissue patterning.
Publications
- Ribosomes take control. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013; (1): 9-10
- Specialized filopodia direct long-range transport of SHH during vertebrate tissue patterning. Nature. 2013
- Specialized ribosomes: a new frontier in gene regulation and organismal biology. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2012; (6): 355-69
- Ribosome-mediated specificity in Hox mRNA translation and vertebrate tissue patterning. Cell. 2011; (3): 383-97
- Suppression of Myc oncogenic activity by ribosomal protein haploinsufficiency. Nature. 2008; (7224): 971-5
- Visualization of cartilage formation: insight into cellular properties of skeletal progenitors and chondrodysplasia syndromes. Dev Cell. 2007; (6): 931-41
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