Maura McGrail
Position
- Professor
- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
The McGrail lab studies brain development and disease using the zebrafish genetic model system. We develop CRISPR genome editing technologies that allow zebrafish Cre/lox cell type-specific gene knockout and lineage tracing. With these approaches we investigate novel mechanisms of neural progenitor cell cycle regulation, cell division symmetry, and cell fate specification.
The McGrail lab also provides the wider zebrafish community with resources for CRISPR genome editing to generate new conditional genetic models of development and disease. Visit our Zebrafish Community Cre/lox Resource at https://zebrafishccr.org/.
The McGrail lab also provides the wider zebrafish community with resources for CRISPR genome editing to generate new conditional genetic models of development and disease. Visit our Zebrafish Community Cre/lox Resource at https://zebrafishccr.org/.
Contact
Email
mmcgrail@iastate.edu
Phone
515-294-4445
3005 Adv Tch Res Bd
2213 Pammel Dr.
Ames
,
IA
50011-1101
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Education
- PhD, Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1996
- BS, Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1988