Download Carina Hanashima to head new lab at CDB

RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB)
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Carina Hanashima to head new lab at CDB
May 15, 2007 – The CDB is pleased to announce that Carina Hanashima has been
appointed to head the Laboratory for Neocortical Development, beginning in September
2007. The new laboratory will study the molecular mechanisms underlying the
development of the neocortex.
Carina Hanashima, Ph. D.
Dr. Hanashima’s research interests lie in the developmental mechanisms of how diverse
arrays of neurons are coordinated into high-functional territories. Despite its welldefined anatomical character and functional significance, the mechanisms underlying
the precise assembly of distinct functional areas of the cerebral cortex remains largely
unknown. The team will employ a wide range of techniques including genetic
manipulations in mice that will enable the conditional loss of gene and cellular functions,
recombination mediated cell-lineage tracing, and systematic approaches to identify
novel molecules responsible for precise areal specification. Dr. Hanashima joins the CDB
from the Developmental Genetics Program at the Skirball Institute, NYU School of
Medicine (USA).
Contact: Douglas Sipp [email protected] TEL: +81-78-306-3043
RIKEN CDB, Office for Science Communications and International Affairs