Dr. Youk [HHMI Fellow] aims to use quantitative models and experiments in yeast to unravel the central principles that enable cells to adhere to and communicate with each other in multicellular clusters. He is also investigating general strategies that these cells use to collectively process information and respond to biochemical signals that are present outside the cluster. These studies will lead to a better understanding of how multicellular clusters, such as tumors, develop and are maintained.

 

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Project Title: "Synthetic development: Elucidating principles for genetically encoding simple multicellular architectures using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system"

Institution: University of California, San Francisco

Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Wendell A. Lim, PhD

Cancer Type: All cancers

Research Area: Microbiology