Anthony Awarded an NSF fellowship
April 3, 2018
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Congratulation Anthony! Please click on “Read More” for more information on the NSF GRFP program.
Welcome to the Shaye Lab
at the University of Illinois at Chicago
We study the cell biology and genetic regulation underlying biological tube formation
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The C.elegans excretory canal (ExCa) is a single-cell tube that provides an excellent model to study biological tube formation (tubulogenesis). Genes that regulate ExCa development have human homologs implicated in kidney and vascular disease. We use the ExCa to discover and study new tubulogenesis regulators.
Some genes that regulate ExCa tubulogenesis have been implicated in angiogenesis; the creation of new blood vessels from existing ones. We use human cell culture models to ask whether genes that we discover in C. elegans play roles in angiogenesis.
We are part of the Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). We are centrally located at the Illinois Medical District, and within walking distance of the University Village/Little Italy neighborhood.