Scholar Profile

David J. Anderson

Professor
Division of Biology 216-76
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Voice: 626-395-6821
Fax: 626-564-8243
Email: andersond@starbase1.caltech.edu
Personal Homepage
1987 Searle Scholar

Research Interests

Differentiation of Neural Crest Cells

David Anderson's laboratory investigates how different types of neurons and glia are generated from the neural crest, a uniquely vertebrate structure. The group has isolated neural crest stem cells and progenitor cells, and has immortalized them to produce continuous cell lines. Anderson's group has also isolated vertebrate homologues of Drosophila genes that control neuronal determination, and is examining their function by gene knockout experiments in mice.