Please note that this Laboratory will close down in the course of 2011. Therefore, no further PhD openings or postdoc positions will be available.

Dr Friedo Beermann is now  the Scientific Adjunct to the ISREC Director, Prof. Douglas Hanahan.

 

Research

Pigment cell biology

The incidence of melanoma is increasing worldwide. We are interested in pigment cells which are neural crest-derived melanocytes and cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Several benign changes such as hair graying, albinism, and vitiligo are caused by pigment cells, as well as cutaneous melanoma, one of the most devastating types of cancer. Pigment cells are an attractive model to study gene regulation, development and interplay between stem cells and differentiating cells.

 

 

 

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