<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>![](\"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/derry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/08\/IMG_6624-400x267.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>
![](\"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/derry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/08\/IMG_6624-800x533.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>In the Derry Lab we use the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans<\/em>, a tiny nematode worm, to study gene functions in the context of when and where development intersects disease. The big questions we are interested in answering are:<\/h3>\n
In the Derry Lab we use the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans<\/em>, a tiny nematode worm, to study gene functions in the context of when and where development intersects disease. The big questions we are interested in answering are:<\/h3>\n\n- \n
How cells make life or death decisions?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
How are\u00a0signaling thresholds regulated in development and disease?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
How do biological tubes develop?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Protein aggregates in transgenerational inheritance.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo achieve these goals we collaborate with colleagues in Canada and around the world.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How cells make life or death decisions?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
How are\u00a0signaling thresholds regulated in development and disease?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
How do biological tubes develop?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Protein aggregates in transgenerational inheritance.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo achieve these goals we collaborate with colleagues in Canada and around the world.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How are\u00a0signaling thresholds regulated in development and disease?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
How do biological tubes develop?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Protein aggregates in transgenerational inheritance.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo achieve these goals we collaborate with colleagues in Canada and around the world.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How do biological tubes develop?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Protein aggregates in transgenerational inheritance.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo achieve these goals we collaborate with colleagues in Canada and around the world.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Protein aggregates in transgenerational inheritance.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo achieve these goals we collaborate with colleagues in Canada and around the world.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>