PEARSON LAB

Stem cells, neural regeneration, and brain cancers

 

We use the freshwater planarian (Schmidtea mediterranea) and zebrafish (Danio rerio) as model organisms to study how adult stem cells make their precise cellular lineages during neural regeneration following acute injury.  We also study how this biology becomes dysregulated during the formation of brain cancers such as glioblastoma multiforme.

Our overarching goal is to understand the basic biology and molecular mechanisms of neural regeneration at a single-cell level.

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Piwi labelled cells in planar - image for neural regeneration projects in the lab
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PEOPLE

Dr. Bret Pearson

Dr. Bret Pearson

Professor

Celeste Jongeneelen

Lab Technician

Dr. Sarah Lusk

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kate Randall

Kate Randall

PhD Student

SELECTED PAPERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS

Sept 4, 2018:  This box started from only 40 worms in May!  Congrats to Nicole – please teach us your planarian voodoo!

Aug. 2018:  Shujun Zhu is now a Dr!

Feb, 2017:  Alex YT Lin is now a Dr!

Nov. 2017:  David DR Brown is now a Dr!

April 2017:  Smoked the Derry Lab again at their native game:  curling.

Dec, 2019:  Alyssa Molinaro is now a Dr!

Congrats to Dr. Pryszlak on his PhD!  May all of his landscaping dreams come true!

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PHOTOS

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PROTOCOLS

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In situ hybridization

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Planaria maintenance

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FAC sorting of stem cells

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Antibody staining