University of Minnesota
The O'Connor Lab
http://www.oconnor.umn.edu/
612-626-9944
The Michael B. O' Connor Lab

O'Connor Lab Members

 

OConnor lab members

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Principal Investigator:
Michael O' Connor

BMP, TGF-ß, signaling, ecdysteroid, synapse, patterning, morphogen


 

Post Doctoral Associates:
Aidan Peterson
Receptor localization & trafficking;down-regulation of TGF-ß family signaling

Naoki Yamanaka
developmental timing in Drosophila

Myung Jun Kim

Research Technicians:
Lisa Bofenkamp

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Zofeyah McBrayer
BMP signaling in learning and memory, and developmental timing in Drosophila melanogaster

Mary Jane Shimell-O'Connor
general research support on various projects

David Zhitomirsky
general research support on various projects

Laboratory Assistant:
Polina Markovich

Graduate Students:
Christina Brakken-Thal

Ying Gibbens
Activin signaling in ecdysone biosynthesis

Arpan Ghosh
BMP Signaling in Drosophila NMJ development:

Rachel Herder
Drosophilia Takl1 & Takl2; mouse hippocampal TEM