Licia Selleri, PhD, MD
Professor
Orofacial Sciences
School of Dentistry

415-502-2096

UCSF School of Medicine

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Department of Anatomy Institute of Human Genetics Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine & Stem Cell Research

Genetic and regulatory control of morphogenesis in embryonic development, evolution, and disease The laboratory studies the genetic and regulatory basis of how elaborately patterned tissues form during embryonic development and evolution. The laboratory combines different genetic approaches, using the mouse as a model, to understand the mechanisms underpinning basic developmental processes related to cranial and appendicular morphogenesis. They discovered that homeodomain-containing transcription factors of the Pbx family, also known as Hox-cofactors, are critical developmental regulators through the transcriptional control of target genes within tissue-specific regulatory networks. The lab uses genetically-engineered and ethylnitrosourea (ENU)-mutagenized mouse lines. Recently they utilize additional animal models, such as jerboas and primates, with the ultimate goal to identify novel genes and regulatory networks underlying morphogenesis of embryonic structures, morphological variation, and evolution. Focus is also given to how perturbation of these regulatory networks can result in human congenital disease.

Education & Training

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  • “Fogarty” Postdoctoral Fellow The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Molecular Genetics Laboratory (Advisor: Dr. Glen Evans) 1992
  • Ph.D. Molecular Biology Graduate School University of Modena, and Erasmus University (Advisors: Dr. Umberto Torelli & Dr. Gerard Grosveld) 1990
  • M.D. Medical School University of Modena 1985
  • Baccalaureat Ginnasio Ludovico Muratori 1980

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (132)

Top publication keywords:
Genes, HomeoboxChromosomes, Human, Pair 11Transcription FactorsPre-B-Cell Leukemia Transcription Factor 1Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMorphogenesisPalateNeural CrestEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportGene Regulatory NetworksHomeodomain ProteinsProto-Oncogene ProteinsSpleenFaceBody Patterning

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