The Times of Their Lives: Developmental and Circadian Timing in C. elegan
Martha Merrow, PhD
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (Institute for Medical Psychology)
Living organisms have developed a multitude of biological time-keeping mechanisms – from developmental to circadian (daily) clocks. Martha Merrow has been on the forefront of understanding the basic properties and molecular aspects of how the circadian clock synchronizes with environmental cues – from worms to yeast to fungi to humans. In addition to circadian clocks, she has been studying developmental clocks in worms and recently developed a new method to measure timing of larval development, which could be used to measure sleep-like properties in worms. She started working on biological clocks as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Darmouth Medical School, and is currently a Full Professor and Teaching Chair in the Institute of Medical Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany. Beyond her teaching and research, Martha also works on developing scientific networks for chronobiologists and for women in science.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Davidson Math and Science Center, 102
1055 Evans Avenue, Reno, NV 89512, USA
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