Sensory organogenesis

Sensory systems in vertebrates represent one of the   pinnacles of evolutionary achievement, wedding   intricate organic structures with specialized cellular   function to permit the animal to apprehend its environment by processing a range of physical and chemical   stimuli. The development of these systems involves   an extraordinary level of coordination between cells   and emergent tissues at very early stages of embryogenesis, and provides an ideal model for the study of   such inductive interactions in general. These pages represent some of the research that is ongoing in the lab.