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Biology Seminar Series: Neurons in Motion
Neurons in Motion: The Role of Planar Cell Polarity Pathway During Facial Brachiomotor Neuron Migration
Lake Forest, Ill. – Ms. Oni Mapp, a PhD candidate in the Department of Developmental Biology at the University of Chicago, will deliver a public lecture at Lake Forest College on Wednesday, February 13, at 4:00 pm.
Aimed at a general audience, Ms. Mapp’s presentation titled “Neurons in Motion: The Role of Planar Cell Polarity Pathway During Facial Brachiomotor Neuron Migration” will be held in Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall. The public is welcome to attend free of charge. A pre-seminar reception will be held at 3:45 pm. Please call 847-735-5090 for more information.
Ms. Mapp received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Maryland. She is presently conducting her doctoral research at The University of Chicago.
Oni Mapp studies how nerves development embryologically using zebrafish as a model system. In particular, she is examining the role of planar cell orientation and specific cell-cell connections that influence the development of the facial brachiomotor nerve. In so doing, she has carried out loss function experiments and is in the process of generating several transgenic lines.
Among her honors is election to Phi Beta Kappa and she is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. In addition, she is a Minorities Access to Research Careers (MARC) Scholar and a Meyerhoff Scholar. Ms. Mapp also was a recipient of a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship and a Genetics Training Grant. She is presently a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
The event is sponsored by the Lake Forest College Biology Department, Beta Beta Beta (the national undergraduate biology honorary society), Eukaryon (an undergraduate journal of life science scholarship), and the Center for Chicago Programs.
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Aimed at a general audience, Ms. Mapp’s presentation titled “Neurons in Motion: The Role of Planar Cell Polarity Pathway During Facial Brachiomotor Neuron Migration” will be held in Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall. The public is welcome to attend free of charge. A pre-seminar reception will be held at 3:45 pm. Please call 847-735-5090 for more information.
Ms. Mapp received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Maryland. She is presently conducting her doctoral research at The University of Chicago.
Oni Mapp studies how nerves development embryologically using zebrafish as a model system. In particular, she is examining the role of planar cell orientation and specific cell-cell connections that influence the development of the facial brachiomotor nerve. In so doing, she has carried out loss function experiments and is in the process of generating several transgenic lines.
Among her honors is election to Phi Beta Kappa and she is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. In addition, she is a Minorities Access to Research Careers (MARC) Scholar and a Meyerhoff Scholar. Ms. Mapp also was a recipient of a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship and a Genetics Training Grant. She is presently a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
The event is sponsored by the Lake Forest College Biology Department, Beta Beta Beta (the national undergraduate biology honorary society), Eukaryon (an undergraduate journal of life science scholarship), and the Center for Chicago Programs.
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