About: ebellefr

Biography:

Eric Bellefroid is leading the laboratory of Developmental Genetics at the University of Brussels. The unit is studying vertebrate nervous system development, focusing on the molecular mechanisms that control the transition from neural stem cell to neurons in the developing vertebrate nervous system, using the Xenopus and mouse embryos as model systems. The focus is on the role of some transcription factors in the molecular mechanisms that control neural progenitor maintenance, differentiation, and the generation of neuronal diversity. Current ongoing research focuses on the role of Prdm transcription factors in sensory neurogenesis and of Dmrt transcription factors in cerebral cortex development.

Website:

http://gendev.ulb.ac.be/bellefroidlab/