Topics and Expertise: gene regulatory elements

Using antibiotics to stop contamination in cell cultures changes them, study finds

Thu Aug 31, 2017
Ryu in the lab

Ann Hane Ryu, a graduate student in the lab of Nadav Ahituv, PhD, works with cell cultures.

The common lab practice of adding antibiotics to cell cultures to prevent contamination can actually induce genetic changes in the cells, a paper senior-authored by Nadav Ahituv, PhD, found. Ahituv is a faculty member in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, a joint department...

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Ahituv Lab research finds how bats grow wings, with implications for human limb development

Mon Mar 28, 2016
bat embryo
Mandy K. Mason, University of Cape Town

Natal long-fingered bat embryo (Miniopterus natalensis) stained to highlight bone (red) and cartilage (blue).

Researchers in the laboratory of UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Nadav Ahituv, PhD, study the roles of gene regulatory elements—DNA segments that tell genes when, where, and to what extent to turn on and off—including in human conditions ranging from limb malformations to epilepsy and autism.