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The Barresi Lab studies brain development in zebrafish.
Dr. Barresi is co-author of the textbook "Developmental Biology"

Contact the Barresi Lab:
Michael J.F. Barresi, mbarresi@smith.edu

Office ph. 413.585.3697
Lab ph. 413.585.3961

44 College Lane
Clark Science Center
Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063

Recent Publications

Johnson K, et al. Gfap-positive radial glial cells are an essential progenitor population for later-born neurons and glia in the zebrafish spinal cord. Glia. 2016 Jul;64(7):1170-89.

Smith CJ, Johnson K, Welsh TG, Barresi MJ, Kucenas S. Radial glia inhibit peripheral glial infiltration into the spinal cord at motor exit point transition zones. Glia. 2016 Jul;64(7):1138-53.

Hoffman et al (collaboration with Giraldez Lab). Estrogens Suppress a Behavioral Phenotype in Zebrafish Mutants of the Autism Risk Gene, CNTNAP2. Neuron. 2016 Feb 17;89(4):725-33.

Kif11 dependent cell cycle progression in radial glial cells is required for proper neurogenesis in the zebrafish neural tube. Johnson K, et al 2014. J. Dev Biol. 387(1):73-92.

de Soysa TY, et al 2012. Macondo crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disrupts specific developmental processes during zebrafish embryogenesis. BMC Biol. 10: 40.

Lab News

-Barresi Lab awarded a 4 yr ABR:RUI grant (600K) from the NSF to study zebrafish forebrain development.

-Congrats to Gina Cho for completing her Honors Thesis on craniofacial dev. We will also miss Nanami Kono who bravely led our Student Scientists Outreach program!

- Congrats to Emilie Jones, Sophie Chase and Julia Kim who all won best poster awards at the recent Dev. Bio conference at the MBL in Woods Hole MA. Amazing job!!

-Congrats to Morgan Schwartz; awarded the most prestigious Goldwater Fellowship. Can't wait to see what you produce next year!

- Congrats to past student Rachel Stein; awarded an NSF predoc fellowship for her Ph.D. work at Univ. Washington.

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