| The Laboratory of Experimental Ontogeny (LEO) is a research and educational initiative led by Miguel Concha M.D. Ph.D., that studies the genetic and morphogenetic mechanisms giving rise to form, structure and functional organisation during ontogenic development. The experimental strategy is based on a multi-disciplinary approach that combines expertise in genetics, development, morphogenesis, in vivo imaging and comparative morpho-topology, using selected model organisms that allow a bottom-up (gene-to-function) comparative perspective of ontogeny, and its impact in biomedicine. [more] |
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LEO investigates four main aspects of biological patterning during ontogenic development: origin or genetic control (GENE), expression through morphogenesis (MORPH), evolutionary and developmental transformations (EVO-DEVO) and events of alteration with Biomedical implication (BIOMED).
These aspects are addressed in the context of two main research topics:
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BRAIN ASYMMETRY: structural and functional differences between left and righ sides of the brain. [more]
. CELLULAR MORPHOGENESIS: individual and collective cell behaviour in development, organogenesis and disease. [more]
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. 2010 Sep 22 - NEMO start-up ceremony
Official start-up meeting of NEMO at the Faculty of Medicine. [more]
------------------------------------------------- . 2010 Apr - Full Professor at LEO
LEO group leader Miguel Concha became Full Professor. [more]
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. 2010 Apr 17 - LEO prizes & awards
New fellowships, prizes & awards. [more]
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2010 Oct 1 - NEMO Symposium
"Neural morphogenesis: from shape to function", at the VI Meeting of the Chilean Society for Neuroscience [more]
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2010 Nov 1-5 - NEMO Symposium
"Small brains big ideas", at the XXIV Annual Meeting of the Cell Biology Society in Pucon, Chile. [more]
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2010 Nov 11-15 - 5th LASDB Meeting
International Meeting of the LASDB in Santa Cruz, Chile. [more]
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New publications from LEO's research:
Planar cell polarity signalling regulates cell adhesion properties in progenitors of the zebrafish laterality organ. [more]
Learn about the "Nucleus of Neural Morphogenesis" (NEMO). [more]
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| Learn about our history and philosophy. [more] |
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Teaching
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| View courses and training opportunities. [more] |
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Fish Facility
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| Visit zebrafish, medaka and annual fish. [more] |
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Agenda
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| Follow up meetings, seminars & events. [more] |
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