Karen Kim Guisbert
- Assistant Professor
- Biology
Additional Information
Research Interests
The beginning of development starts with the fusion of an egg and a sperm during the process of fertilization. I have developed a tool to fluorescently detect the exact moment of fertilization within a living organism. We use this tool to examine the cell-cell interactions that are required to regulate this amazing process. We use a combination of genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology to explore the entire process of making the egg (oogenesis) through fertilization and onto early embryogenesis. My lab studies these dynamic processes in the model organism C. elegans.
Education
BS Biochemistry, University of Rochester, 1997
PhD Cell Biology, University of California San Francisco, 2006
Courses
BIOL 1450 Biology I Lab
BIOL 2140 Genetics
BIOL 4850 Developmental Biology
Highlighted Publications
Full publications list: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/karen.kim%20guisbert.2/bibliography/public/
Additional Information
Research Interests
The beginning of development starts with the fusion of an egg and a sperm during the process of fertilization. I have developed a tool to fluorescently detect the exact moment of fertilization within a living organism. We use this tool to examine the cell-cell interactions that are required to regulate this amazing process. We use a combination of genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology to explore the entire process of making the egg (oogenesis) through fertilization and onto early embryogenesis. My lab studies these dynamic processes in the model organism C. elegans.
Education
BS Biochemistry, University of Rochester, 1997
PhD Cell Biology, University of California San Francisco, 2006
Courses
BIOL 1450 Biology I Lab
BIOL 2140 Genetics
BIOL 4850 Developmental Biology
Highlighted Publications
Full publications list: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/karen.kim%20guisbert.2/bibliography/public/