Post-Doctoral Fellow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Email: emilios.tahinci@vanderbilt.edu
Athens, Greece
Ph.D. Biochemistry
Boston University, Boston, MA 2002
B.S. Biology
University of Athens, Greece 1995
Ren R, Nagel M, Tahinci E, Winklbauer R, Symes K. Migrating anterior mesoderm cells and intercalating trunk mesoderm cells have distinct responses to Rho and Rac during Xenopus gastrulation. Dev Dyn. 2006 Apr;235(4):1090-9.
Lee LA, Lee E, Anderson MA, Vardy L, Tahinci E, Ali SM, Kashevsky H, Benasutti M, Kirschner MW, Orr-Weaver TL. Drosophila genome-scale screen for PAN GU kinase substrates identifies Mat89Bb as a cell cycle regulator. Dev Cell. 2005 Mar;8(3):435-42.
Tahinci E, Lee E. The interface between cell and developmental biology. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2004 Aug;14(4):361-6. Review.
Nagel M, Tahinci E, Symes K, Winklbauer R. Guidance of mesoderm cell migration in the Xenopus gastrula requires PDGF signaling. Development. 2004 Jun;131(11):2727-36. Epub 2004 May 5.
Tahinci E, Symes K. Distinct functions of Rho and Rac are required for convergent extension during Xenopus gastrulation. Dev Biol. 2003 Jul 15;259(2):318-35.
Morphogenesis and tissue specification in early development; signal transduction pathways; Wnt signaling.