Gishnu Das
Research Interests
Genetic dissection and analysis of neural circuitry that coordinates learning behavior.
Publications
| Title | Journal | Date | Authors |
| The NK-2 homeobox gene scarecrow (scro) is expressed in pharynx, ventral nerve cord and brain of Drosophila embryos | Mechanisms
of Development Jun; 94(1-2):237-41 |
2000 | Zaffran S, Das G, Frasch M. |
| The Atypical Cadherin Flamingo Links Frizzled and Notch Signaling in Planar Polarity Establishment in the Drosophila Eye. | Developmental
Cell May; 2(5):655-66. |
2002 | Das, G., Reynolds-Kenneally, J. and Mlodzik M. |
| Diego interacts with Prickle and Strabismus/Van Gogh to localize planar cell polarity complexes | Development 131, 4467-76. |
2004 | Das, G., Jenny, A, Klein, T.J and Mlodzik, M |
| Diego and Prickle regulate Frizzled-planar polarity signaling by competing for Dishevelled binding. | Nature
Cell Biology 2005, 7, 691-7 |
2005 | Jenny, A., Reynolds-Kenneally, J, Das, G. Burnett, M, and Mlodzik, M |
Presentations: |
|||
| Localization of Flamingo in the Drosophila Eye Disc and its prospective role in Eye Development | 60th Annual meeting of the Society of Developmental Biology, San Diego | July 2001 | Gishnu Das and Marek Mlodzik |
| Planar Cell Polarity Signaling in the Drosophila Eye: evidence for the role of Diego | Santa Cruz Conference on Developmental Biology | August 2002 | Gishnu Das, Jessica Reynolds-Kenneally and Marek Mlodzik |
| Modulation of Planar Cell Polarity Signaling by Diego and Prickle | Gordon Conference on Signaling by Adhesion Receptors | June 2004 | Andreas Jenny, Gishnu Das, Thomas J.Klein, and Marek Mlodzik |
Scholastic Achievements
| Dates | School | Degree | Concentration |
| November
2005— Present |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Susumu Tonegawa | |
| August 1998-September 2005 | Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University | Ph.D.
Developmental Genetics Thesis advisor: Marek Mlodzik |
Thesis
title: Planar cell polarity proteins and the generation of cell fate specification in the developing Drosophila ommatidium. |
| Summer 2003 | Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole | Embryology Class of 2003 | Embryology |
Contact Information
Tonegawa Lab
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Room 46-5295
43, Vassar Street
Picower Institute of Learning and Memory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel. #: 617-653-6551
Fax #: 617 253 6269