Welcome to Uri Gat Lab!

Laboratory of Hair Follicle Developmental Biology
and of Spider Silk Fiber Formation

Research Fields:

• The hair follicle as a model for organogesis.
  
• The role of Runx factors in the development of hair and other skin appendages.
  
• Molecular control of the hair keratin genes in mouse and man.
  
• The spider silk proteins – structure and function in fiber formation.
  
• Synthesis of recombinant spider silk fibers.
  
• Runx factors evolution and function in the model cnidarian Nematostella.
  
• The Hippo Pathway of Organ Growth Regulation: Through an Evolutionary Looking Glass.The
  
• ANE syndrome: a Disease of Hair Loss and Neurological Disorders.
  

Internal Lab website: https://sites.google.com/site/gatlabonline/

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