Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of California, Merced offers a program in Molecular Cell Biology, led by Assistant Professor Stephanie Woo. The program focuses on research in embryonic development, specifically the formation of epithelial tissues.

Program Details

Research Areas

• Embryonic development
• Formation of epithelial tissues

Lab Facilities

• The Woo lab is equipped with work benches typical of most cell and molecular labs
  • Specialized equipment, including a confocal microscope
• Zebrafish facility (pending approval from the Department of Animal Research)

Lab Members

• Graduate students
• Lab manager
• Other research personnel

Faculty

Professor Stephanie Woo

• Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Merced
• Earned B.S. from the University of Texas, Austin
• Earned Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Francisco

Program Schedule

• Tour of the Woo lab: June 22, 1:00 PM-1:30 PM PT