Lesilee S. Rose
Professor
lsrose@ucdavis.edu

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Office
3224 Life Sciences Addition
754-9884/754-9891


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Degrees:
1991 PhD Princeton University Molecular Biology
1986 BS College of William and Mary Biology
Research Interests:

Developmental and cell biology of C. elegans, with an emphasis on the control of cell division patterns and polarity.
Awards:
Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professional Societies:
Society for Developmental Biology
Genetics Society of America
American Society for Cell Biology
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology  
Genetics  
Publications:
  • DeBella, Leah R., Adam Hayashi, and Lesilee S. Rose. 2006. LET-711, the C. elegans NOT1 ortholog, is required for spindle positioning and regulation of microtubule length in embryos. Mol. Biol. Cell 17:4911-4924
  • Wu, Jui-Ching, and Lesilee S. Rose. 2007. PAR-3 and PAR-1 inhibit LET-99 localization to generate a cortical band important for spindle positioning in C. elegans embryos. 2007. Mol Biol Cell. 18:4470-82
  • Park, Dae Hwi and Lesilee S. Rose. Dynamic localization of LIN-5 and GPR-1/2 to cortical force generation domains during spindle positioning. Devel. Biol. In press
  • Goönczy, Pierre, and Lesilee S. Rose. 2005. Asymmetric cell division and axis formation in the embryo. In WormBook, ed.The C. elegans Research Community, WormBook, doi/10.1895/wormbook.1.7.1, http://www.wormbook.org.
  • Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou, Wei Ku, Adam Hayashi, and Lesilee S. Rose. 2003. PAR-dependent and geometry-dependent mechanisms of spindle positioning. J Cell Bio1: 160(6):845-55.
  • Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou, Adam Hayashi, and Lesilee S. Rose. 2003. LET-99 opposes Ga/GPR signaling to generate asymmetry for spindle positioning in response to PAR and MES-1/SRC-1 signaling. Development 130: 5717-30.
  • Tsou M-F, A Hayashi, LR. DeBella, G McGrath, and LS Rose. 2002. LET-99 determines spindle position and is asymmetrically enriched in response to PAR polarity cues in C. elegans embryos. Development. 129(19):4469-4481
  • Basham, SE and LS Rose. 2001. The Caenorhabditis elegans polarity gene ooc-5 encodes a Torsin-related protein of the AAA ATPase superfamily. Development. 128(22):4645-4656
Laboratory Personnel:
Life Sciences Addition 3235/39

Adam Hayashi, Lab Manager; Jui-Ching Wu, Graduate Student; Dae Hwi Park, Graduate Student; Lori Krueger, Graduate Student; Wei Li, Graduate Student;

Teaching Interests:
Developmental biology. Genetics.