Phillip Newmark
Credentials: Integrative Biology Department
Position title: Planarian regeneration; development of parasitic flatworms
Email: pnewmark@morgridge.org
Phone: (608) 316-4105
Address:
3266 Morgridge Inst Research
330 N Orchard St
Madison, WI 53715
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FOCUS GROUPS:
Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Systems Biology
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
Research in my lab seeks to understand how germ cells are specified and how their development
is regulated by extrinsic signals. We use freshwater planarians as models to study these questions because of their ability to regenerate the germ cell lineage from pluripotent stem cells maintained in the animal. We are also exploring similar questions in parasitic flatworms (schistosomes and tapeworms), with the goal of ultimately developing approaches for blocking their transmission.
ALSO A TRAINER IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
Genetics, Integrative Biology Graduate Program, Parasitology and Vector Biology Training Program (PVB)