Myogenesis Discussion Group: A seminar series on skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle research held on the last Monday of each month.

Speaker

Lavi Coren | PhD Student, Hasson Lab, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel

Lavi Coren is a 4th year PhD candidate under the supervision of Professor Peleg Hasson at the Faculty of Medicine, Technion. In his research, Lavi is focused on fibroblast heterogeneity, using muscle embryonic development as a model system to study the mechanisms underlying their diversification. Lavi demonstrated these fibroblasts segregate during embryogenesis into two major subpopulations, occupying discrete niches, and entailing distinct cellular dynamics, transcriptomes, and regulatory roles in myogenesis. His work combines bioinformatics, mouse genetics and cell cultures, providing novel characterization of fibroblast subpopulation in skeletal muscles.

Talk Title: Fibroblast diversification is an embryonic process dependent on muscle contraction

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