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Dominique Bergmann, PhD
Professor of Biology and Investigator, HHMI
dbergmann@stanford.edu
371 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-5020
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
Functioning organisms possess an abundant array of tissues, each composed of distinct cell types with distinct cell morphologies. How is this grand diversity of fates and forms generated? Cells in the Arabidopsis stomatal lineage distill many of the key features of development: they must be chosen from initially equivalent cells, they undergo asymmetric and self-renewing divisions, they communicate among themselves and they must respond to the environment. Our lab takes a multidisciplinary approach–from cell biology to genomics to ecophysiology–that leverages the intrinsic strengths of this biological system to create a conceptual and technical framework for the study of cell fate, stem-cell self-renewal and cell polarity.
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RECENT NEWS
Dominique Bergmann was awarded the Shirley R. and Leonard W. Ely, Jr. Professorship in Humanities and Sciences endowed chair. The award is a way of honoring her as one of Stanford’s most distinguished faculty members. She holds the chair concurrently with Paul Milgrom!