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Stadler Lab
 Interests & Project:
My primary interest is in the
molecular mechanism of organ patterning and morphogenesis. In the
Stadler Lab at SHC, I am investigating the role of HoxA13 in
the chondrogenesis of the cartilage in the hand and feet.
Specifically, my project aims to identify the chondrogenic events
regulated by HoxA13 and the downstream target genes involved
these processes.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Name:
Kohtaro Tanaka
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D University of Washington 2006
B.S. Duke University 1998
Honors:
Best student oral presentation
in Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, SICB 2004
Fernald Fellowship for a summer course at Friday Harbor Labs 2000
Wade Family Fund for a summer course at Duke Marine Lab 1996
Major
Research Interest:
Developmental biology (molecular patterning, growth, morphogenesis),
Evolution and development
Research
and/or Professional Experience:
Postdoctoral research –
March 2008 – present
Oregon Health & Science University / Shriners Hospital – Portland,
OR
Developmental biology – molecular patterning, growth, organ
morphogenesis
Advisor: Dr. H. Scott Stadler
Postdoctoral research – Oct 2006 – Mar 2008
University of California – Davis
Development and evolution of sex combs in Drosophila species
Advisor: Dr. Arytom Kopp
Ph.D. research – Oct 1998 – Sept 2006
University of Washington, Seattle with Dr. James Truman
Undergraduate research – with Dr. Blanche Capel, Duke University,
Sept 1997- May1998; Role of apoptosis in early differentiation of
mice gonads
Undergraduate summer research – with Dr. Miriam Smyth, Duke
University, May – Aug 1997: Apoptosis in prostate cancer cell lines
Peer-Reviewed Publications (published, in press and submitted):
Tanaka, K., and Truman,
J.W. 2007. Molecular patterning mechanism underlying metamorphosis
of the thoracic leg in Manduca sexta. Dev Biol
305:539-550.
Bishop, C., Erezyilmaz, D.F., Flatt, T., Georgiou, C.D., Hadfield,
M.G., Heyland, A., Hodin, J., Jacobs, M.W., Maslakova, S.A., Pires,
A., Reitzel, A.M., Santagata, S., Tanaka, K., and Youson, J.H. 2006.
What is metamorphosis? Integr Comp Biol 46:655-661.
Tanaka, K., and Truman, J.W. 2005. Development of the adult leg
epidermis in Manduca sexta: contribution of different larval
cell populations. Dev Genes Evol 215:78-89.
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