Title
Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology and Co-Chair

Department
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology


Research Group
https://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/hariharan/

Email
ikh@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 643-7438


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Research Expertise and Interest
growth regulation, regeneration, cancer

Research Description
Our laboratory studies the mechanisms that regulate growth at the level of individual cells as well as the entire organism. We are interested in the growth that occurs during development to determine the eventual size and form of an organism. We are also interested in the mechanisms by which damaged tissue is replaced as a result of regenerative growth.To understand the way that growth is regulated in both of these situations, we conduct genetic studies in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, to identify genes that regulate growth, cell proliferation and cell death. In addition to identifying some of the key regulators of tissue growth in Drosophila, our studies have also helped identify genes that are mutated in human cancers.