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Dr Vilaiwan Fernandes

Dr Vilaiwan Fernandes

Principal Research Fellow

Cell & Developmental Biology

Div of Biosciences

Contact

Email
vilaiwan.fernandes@ucl.ac.uk
Address
University College London
Rockefeller 515, 514

Vil Fernandes

Fernandes Lab

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The studies how gilial cells shape the developing brain.

Research Themes

• Neurogenesis
• Gliogenesis
• Neuronal fate specification
• Glial diversity
• Signal transduction
• Morphogenesis

Techniques

• Genetics
• light microscopy
• 2-Photon microscopy
• Molecular biology
• Bioinformatics

Model System

• Drosophila melanogaster

Past and Current Funders

Team Members

• Inês Baldaia (Postdoc)
• Matthew Bostock (PhD Student)
• Anadika Prasad (PhD student)
• Alicia Donoghue (PhD student)
• Maia Cooper (Research Assistant)

Collaborators

Media Coverage

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