Dr. Andrew Oates

Biography

Andrew Charles Oates is a Professor in the School of Life Sciences at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he leads the Timing, Oscillators, Patterns Laboratory. His early education includes a Bachelor of Biochemistry with Honours from the University of Adelaide and a Ph.D. from Ludwig Institute Cancer Research at the University of Melbourne. Oates has held postdoctoral positions at Princeton University and the University of Chicago, focusing on the segmentation clock in zebrafish. Since moving to Europe, he established his research group at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden before joining University College London as a Professor of vertebrate developmental genetics. In 2015, Oates became a member of the Francis Crick Institute in London, and in September 2016, he joined EPFL. His research interests encompass developmental biology, focusing on concepts such as intercellular signaling, gene regulatory networks, and the mechanics of biological timing. Oates has received recognition as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and has instructed numerous PhD students, guiding them in advanced studies of developmental biology and engineering approaches.

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