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Lynn Cooley is a professor at the Yale School of Medicine, where she holds the position of C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and is the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She specializes in genetics and cell biology, focusing on the developmental biology of gametes, and employs the Drosophila model system to investigate the cellular mechanisms underlying gamete development. Her research is concentrated on female germline cells, particularly the differentiation of oocytes and nurse cells, and the regulation of oocyte growth during oogenesis. Cooley's work includes studying the role of ovarian muscles in the progression of developing egg chambers and understanding the dynamics of actin cytoskeleton in the transformation of germline stem cells into oocytes. Additionally, she has identified ring canal proteins in Drosophila and is characterizing their functions, especially their role in polarized transport of maternal components from nurse cells to oocytes. Cooley also investigates the presence and function of somatic ring canals in epithelial cells and has discovered unique muscle types within the Drosophila ovary, which contributes to our knowledge of muscle biology and related human muscular dystrophies.
Administered via the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). GRE General is optional for PhD.