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Utpal Banerjee's laboratory focuses on the effects of systemic signals on the maintenance of blood progenitors in Drosophila, as well as the role of metabolic pathways in controlling the proliferation and differentiation of preimplantation mouse embryos. His research covers various aspects related to signal transduction, metabolic control, hematopoietic development, stress response, and cancer. In studying blood stem cell maintenance, Banerjee has revealed the importance of microenvironment signals in maintaining quiescence within precursor populations. His lab employs genetic technologies in Drosophila to explore these phenomena. Stress response mechanisms in myeloid blood cells are analyzed to understand how they react to stress conditions and injury, with particular emphasis on hypoxia-related factors and inflammatory responses. Furthermore, Banerjee investigates metabolic control in cancer pathways and early mouse development, studying how signal transduction influences cellular metabolism and the implications for cancer biology. His current projects are aimed at elucidating the metabolic processes essential for zygotic transcription and the switch between mitochondrial and glycolytic processes during early development.
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA
Educating and conducting research in the field of molecular and cell biology.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.