Faculty
Diya Banerjee
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
- Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2000
- Postdoctoral Work, Yale University, 2001 - 2006
Major Field of Interest
The genetic control of cell fate specification during animal development
Current Research
Identifying and characterizing the genes that regulate the correct timing of cell fate decisions during larval development in C. elegans; characterizing how circadian genes regulate animal development; and haracterizing how circadian genes and developmental timing genes are involved in cancer formation.
- (540) 231-0787
- (540) 231-0768 (Lab)
- dbanerjee@vt.edu
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Office: 2021 Integrated Life Sciences Building
Lab: 2051 ILSB (Mail Code 0913)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
U.S.A.