Unraveling the Role of Argonaute Proteins in Male Germ Line Development
Fellow: Maria de las Mercedes Carro
Mentor: Paula Cohen
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Email:
mc2223@cornell.edu
Sponsor:
Lalor Foundation Inc
Title:
Unraveling the Role of Argonaute Proteins in Male Germ Line Development
Project Amount:
$52,000
Project Period:
June 2020
to
May 2021
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):
The goal of my study is to investigate the importance of AGO3 and AGO4 in the male germline of the mouse to expand our knowledge of roles of the non-slicing Argonautes and their small ncRNA cargoes in mammalian germ cell development.