Email

margot.williams@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Molecular and Cellular Biology
Center for Precision Environmental Health
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Addresses

Office (Office)

One Baylor Plaza
Alkek N1317.03
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5614
Margot.Williams@BCM.edu

Education

PhD from University of Virginia School of Medicine

05/2013 - Charlottesville, Virginia United States

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri United States

Professional Interests

• Molecular underpinnings of vertebrate development
• Coordination of morphogenesis
• Zebrafish genetics

Professional Statement

A developing embryo exhibits a remarkable degree of organization in its journey from a single cell to a fully functioning organism. This requires exquisite coordination of cell fates and behaviors, but how this is achieved at the molecular level remains largely unknown. Our lab seeks to identify mechanisms underlying coordination of vertebrate development using genetic, live imaging, and synthetic embryology approaches in zebrafish. By leveraging the strengths of our embryonic and naive explant model systems, we aim to define an essential complement of molecules required to shape the emerging body plan.

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