Lidia Kos
Associate Dean, University Graduate School; Associate Vice President, Research; Professor
Biological Sciences; Biomolecular Sciences Institute
Office: AHC1 206
Phone: 305-348-2135
Email: kosl@fiu.edu
Research Areas
- Identifying genes involved in neural crest development expression and functional analysis of transcription factors and signaling pathways that play a role in melanocyte and Schwann cell development
- Determining the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that control melanocyte development, melanoma generation
and metastasis. - Neural Crest Development: Genes mutated in neurocristopathies such as
Hirschprung's Disease and Waardenburg syndrome
My research group is interested in identifying genes involved in neural crest development expression and functional analysis of transcription factors and signaling pathways that play a role in melanocyte and Schwann cell development. We are interested to determine intrinsic and extrinsic factors that control melanocyte development, melanoma generation